21 startups in Asia that caught our eye

Here’s our newest round-up of the featured startups on our site this week. If you have startup tips or story suggestions, feel free to email us. Enjoy this week’s list!

1. Legalese | Singapore

Singapore-based Legalese wants to cure the pain of those great amount of time and serious expense spending on legal paperwork to set up a business by automating the creation of legal documents. This is faster and way cheaper than hiring a lawyer to draft the contract from scratch using old software like Word.

2. Lalamove | Hong Kong (Startup Profile)

Uber for vans startup Lalamove connects people with professional motorcycle and pick-up truck drivers throughout the city. It now actives in 40 cities in mainland China, plus Hong Kong, Taipei, Singapore, Bangkok, and Manila with 500,000 drivers – covering vans, trucks, and motorcycles.

3. Medinfi Healthcare | India (Startup Profile)

Healthcare startup Medinfi Healthcare automatically detects the current user location and displays the nearest doctors, hospitals, and clinics. Its app presently lists over 12,000 verified doctors, clinics and hospitals. The startup doesn’t facilitate appointment booking.

4. Add2Store | Israel

Tel Aviv-based Add2Store is a marketplace for sellers. It brings together large suppliers that would ordinarily list only on sites like Alibaba and connects them to people who want to make money selling things online across the world. The startup currently has 300 active suppliers and about a hundred sellers using Add2Store.

5. Ezyhaul | Singapore (Startup Profile)

Ezyhaul is a Uber for truck deliveries startup which actives in Singapore and Malaysia. Its service gets transport companies to do deliveries for its clients, calculates the fee, and takes a cut. It also allows shippers to track the movement of the truck, receive photos of the cargo and proof of delivery, and get an invoice digitally.

6. Ushift | Singapore

Ushift is a marketplace for businesses to hire temporary staff. Prospective employees sign up on the site and answer questions about experience, education, and availability to build a profile. Candidates also upload a short video to introduce themselves. There’s a tiered-pricing model in place – businesses can hire unlimited staff through the site for a monthly fee of US$100.

7. PaisaWapas | India (Startup Profile)

Bangalore-based PaisaWapas is a product discovery platform for students that helps them find courses, success stories, and deals to help them out mentally and financially. The startup offers additional deals when its users shop at its over 300 partner stores, including Flipkart, Amazon, Jabong, MakeMyTrip, and Airbnb.

8. Nearcircles | Singapore (Startup Profile)

Nearcircles is an app that lets people create private social networks with others who live in their neighborhood. The startup is proving to be a crucial way for people to keep track of what’s happening around them, from garage sales to city-wide events and updates about crime. It has so far connected more than 100,000 people who have created hundreds of thousands of local discussions.

9. Unacademy | India (Startup Profile)

Bangalore-based Unacademy offers online learning courses. The startup began as a YouTube channel in 2010 and now provides short educational courses ranging from test suggestions to coaching on managing personal finances for free. To teach on the platform, potential educators must submit applications, including professional details, sample lessons, and motivation.

10. Foyr | India (Startup Profile)

Foyr is a Hyderabad-based startup that offers owners of brand new homes in Hyderabad and Pune custom-made room designs for their floor plans. It currently only serves customers in Hyderabad and Pune. They can visit the website and submit a floor plan and basic home requirements, then software will then give them three personalized designs, along with their price.

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