Two startups from Thailand and one from the Philippines are amongst the ten finalist competing in a startup arena at the Echelon 2013 tech conference in Singapore, running today and tomorrow.
The Thai startups are NoonSwoon, a dating app that introduces you to other single people who are friends of your friends, and Stamp, customer loyalty app that replicates the functionality of a punch card with a mobile phone. NoonSwoon was the runner up at the Echelon Thailand satellite in Bangkok earlier this year and recently attended the AIS startup boot camp. Stamp launched in October 2012 and has since been downloaded 75,000 times and added 75 merchants into the program.
Philippine startup finalist MyLegalWhiz bills itself as a “Google for all things law related” that currently boasts about 1,300 paying subscribers. The company was incubated by Kickstart and given seed funding by Launchgarage.
Other Thai startups exhibiting at Echelon include apartment search app Hipflat and wardrobe-sharing app Infinit Closet, which won Startup Weekend 2012 as reported by Coconuts Bangkok.
Others from the Philippines, include instant reward app Zap, urban gaming app Lifebit, and karaoke app Duets.
Coconuts is a media partner with Echelon 2013.
Photo: E27 founder Mogan Belani gives his opening remarks at Echelon 2013 in Singapore.
