In the last seven days, we have had a couple of Asian tech startups on our radar, specifically from China, Indonesia, Japan, India, and Singapore.
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1. Bouncity | Indonesia
Bouncity, the Indonesian startup we first covered in June last year, has finally launched an iOS version of their app. It was released on Android back in November and it is officially available on all platform (Blackberry, Android, Mobile Web, iOS)…
2. SpotDokter | Indonesia
SpotMed Group held a press conference for the launch of a new service. It’s called SpotDokter, and it claims to be the first location-based mobile application focusing on health launched in Indonesia, the goal being to help the public achieve a healthier lifestyle. SpotDokter uses the phone’s GPS capability to provide health information based on location. It helps you…
3. Go-Jek | Indonesia
If you have visited Jakarta, chances are you are familiar with the term ‘ojek.’ These are the taxi motorcycles you see on the sideroads. Go-jek, a winner of the Global Entrepreneurship Program Indonesia, wants to connect you to such motorcycle taxis, ensuring the booking, safety, and experience is seamless. The basic idea is to act as a middleman between customers and drivers, and so far they seem to be doing very well…
4. Votodo | India
‘To do’ lists can be a quite a chore for some people, and are not the kind of things that we share. But the Indian startup Votodo wants to change that and make not so much a social network as an “action network.” The Votodo site, currently in private beta, allows people…
5. EverConnect | Japan
Tokyo-based startup EverConnect unveiled its web app that allows you to check out posts and tweets from multiple social network accounts on a single screen. It’s called Everconnect.Me, and so far it has fundraised a total of 15 million yen (about $193,000) from three investors, Voyage Group, NetAge, and Neptune Group. The web service…
6. UNIK | Indonesia
It’s a pain to buy things online in Indonesia. The good news is that more and more startups (and big banks too) are coming with their own online payment solutions. One of them is UNIK…
7. Pigeonhole | Singapore
Pigeonhole Live is a mobile, real-time conference question and answer (Q&A) tool. It enables attendees at conferences to post and vote for questions using their mobile devices on mobile browsers. Speakers can then identify the more popular and important questions to…
8. Octopost | Malaysia
As a Facebook page owner, one common problem you might face is content drought. You know you have to come out with content for your fans but find it hard to do so. And even if you have great content to share, you might not be there physically to post them on Facebook. Octopost, which was first launched at…
9. Apps Foundry, MakeMac | Indonesia
With the freshly injected capital from Gobi Ventures, Apps Foundry, the startup that made the popular magazine reader SCOOP on the iPad, is making its first acquisition. Apps Foundry is taking…
10. AppChina | China
The alternative Android app store AppChina has secured some A-round funding worth 40 million RMB (US$6.35 million). Announced today, though completed last month, the injection of funds is led by the Beijing-based Fang Group whose ‘Fang fund’ is worth US$90 million…
11. Manthan Systems | India
Manthan System, a retail analytics and business intelligence company based in India, announced yesterday that it has concluded its $15 million Series C funding from Norwest Venture Partners. Manthan’s products are kind of unique…
12. CandyJapan | Japan
Subscription models are cool. Provide a service to your customers, who in return pay a recurring fee. That’s the idea behind CandyJapan.com, a service that sends you (surprise, surprise) candy from Japan . It was created by Bemmu Sepponen, a Finnish national living in Japan, and he operates it part time…
13. Tiket | Indonesia
Tiket, as its name implies, is a ticket booking platform for almost anything. It was soft launched back in November of last year, and has been running full steam ahead since the end of December. With hotels as its first offering, Tiket soon followed it up with movie tickets, becoming the first ticketing site to cooperate with Blitz Megaplex…
14. Handsup | China
Unlike the common group-buying websites in China, Handsup.cn has an interesting new spin. It is the first domestic site that allows consumers to request deals. Seeing goods or service which they want, users can create and promote their own deals, turning a local business’s customers into its biggest advocates…
Other startup related stories in Asia
- Innovation Works Invests in 2D MMO Game
- CyberAgent Ventures Launches Net Impact Conference, Aims To Help Indonesia’s Internet Ecosystem
- E-commerce Startups Get Investors’ Love in India, Will Indonesia Follow Suit?
- Singapore Still the Best Place for Entrepreneurs [Infographic]
- Shanda Games President Resigns, Goes Back to the Startup Life