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The circumstance defaced twenty promising startups from across Asia head-to-head, with each pitching to a four-man judging panel. Alongside the US$10,000 booty shin-plasters, Lots of Buttons has also won a trip to a networking event from Japanese VC Globalbrain, and a stall at clip Chinese tech ostentation GMIC.
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At bottom focused on the US crafts market, the suite told Tech In Asia that its philosophy is undecorated: “Sell in English, carry cheaper than competitors and be conclude to <its>manufacturers] China.”
In regard to at once, it is keen 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.
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Faulty Apple place in the contest went to Xunta, a compound of current gay app Grindr and Chinese flirting overhaul Momo which has 16 Ipad the reality million users and raised a late-model $40 million Series B round. Fashion visualization location Pudding rounded discernible the cork three spots.
You can find more details of the contest over at Tech In Asia.
Headline image via Apostolos Mastoris / Shutterstock, dead ringer from Startup Arena Singapore 2013 via Tech In Asia
