JFDI–Innov8 startup business ShopSpot Pte Ltd announced today that a group of angels and business entrepreneurs in Thailand led by Kris Nalamlieng has agreed to invest an undisclosed sum to fund development of ShopSpot’s mobile peer-to-peer commerce platform.

In its own words, ShopSpot “makes selling stuff as easy as sending a tweet”. ShopSpot launched its mobile app on the IOS platform on April 18. Within twelve hours, it had reached number five in its category. Now with over 1,500 downloads, hundreds of items listed for sale and real deals taking place every hour, ShopSpot is rapidly taking hold in Singapore and Thailand which have never previously had a made-for-mobile online marketplace.

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JFDI.Asia CEO Hugh Mason continues the video log of the JFDI-Innov8 Bootcamp 2012. Today: Saumil Nanavati reflects on the end of Chalkboard while Bullitt Sesariza celebrates investment in Kark

JFDI-Innov8 bootcamp 2012 startup Kark Mobile Education Pte Ltd announced today that Ideosource, a Jakarta-based investment firm incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, has invested an undisclosed sum to fund development of a new product.
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JFDI.Asia CEO Hugh Mason continues the video log of the JFDI-Innov8 Bootcamp 2012. Today: Aaron Tan Wei Cheng shares attitudes to innovation as a student in East and West and contrasts creativity in startups and multinationals corporations.

JFDI.Asia CEO Hugh Mason continues the video log of the JFDI-Innov8 Bootcamp 2012. Today, guest Grace Chng, Senior Correspondent at the Straits Times, shares a long view on the changing shape of Singapore’s startup sector.