This week in Asian start-ups

Tech in Asia presents you with the hottest Asian start-ups making the news

Jugnoo | India 

Jugnoo is an Uber-esque app for motorised rickshaws from India. The start-up currently has three apps – Jugnoo Auto, Jugnoo Meals, and Jugnoo Fatafat. Together, they allow users to instantly hail auto rickshaws, order home-cooked meals, and get groceries delivered to their homes. All of the start-up’s services are completed by auto rickshaws.


 

Arcstone | Singapore 

Singapore-based Arcstone is a data analytics and operations start-up for manufacturing plants. The company’s ‘Operations Platform’ product, now in its second iteration, helps manufacturers monitor, maintain, and manage their equipment as well as the processes followed in the plant.
 

Lulio | Hong Kong 

By analysing teenagers’ mental health through mobile games, Hong Kong-based Lulio hopes to gather data that could spot warning signs of depression or even suicidal tendencies. The start-up has been working with psychologists on their school pilot studies, and plans to launch its first games in February 2016.


 

Villa-Finder | Singapore 

Started in August 2012, Villa-Finder offers a very unique selection of villas for holiday rental. All the properties on the site have to meet strict quality control guidelines before they’re accepted. Some of the key criteria are maintenance, location, and quality of structure.
 

UrbanClap | India

Gurgaon-based UrbanClap offers 84 types of home services that can be ordered online, ranging from yoga to guitar lessons to wedding photography. It promises to put customers in touch with ‘trusted professionals’ and conducts rigorous background checks. Customers are allowed to dig into the workers’ past works too.

This is an excerpt from Tech in Asia. You can read the full article here.