This week in Asia start-ups

Tech in Asia presents you with the hottest Asian start-ups making the news

Cityflo | India 

Cityflo is like an Uber for buses, offering an easy way to travel to work by allowing users to book seats on buses through an Android app.

Appier | Taiwan 

Taiwan-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup Appier uses AI to provide insights on users’ cross-screen behavior. That means tracking how people use different devices for different purposes, at different times.

Rappler | Philippines 

Philippine online news site Rappler is an all-digital news organization that uses technology and crowdsourcing to disrupt traditional news sites. It has a patented mood meter, which tracks the emotions elicited by its stories, and a mapping tool called Reach that shows how stories move through the community.

QQ&Me | Japan

Q&Me ia a mobile app anyone can download to participate in surveys, with a gamification twist. Users are rewarded, they get $0.10 per completed survey. They can redeem this money the form of phone top-up points. As an extra incentive, there are occasional prizes based on lucky draws.

Carro | Singapore 

Carro is a used car marketplace in Singapore that connects used car sellers and buyers through its web and mobile platform, essentially cutting middlemen such as dealers and mechanics. Using a proprietary algorithm, the company determines the most favorable prices for sellers.

KoreaBuys | Malaysia 

KoreaBuys aims to bring Korean beauty and fashion products to consumers throughout Asia, starting with Indonesia. The site also boasts fashion, accessories, K-pop albums, and even Korean teas.
 

Call Levels | Singapore 

Singapore-based fintech startup Call Levels helps traders keep track of prices for financial assets and notifies them when those change or reach a desired level. It keeps track of forex, futures, US equities, and even bitcoin.

This is an excerpt from Tech in Asia. You can read the full article here.