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Platform-agnostic customizable API that enables users to create 3D digital avatars from selfies or scanned images. The avatars can emote and mimic speech. An avatar is created in 20 seconds by uploading an image to Didimo's cloud-based API for processing via algorithm to extract and recreate facial features.
Platform-agnostic customizable API that enables users to create 3D digital avatars from selfies or scanned images. The avatars can emote and mimic speech. An avatar is created in 20 seconds by uploading an image to Didimo's cloud-based API for processing via algorithm to extract and recreate facial features.
Digital Happiness produces video games for Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux platforms. It has produced several games, with the horror game DreadOut being its most popular. DreadOut was adapted into a movie and inspired the production of a comic series and a line of collectable figurines.
Digital Happiness produces video games for Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux platforms. It has produced several games, with the horror game DreadOut being its most popular. DreadOut was adapted into a movie and inspired the production of a comic series and a line of collectable figurines.
An open game development platform powered by an interactive physics engine with a games editor for PC users and a mobile app with which users can publish their works and interact with other creators and fans. Both the editor and app are now free to use.
An open game development platform powered by an interactive physics engine with a games editor for PC users and a mobile app with which users can publish their works and interact with other creators and fans. Both the editor and app are now free to use.
Kuaishou app allows users to record and share short videos via live-streaming. Targeting users in lower-tier cities and rural areas that have been underserved by internet providers. The international app versions, Kwai and Uvideo, are tailor-made for the Indian subcontinent markets.
Kuaishou app allows users to record and share short videos via live-streaming. Targeting users in lower-tier cities and rural areas that have been underserved by internet providers. The international app versions, Kwai and Uvideo, are tailor-made for the Indian subcontinent markets.
Kolase categorizes its music-based crowdfunding platform based on the type of end product or rewards that fans put their money towards. These include: albums, live events, music concerts, books, charities, tours, music videos and brand extensions. Each campaign shows the percentage-progress of donations.
Kolase categorizes its music-based crowdfunding platform based on the type of end product or rewards that fans put their money towards. These include: albums, live events, music concerts, books, charities, tours, music videos and brand extensions. Each campaign shows the percentage-progress of donations.
RRQ is a stable of Indonesian eSports players well-known in the international gaming community. It has seven gaming divisions, 12 teams, 78 full-time players, and has won 240 awards. The brand is promoted on social-media through professional audio-video content and by team members who are popular social-media influencers.
RRQ is a stable of Indonesian eSports players well-known in the international gaming community. It has seven gaming divisions, 12 teams, 78 full-time players, and has won 240 awards. The brand is promoted on social-media through professional audio-video content and by team members who are popular social-media influencers.
VUE Vlog's app enables users to create short clips with videos and photos, add filters, subtitles, stickers and music or recordings. Users can watch, comment, like and follow creators of the videos.
VUE Vlog's app enables users to create short clips with videos and photos, add filters, subtitles, stickers and music or recordings. Users can watch, comment, like and follow creators of the videos.
DGene provides solutions using 3D digital technologies: body capture and reconstruction with low latency, live holography for 5G holographic meetings, performances or remote education; 3D digital content creation with AI and interactive 3D videos to allow users to playback and navigate events on mobile devices.
DGene provides solutions using 3D digital technologies: body capture and reconstruction with low latency, live holography for 5G holographic meetings, performances or remote education; 3D digital content creation with AI and interactive 3D videos to allow users to playback and navigate events on mobile devices.
P2P platform for writers to collaborate and publish stories to share with other users. Writers can earn money by using a "premium" setting for their published stories to collect Storial Coins (tokens) from readers. Storial can be accessed on the web and through Android app.
P2P platform for writers to collaborate and publish stories to share with other users. Writers can earn money by using a "premium" setting for their published stories to collect Storial Coins (tokens) from readers. Storial can be accessed on the web and through Android app.
Agate makes games for home consumers as well as for businesses. For the former, Agate develops free-to-play online/mobile games as well as paid/premium games for mobile and consoles. For businesses, Agate makes gamified employee training modules, branded online content and VR- and AR-branded experiences.
Agate makes games for home consumers as well as for businesses. For the former, Agate develops free-to-play online/mobile games as well as paid/premium games for mobile and consoles. For businesses, Agate makes gamified employee training modules, branded online content and VR- and AR-branded experiences.
Web series that enable the audience to interact with the video content, creating a more fun and engaging experience for viewers, who can decide how the plot develops by clicking, dragging, scrolling and other actions. Each episode lasts 20–25 minutes, suitable for viewing on smartphones and other mobile devices.
Web series that enable the audience to interact with the video content, creating a more fun and engaging experience for viewers, who can decide how the plot develops by clicking, dragging, scrolling and other actions. Each episode lasts 20–25 minutes, suitable for viewing on smartphones and other mobile devices.
