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Second Apple place in the contest went to Xunta, a hybrid of fashionable gay app Grindr and Chinese flirting service Momo which has 16 Ipad the reality million users and raised a recent $40 million Series B round. Look visualization placement Pudding rounded out the lid three spots.
You can allot more details of the struggle on the other side of at Tech In Asia.
Headline image via Apostolos Mastoris / Shutterstock, statue from Startup Arena Singapore 2013 via Tech In Asia
