As many have read and heard, we are heading to Singapore next week to kick off our first Seedcamp event in Asia. We have received applications from all over South East Asia and beyond – many more than we initially expected.
On Tuesday, the 5th of October, we will meet all 20 teams at the Singapore Management University for a day of mentoring, discussions, and networking with the best local (and happily many international) investors, entrepreneurs and start up experts. Here is the list of teams we selected – a great diversity in terms of origin and focus, just as we like it!
- 2359 Media Pte Ltd – Singapore – Creation of rich interactive mobile ads
- Bitdin – Bangkok, Thailand – Gaming experiences for the classroom
- CellKast Solutions – Kuala Lumpur Malaysia – Location based gaming
- Cmune – Beijing, China – 3d multiplayer social games
- DealStreams – Singapore – Disseminating location based deals and promotions
- Exponencia (Munchpunch) – Manila, Philippines – Social dining guide and sharing engine
- Eyes and Feet – Chennai, India – Enabling local businesses to analyze social network and LBS data
- Fire One One – Bangkok, Thailand – Ipad Apps as digital sales kits
- FlickEvents – Singapore – Event management and community engagement platform
- Gameplan – Singapore – Tool for organising and managing sports leagues and cups
- Investopresto – Singapore – Social investment management tools
- Joukuu – Singapore – A desktop solution to manage files across cloud backup services
- Like Squad – Singapore – Location based network to share places and products
- Listen2customers.com – Singapore – advanced online customer feedback surveys
- Locationize – Singapore – Enriching web pages with LBS data
- MoVend – Singapore – In-app commerce platform
- Noise Street – Singapore – Community based out of home interactive marketing
- OneAirport – Singapore – Location based deal syndication for airport shopping
- Rserve – Bandung, Indonesia – A plug and play real time reservation system
- Whistler Wall Ride Corp – Manila, Philippines – Cloud based private video hosting
We have some great mentors from the local and international start up scene to give these teams feedback and advice. These include:
- Aarti Gumaledar Yahoo
- Daniel Heaf BBC
- Jeffrey Paine – Battle Ventures
- Navtej Singh – Tagit mobile
- Taavet Hinrikus – former Skype
- Sae Min Anh – Google
- Stefan Glaenzer – White Bear Yard