TADO's initial product was a mobile app (iOS and Android) for users to post questions for celebrities and social media influencers, who then respond in the form of short videos. Its new product, TADOtv, offers streaming interactive short movies with branching storylines that the user can control.
TADO's initial product was a mobile app (iOS and Android) for users to post questions for celebrities and social media influencers, who then respond in the form of short videos. Its new product, TADOtv, offers streaming interactive short movies with branching storylines that the user can control.
Hero Entertainment has designed more than 20 highly popular mobile games: Crisis Action, Art of War: Red Tides, NBA Live, etc. The startup has created a complete entertainment experience by organizing O2O gaming experiences and professional leagues based on its strong original gaming IP.
Hero Entertainment has designed more than 20 highly popular mobile games: Crisis Action, Art of War: Red Tides, NBA Live, etc. The startup has created a complete entertainment experience by organizing O2O gaming experiences and professional leagues based on its strong original gaming IP.
Luoji Siwei operates online stores on Tmall.com, WeChat and JD.com to sell select books, etc. Its pay-for-knowledge apps Dedao and Junior Dedao feature quality knowledge-driven content in audio format produced by subject-matter experts such as entrepreneurs, writers and professors. App users can learn during their minimal free time.
Luoji Siwei operates online stores on Tmall.com, WeChat and JD.com to sell select books, etc. Its pay-for-knowledge apps Dedao and Junior Dedao feature quality knowledge-driven content in audio format produced by subject-matter experts such as entrepreneurs, writers and professors. App users can learn during their minimal free time.
Toge Productions is a digital games development and publishing studio. The company develops its own games and also publishes games developed by third party studios; the company offers funding, consulting and social media marketing as part of its publishing related activities.
Toge Productions is a digital games development and publishing studio. The company develops its own games and also publishes games developed by third party studios; the company offers funding, consulting and social media marketing as part of its publishing related activities.
ScentRealm: Digitally reproducing scents on demand
Unlike colors and sounds, scents are hard to code and digitalize. ScentRealm has not only done it, but has also opened its scent editor and database to the public
Indonesian startup Traval goes virtual to stay afloat during pandemic
The startup is also trying to set itself apart from mainstream tourism with tours like Zero Waste Journey where travelers do not bring plastic items and even plant trees
The Store Front: Striving to disrupt streaming with just rewards for musicians
Dubbing itself “the most equitable store around,” The Store Front aims to provide the fairest possible digital sales platform for musicians
AlphaBeats: a 10-minute music playlist to de-stress your brain using biofeedback
With the exclusive rights to Philips’s neurofeedback technology, Alphabeats has developed an app to offer and enhance relaxation using a person’s favorite music
HighPitch 2020: In conversation with top winners and UMG Idealab head Kiwi Aliwarga
Goers, Izy and CekLab demonstrated quick thinking when adapting their businesses to the pandemic, a capability they will need to stay competitive post-Covid
HighPitch 2020: Goers wins Indonesia's national startup competition
Event ticketing startup Goers gains new revenue streams with pivot to helping leisure spots go online; hotel SaaS Izy and on-demand medical testing service CekLab also in top three
HighPitch 2020: Event ticketing and legal tech startups come up tops in Jakarta chapter
VC judges favored Goers’s strong pivot amid Covid and HAKITA’s outstanding pitch
Spanish VR edtech Play2Speak targets China's K-12 market
Keen on the multibillion-dollar tutoring market in Asia, Play2Speak creates VR immersive learning to help kids overcome the fear of learning a new language
SFTC: Riding on the rise of independent music and alternative media
From recording music sessions for its YouTube channel, Sounds From The Corner has expanded into content production, reflecting Indonesia’s fast-evolving media landscape
Kuaishou: Grabbing a share of China's near-trillion-RMB livestreaming e-commerce market
With 300m daily users, the short video app for the grassroots has partnered JD.com to offer discounts to convert users into online shoppers
In depth: The business ecosystems China’s tech giants and unicorns build
Startups could accept to join Alibaba, Tencent or other tech giants in their ecosystems and scale quickly. Or they could say no and keep their independence. But do they really have a choice?
VUE Vlog: Short-video editing app wants to be China’s Instagram of vlogs
From starting as a short-video editing tool to a vlogging community today, VUE is talking to potential advertisers to help its vloggers make money
Paint-and-sip startup Bartega pivots online amid Covid-19, spreading the joy of painting to more
The Indonesian startup finds new opportunities for growth in its unexpected shift
Svara helps Indonesian radio stations win back listeners and advertisers
Using Svara’s digital broadcasting SaaS, radio stations can face off the onslaught of Spotify and Soundcloud
Cautiously opportunistic: How Indonesian VCs are riding out the Covid-19 crisis
Indonesian VCs on how they are doing deals during Covid-19, and their advice to startups, from how to cut costs to M&A