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The circumstance pitted twenty optimistic startups from across Asia head-to-head, with each pitching to a four-man judging panel. Alongside the US$10,000 trophy shin-plasters, Lots of Buttons has also won a lapse to a networking episode from Japanese VC Globalbrain, and a stall at clip Chinese tech divulge GMIC.
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In return at once, it is stinging on raising a round of angel investment with a angle to introducing its own Etsy-like marketplace to depute its users to dispose of buttons to others.
Faulty Apple region in the debate went to Xunta, a combination of current gay app Grindr and Chinese flirting overhaul Momo which has 16 Ipad in the event that million users and raised a fresh $40 million Series B round. Fashion visualization site Pudding rounded out the lid three spots.
You can bump into uncover more details of the competition over at Tech In Asia.
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