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Gurgaon based social hiring platform LetsCatchup, which graduated JFDI Accelerate in 2015, has announced its acquisition by US based tech-hiring marketplace GetLinks at an undisclosed price. The merger is in line with LetsCatchup’s strategy to take its platform to South East Asia and GetLinks to launch its services for tech talent in India. Launched in 2014, LetsCatchup was…

Establishing a startup in Africa is tough beyond imagination but I soldier on, says Victor Adatsi of JFDI Asia Discover startup eCoach. 1. Tell us about your startup and team – who are you, and what are you aiming to do? eCoach is an edtech startup with a mission to develop a suite of products,…

If I ended up walking away with nothing, I couldn’t say that I lost everything. I was forced to develop resilience which I think is the most important lesson and takeaway from this experience, says Brandon Leong of JFDI Asia Discover startup Tile X Tile.   1. Tell us about your startup and team – who are you, and…

Making the daily lives of the busy corporate people around us more convenient and less stressful gives us immense joy and satisfaction, says Varun Saraf of JFDI Asia Discover startup WhyQ. 1. Tell us about your startup and team – who are you, and what are you aiming to do? At WhyQ, we’re a team of…

Just 7 months after enrolling in JFDI Discover, our startup GAMP Tech closed a $140k funding round for Teach!Mi. We want to change the way people learn and track their real knowledge, writes Teach!Mi cofounder Pavel Antonov. 7 months ago we had just one insight. We knew that the education system in most countries is dull and discouraging. We wanted…

Since doing a startup, work is not “work” anymore, says Fatima Akhtar and Daria Fu, who both found new perspectives and a calling in their JFDI Discover startup D Concierge.   1. Tell us about your startup and team – who are you, and what are you aiming to do? We are D Concierge. We hope to…

Finding the right person that fits the team is crucial to face challenges in a startup, says Jen Lam Chong of JFDI Discover startup EasyReno. 1. Tell us about your startup and team – who are you, and what are you aiming to do? My team’s project is EasyReno. We currently have two members in the team….

Having a good business model and conducting market validation will save a lot of time from corrections, says Andy Heng of JFDI Discover startup VCIO. 1. Tell us about your startup and team – who are you, and what are you aiming to do? We are Team VCIO, comprising of a one-man ex-Business Development Manager founder in…

CatJira aims to optimize digital platforms for marketers. JFDI Discover helped its founders get funding less than 12 months from startup, writes Crystal Neri Richard Moh and Chia Sheng Yeong team believed in optimising the way marketers leverage user-generated content, but did not have the resources and community support to validate their idea. They had read about ideas like Lean Startup, Design…

As 2015 draws to a close, we’re introducing the 12 startup businesses making Southeast Asia a better place – from aiding educational platforms in Singapore, creating a seamless content marketplace in Malaysia, to creating a business around diabetic treatment in Vietnam. This is our all-star batch of 2015 JFDI Discover alumni, writes Crystal Neri Since 2012, we’ve had…