Final 10 startups to pitch at Hong Kong Satellite

Three exciting Satellites have just concluded and now we are heading to the fourth, and final, Satellite in Hong Kong. We are holding the last of the Satellite series at an awesome location, graciously sponsored by Bloomberg Hong Kong,  on the 27th floor of the Bloomberg Tower. Do note that due to the security measures of the venue, only registered attendees will be allowed to proceed to the event venue. No walk-ins will be admitted on the day of the event. The event details are as follows:

Date: 5 May 2011

Venue: Bloomberg Hong Kong, 27th Floor, 2 Queen’s Road Central, Central Hong Kong (Just head to the 27th floor and turn left as you exit the lift to collect your passes)

Time: 4pm – 8pm

Event hashtag: #hksat

Agenda:

3:45pm   Delegates registration.

4:00pm   Opening remarks, StartupHK.

4:05pm   Opening remarks, Bloomberg Hong Kong.

4:10pm   Opening remarks, e27.

4:15pm   Pitches 1-5.

5:45pm   Coffee break.

6:00pm   Pitches 6-10.

7:30pm   People’s Choice Award Voting and Winner.

8:00pm   Ends

Here is background information on all 10 pitching startups at the event.

HomeTasty

We have heard solutions for helping foodies find good food around them. What about foodies who cook? HomeTasty has decided to tackle this problem by building a social network that brings aspiring chefs and foodies in town together through organizing home cooked food parties. The social network aims to forge bonds between strangers who share the love for food.

Moglue

Moglue provides a simple solution to self-publishing interactive ebooks on iOS and Android devices. The platform allows publishers, amateur authors and artists to create interactive books and release them to app stores with one click. By abstracting away the hard coding bits, the platform breaks down the barrier-to-entry for aspiring authors or artists.

Dimitli

The photo sharing space has been bombarded with non-stop offerings since smartphones started having decent cameras. Dimitli believes that their platform, Compath.me, will be able to provide for both consumers and advertisers alike. The social photos sharing platform allows users to customize photos with ‘Frames’ which are also able to capture location, time and user interest information for consumer behavior analysis.

Garbs Inc.

Facebook has always been an avenue to learn more about another individual. Garbs Inc. wants to provide companies with a tool that help recruitment managers select prospective employees that fit. With Social Talent Pool, managers can visualize similar social points between existing employees and selected candidates by cross-referencing public information on their Facebook accounts.

Cardinal Blue Software

Cardinal Blue Software has built a 7 million strong online support community with Tribute Balloon. The community allows users to share their hardships using “Balloons” and in return garner support and encouragements from fellow users who are able to send virtual gifts, comments or help spread the balloons.

Flipter

Flipter is a micro-blogging site that allows users to brainstorm with other users around the world and gather feedback on various topics. Rather than just depending on opinions from friends and family, the site allows a wider reach of opinion givers which will provide valuable information for any decision-maker facing a dilemma.

Jellybus Inc.

While there are a lot of photo apps out there, these apps only focus on allowing users to share their photos on more popular social network sites like Facebook and Twitter. Jellybus aims to fill in the gap with qbro. qbro is an interesting and easy to use photo app that also allows users to share their photos on more localized social network sites such as Cyworld and me2day.

Makible

Makible goes by the tag line “Design it, Fund it, Make it, Sell it”. It’s as simple as that. The ideas sharing site allows users to crowd-source funds for interesting ideas in order to move forward with developing these ideas into tangible products. Looks like Asia is taking on Kickstarter and the other crowd funding sites.

Scrambled Eggs Ltd.

Too busy to find that special someone? Let your friends do that for you. Scrambled Eggs’ TrustCircle.com allows users to play matchmaker by pairing their friends up. The suggestion will have to be accepted by both parties before any personal details will be shared, and since they both have a mutual friend the recommendation would be more reliable. And what do these would-be cupids get for their matchmaking efforts? There will be a recognition system in place to encourage users to play the matchmaker role.

213Stomperz

213Stomperz helps companies spread the news of job vacancies through their service, Job Tiger. They believe that the use of professional headhunters is too costly, inefficient and unfair. By tapping on the power of Twitter, companies can reach out to a larger crowd of job-seekers in order to find the talent that they need. The idea is to get influencers to help alert their Twitter followers of these hiring efforts.

To find out who makes up the panel of judges, check out the judges bio here.

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