Startup Asia Tokyo
Startup Asia Tokyo 2014 at a glance (INFOGRAPHIC)
Here are all the important numbers from our inaugural conference in Tokyo.
J.T. Quigley · · 1 min read
Y Combinator’s Kevin Hale on why ‘Silicon Valley style’ is overrated (#StartupAsia Tokyo)
You will never see Kevin Hale wax poetic about Asia’s smartphone penetration or its cheap labor. The YC partner believes in smart people first, market potential second.
Josh Horwitz · · 7 min read
Despite relatively small funding amounts, experts agree that Japan is on the cusp of a startup bubble
The CEOs of two hot young startups and the VCs that funded them unanimously agree that a bubble is forming – but don’t believe everything you hear.
J.T. Quigley · · 4 min read
EZTable wins Tech in Asia’s Startup Arena at #StartupAsia Tokyo 2014
Taiwan’s EZTable gets the Startup Arena trophy for its restaurant reservation app.
J.T. Quigley · · 2 min readMoneytree wants to help ‘appwardly mobile consumers’ wrangle their personal finances (#StartupAsia Arena)
Moneytree is already pre-installed on all of the iPhones in Apple Japan’s retail stores – but will the Arena judges want to install it on theirs?
J.T. Quigley · · 2 min readTaiwan’s EZTable will doggedly charge forth in Southeast Asia (#StartupAsia Arena)
The Taipei-based restaurant reservation startup pitched in front of a panel of investors at Tech in Asia’s Startup Asia Tokyo 2014
Josh Horwitz · · 3 min readCapy replaces Captcha gibberish with puzzles that any human can solve – but computers can’t (#StartupAsia Arena)
Capy took the stage at Startup Arena Tokyo to pitch its safer, easier version of Captcha.
J.T. Quigley · · 2 min readKaizen lets you crowdsource growth-hack solutions (#StartupAsia Arena)
With simultaneous A/B testing, Kaizen crowdsources solutions to optimizing conversion rates.
David Corbin · · 2 min readAppota debuts social mobile gaming app called onClan at #StartupAsia Arena
Appota debuts its new onClan app at Startup Asia’s Startup Arena competition. The app is a social mobile gaming platform that allows users to interact around their favorite mobile games.
Anh-Minh Do · · 3 min readHighlights from day 2 morning session at Startup Asia Tokyo 2014
Our recap of the best bits from the morning of our second day at Startup Asia Tokyo 2014.
Josh Horwitz · · 9 min read