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May 7, 2012 by SGE
Video pitches taken from JFDI.Asia’s YouTube channel.
ShopSpot is a mobile app that makes buying and selling items as easy as sending a tweet. Read our app feature and check out their funding announcement.
April 28, 2012 by SGE
5 days before the upcoming JFDI demo day for the JFDI-Innov8 bootcamp 2012, the mentors for the program were invited to hear the pitches from the 11 companies. All the companies have emerged from a tough and grueling hundred days where they had to make difficult decisions for their start-ups. They have come a long way and here are the interesting companies you should take a look at. Read more
April 27, 2012 by Terence LEE
Kark Mobile Education, an incubatee at Singapore’s first ever JFDI-Innov8 Bootcamp, announced that they have received funding of an undisclosed sum from Ideosource, a Jakarta-based investment firm.
The startup, started by four Indonesians, is developing a series of education collectible card games that interact with companion mobile apps. The edutainment platform is targeted at kids 5-12 years old (see SGE’s feature of Kark).
The funding will go towards the development of those products.
“We are delighted to have this support, which gives us the ability to continue building our product after the bootcamp and reinforces what we have believed all along– that games have a great future in the educational industry,” says Bullitt Sesariza, founder and CTO of Kark. Read more
April 25, 2012 by Terence LEE
I remember the time, over a decade ago, when Magic: The Gathering trading cards were the rage. Boys would play them below apartment blocks and on hidden corners of shopping malls.
They’re so addictive that my school would punish any student caught playing them while in school uniform. Newspapers sensationalized about the evils of these collectible cards, much like they do now with World of Warcraft.
While I think much of this negative hype towards games are overblown, Kark, one of twelve incubatees at Singapore’s JFDI-Innov8 Bootcamp, is taking the message seriously and has embarked on a mission to make games less harmful to kids. They’re achieving this by making educational trading cards that interact with smartphones through companion mobile apps.
“Children love games, but they don’t benefit. Only developers do,” says CEO and serial entrepreneur Sindhu Prabowo Dilaksono, who heads a team of four Indonesian co-founders.
“Doing educational apps is one way of making money without feeling guilty.” Read more
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