13 startups in Asia that caught our eye

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!

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1. Social Weaver | Singapore (Startup Profile)

Social Weaver is an online marketplace that connects parents to services related to childcare, from child doctors to birthday party planners. The startup claims to have over 4,000 service providers on its website, over 19,000 page views and 950 active users since its launch last week.

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2. Saigoneer | Vietnam (Startup Profile)

News and lifestyle site Saigoneer produces a range of English-language news, arts, and culture content covering Ho Chi Minh City. The platform publishes these in-house articles alongside sponsored content from brand owners and marketers. It also offers some offline products, including a street food map.

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3. Zuzu Hospitality Solutions | Singapore (Startup Profile)

Launched last year Zuzu Hospitality Solutions is a platform where small, independent hotels can list their rooms. It also acts as a consultancy, helping those hotels manage their operations and market themselves more effectively by offering services in things like bookkeeping, online distribution, and revenue management.

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4. Klook | Hong Kong (Startup Profile)

Travel startup Klook connects with tour and activity providers around the world, giving holidaymakers an easy way to see what’s available in their locale. It Covers more than 30,000 travel activities in over 120 destinations and sees 1 million monthly bookings from around 50 countries, with most of its users in Asia.

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5. Jirnexu | Malaysia (Startup Profile)

Fintech startup Jirnexu provides a full-stack customer management software suite for financial service providers such as banks and insurers. The startup claims that more than half of Malaysia’s consumer banks have signed up to one of its offerings – XPressApply, an online service that simplifies application processes for various financial products.

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6. Snapcart | Indonesia (Startup Profile)

Cashback and consumer analytics startup Snapcart lets users take a picture of their receipt whenever they buy something to earn money back. By “reading” the contents of the receipt, its analytics software gathers consumer data from offline purchases. This data is what it sells to brands.

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7. Althea | South Korea (Startup Profile)

Althea is an online beauty products store. Its business model locates merchandising and order fulfillment centrally in Korea, while customer-facing operations are situated locally in the markets it serves. The site currently ships to over 250 countries.

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