Here’s our newest round-up of the featured startups on our site this week. If you have startup tips or story suggestions, feel free to email us. Enjoy this week’s list!
1. Hiip | Vietnam(Startup Profile)
Hiip is a Vietnam-based startup that uses social data and algorithms to match brands and advertisers with the right influencers. The startup claims that it has registered more than a thousand influencers, with its bookings growing 50 percent month-on-month since its launch in April.
2. Ofo | China(Startup Profile)
Beijing-based startup Ofo is a bike sharing startup where users park their bikes wherever they want and use an app to find available bikes parked nearby. The startup’s services are targeted at university students.
3. Pet Widget | Singapore
Pet Widget has developed a NFC (Near-field communication) and QR code-enabled pet badge. By scanning a QR code shown on the badge, one can obtain the owner’s contact details, the pet’s allergies and medication needs. It’s free app can be linked with the badge to trace its last scanned locations. It also allows users to review pet-related businesses such as pet cafes and interact with one another.
4. Fotoplace | China(Startup Profile)
Fotoplace is a Shanghai-based startup comparable to Instagram. It launched a feature, widescreen mode which is a simple function that edits photos to make them look like shots from a widescreen film. In China, this also means adding subtitles. Fotoplace’s app contains a database of quotes from various sources: books, movies, songs – even internet memes.
5. Namshi | United Arab Emirates(Startup Profile)
Namshi is the Zalora equivalent for Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, and Bahrain. It operates in a region where consumers have large wads of disposable cash and are willing to shell out for premium goods.The startup is continuing to build relationships with brands so that its assortment is strong and products come online at the same time as they’re available in malls.
6. Postman | India(Startup Profile)
Postman is a Bangalore-headquartered startup that lets developers build, test, and share APIs. It provides free apps for Chrome, Mac, and Windows to build APIs. For cloud-based API access, there’s payment, and there’s also an enterprise option.
7. Skyroam | China(Startup Profile)
Skyroam provides a device that utilizes virtual SIM tech to locate local carriers as people move around the world. The gizmo comes with a pre-installed SIM card that connects with over 200 mobile telecommunication operators across the globe. It acts as a wifi hotspot and allows a maximum of ten devices to connect at any given time.
8. Dailyhunt | India(Startup Profile)
Dailyhunt is the most-used app for news and ebooks in India with 28 million monthly active users. The startup publishes 35,000 items a day, including news, ebooks, magazines, comics, and videos. It claims to get 4.5 billion page views in a month.
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