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Smartvel helps travel brands understand customers' interests to boost their experiences
Smartvel lets travel brands profile their customers and offer them personalized, up-to-date content as more travelers demand unique vacation experiences
New Ventures Innovation: Prasetiya Mulya University takes on student entrepreneurship
To prepare a new generation of startup founders, Prasetiya Mulya University combines theoretical education with real-life exposure to the startup world
Ciweishixi: HR startup helps Chinese youth pursue rewarding careers
Ciweishixi uses the Western internship model to help young people discover their true passion, online and offline
Makaron, an AI-powered "Photoshop for smartphones," has over 20m users
Want to make your photo look like it was taken anywhere in the world – even if you were not physically there? Photo-editing app Makaron allows you to do this within a few seconds using your mobile phone
Storial: Budding writers test their talent and turn a profit
By helping new authors monetize their work, Storial gives budding literary talent a launching pad
AltStory: Putting the audience in the director's chair
The Chinese startup has taken interactivity to another level by letting TV and movie viewers decide where the action goes, and how it all ends.
"Spot" your friends, live chat and share music with this social mapping app
Spot, a new challenger to China's WeChat, is using pop-up song lyrics to entice youths to live chat and play games
The charm of Jike: From search engine to popular social network
App's success shows enthusiasm for a personalized, community-based content and search platform, emulated even by Tencent
Choose from over 10,000 mental health therapists at Yidianling
Startup's 24/7 services will include AI-powered chatbots to help more Chinese cope with mental health issues, amid lack of therapists
Genuine or fake? Sneakers resale platform Poizon tackles counterfeit issues
Gearing up for IPO in 2019 with just pre-A funding raised so far, fast-growing sneakers trading portal Poizon rides craze for branded sneakers and sneakerheads' willingness to pay
Councilbox: Lawtech that helps cut corporate meeting costs by up to 80%
The startup behind legally validated meeting software is one of the first market movers, targeting some 3m companies in Spain
This e-retailer uses influencers to sell niche brand cosmetics in high-growth markets
Huajuan Mall is a popular makeup e-mall for young women in smaller Chinese cities, turning little-known local brands into big hits
Chinese startup offers fully-automated, environmentally-friendly car washes
Yigongli's car wash machines can wash a car in three mins for as low as RMB 10, while using two-thirds less water
Airhopping: Breakthrough in the OTA sector for millennials
Offering cheap and flexible multi-destination flight packages is helping the platform become the go-to reservation agent for budget travelers
In Indonesia, Ramadan goes hi-tech
From consumption to charity, tech startups have come to play a key role in Ramadan traditions in Indonesia
