Another week has passed in Tech in Asia and below is the list of startups which we have covered. For tips and stories suggestions, feel free to email us at Editors[at]techinasia[dot].com. Alternatively, you can submit tips here and/or your startup here. Enjoy!
1. iCarsclub | Singapore
iCarsclub is an online marketplace that allows car owners to monetize their ?free? car time through its car sharing scheme.
2. Cacoo | Japan
With 600,000 users already onboard, it will be interesting to see how Cacoo plans to maintain (and increase) its user-base around the world, especially in Indonesia.
3. Kickfolio | Australia
Kickfolio, a Melbourne-based startup that allows you to create kickass portfolios within 30 seconds, has closed its seed round of $50,000 from PalGenesis and been selected to join 500 Startups, which brings another $50,000.
4. Cinemacraft | Singapore, Japan
Cinemacraft launched Videogram, a service that gives users a pictorial summary of the a video using an almost comic book-style, multi-panel display.
5. ChatWork | Japan
Japan?s ChatWork is an easy-to-use business communication and collaboration platform. The functions are simple, allowing businesses to set up private chat discussion groups which can be accessed via PC and mobile apps.
6. Cubie | Taiwan
Taiwan-based Cubie raised $1.1 million in series A seed funding from a group of investors, including B Dash Ventures, NTT Investment Partners, Gumi Ventures, and 500 Startups.
7. Mogujie | China
China?s top pinterest clone mogujie confirms Series C funding and is now valued at $200 Million.
8. NowFloats | India
NowFloats lets you post your thoughts or photos and pins them to your location ? and to keep the information fresh, these auto-expire after just seven days.
9. Balloon | Japan
Balloon has received 100 million yen ($1.25 million) in funding from Nissay Capital.
10. Anquanbao | China
The Chinese online security outsourcing company Anquanbao.com has secured series B investment, for an undisclosed sum, led by Northern Light Ventures.
11. Puffant | China
C. Custer says:
Cafepress was a godsend to me when I first discovered it, and I even ran a little shop on the site for a while making money selling funny t-shirts to strangers.
So you got to read it.
12. Sprooki | Singapore
Sprooki raised SG$590,000 (about $483,000) from Get2Volume and the National Research Foundations?s Technology Incubator Scheme.
13. iCook.tw | Taiwan
CyberyAgent Ventures invested in iCook for an undisclosed sum. iCook is focused on recipes, and provides a Pinterest-esque platform for people to share their tastiest concoctions.
14. Crowdworks | Japan
Crowdworks, a Tokyo-based startup providing a crowdsourcing platform that matches engineers and designers with job postings, announced this week that it has raised a total amount of $3.75 million (300 million yen) from Itochu Technology Ventures, Digital Garage, and Suneight Investment.
Related Startup Stories
That?s all for this week, folks! (See last week?s list here.) For our full coverage of the hottest and most innovative startups in the region, you can click here or subscribe to our Asia startups RSS feed. For tips and news, sent us a note via editors[at]techinasia.com
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About Willis Wee
Founder of Tech in Asia who is also an entrepreneur since 2005. Contact him at willis[at]techinasia[dot]com
Source: http://www.techinasia.com/14-startups-asia-caught-eye-2/
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