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4 years ago

This company is building a pipeline connecting the cities that are most in need of food. The company says that it’s selling a food and water delivery system that is working in 12 US cities, and is now looking to expand to China and the Indian Subcontinent.

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5 years ago

This startup is building a platform for American farmers to sell their goods to consumers worldwide. The startup aims to use a mix of digital store fronts and technology to deliver to consumers in countries like India and China, where the rural population has been growing.

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5 years ago

A platform that lets you send money to friends in the Philippines, India, or China, in real time.

321

5 years ago

This startup is building a startup incubator for technology startups in China.

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4 years ago

With this product, customers in India and China can pay for food and groceries from their phones.

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2 years ago

A social video platform for small businesses in China. The company aims to connect them with customers, offering a way to share videos and generate leads.

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2 years ago

A company that wants to send you a random piece of clothing from a warehouse in China and ship it to you

214

5 years ago

a social network for people who want to learn about the world. The startup has over 100,000 users, and now has clients in the US, Europe, China, and India.

213

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where parents in China can pay to have someone with a degree in education check their kid’s homework

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4 years ago

A platform for managing supply chains for small businesses, connecting them to factories, distributors, and suppliers. It’s currently working with factories in China and Vietnam.

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4 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for companies to purchase goods from China. It wants to make it easier for companies to purchase goods from China.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps hedge funds and investment managers make better decisions. The startup is based in Silicon Valley, but is also working in China and the UK.

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4 years ago

China’s internet giants are increasingly dominating the global digital advertising market. A recent report from Digiday says: “Chinese social media and news platforms have commanded the lion’s share of ad revenue as global digital ad spend in the country has grown at a staggering compound annual growth rate of around 40% over the last five years.” How are these companies making money They’re using the vast audience of consumers on social media for traditional advertising.

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5 years ago

A Chinese startup that provides accommodation for Laowai (foreigners) in China.

165

5 years ago

As of 2016, accelerator programs are across the world, from Silicon Valley to London, with India, China, Singapore and Israel also hosting their own.

165

5 years ago

A startup that helps you set up a study abroad or exchange program at a college in the US. The startup is currently focused on China and has a pending partnership with a college there.

162

5 years ago

A digital wallet that’s designed to serve the needs of women in China. Currently, the platform does not offer features that are common in the US, such as peer-to-peer payments, a feature that is required in China for transactions to be legal.

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5 years ago

This’s the second time around for the company, which previously launched a version of its product in China in 2017, and lost most of its customers after the Chinese government blocked its service.

158

5 years ago

A Chinese-American startup that’s building an app that makes it easier to pay for things online. The app is in private beta and is already available in Shanghai, Shanghai and other parts of China.

157

5 years ago

Connecting the bike-sharing market in China to the local electric vehicle market. The Startup offers a low cost electric car battery that can be swapped into an electric bike.

156

5 years ago

A Chinese-focused ecommerce platform that was built on the idea that China's economy is less of a free market and more of a controlled economic system. The company is working on a solution to let individuals buy goods without a bank account and without a traditional credit card.

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5 years ago

A company that can assemble furniture from a factory in China, and ship it directly to a customer.

153

5 years ago

This company wants to help retail and e-commerce businesses in China with logistics and shipping.

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5 years ago

An online marketplace that has a very different approach to selling than Amazon or eBay. The startup focuses on selling unique items and brands, and is based on a marketplace model that is increasingly popular in China.

151

5 years ago

A startup that connects businesses in China and the US to help them expand overseas.

147

5 years ago

Helping companies in China with a digital office. The company’s users have more than 10 million users and it says it’s growing fast.

146

5 years ago

This startup is going after the $2.5 trillion PBOC, or People’s Bank of China. A financial technology startup that wants to serve the Chinese populace that isn’t as online-savvy as westerners.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps American companies sell to consumers in China and other Asian markets by taking over the process of getting a Chinese partner to buy their product.

141

5 years ago

A company that helps businesses in the US and Canada use “reloads” from clients in China to avoid paying Chinese taxes

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3 years ago

A “follow-on to the Alibaba Group”, this is a social network for small businesses in China.

137

5 years ago

A B2B company that helps companies create a network of suppliers and vendors based in other countries to help save their clients money and prevent fraud. The company is launching in the US to manage supply chains in the US, China, and Europe.

134

5 years ago

A blockchain-based system for doing business in China — including a way to do digital currency conversions.

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5 years ago 1 views

A two-year-old startup that builds tools for the lucrative e-commerce market in China. The startup has a system that allows online shoppers to track orders, and has a team of about 20 full-time developers.

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4 years ago

Building a software platform for community managers in China

112

5 years ago

A Chinese startup that wants to help people learn English faster and easier. The startup writes questions and answers on cards and puts them on a string, which people can play around with. And their idea is proving popular in China, with a million cards sold in three months.

110

5 years ago

A mobile app that generates income for the user - a college student who buys cheap phone cases from China and resells them at a profit.

108

2 years ago

A network of over 80,000 household journalists who work for free in China to report on local government, events, and news.

106

4 years ago

An offering that gives e-commerce businesses a way to track orders, which is particularly useful for online retailers in China and India.

104

5 years ago

A company to help online retailers in China tackle the country’s ever-present counterfeit goods problem. The startup offers services such as in-store analytics, product testing, and education.

103

4 years ago

A platform for “telling your story”. For instance, you can write a story about your business trip to China, dump it into their database of a million other stories and have it created as an infographic.

103

3 years ago

A startup that helps companies promote their IT products and services to buyers in China. The company’s technology can help a company reach over 100 million Chinese buyers at once.

103

5 years ago

A messaging app that eliminates the need for SMS text messages to communicate with a business in China. The startup wants to make calls and texts cheaper and faster, with a focus on reducing spam.

99

3 years ago

This startup is building a tool for U.S. companies to stay compliant with China’s strict new cybersecurity law, which requires companies operating in the country to be “secure and reliable.”

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4 years ago

The story of how the founder of a company that makes protective filters for mobile devices moved to China, raised funding, and founded a rival company.

95

4 years ago

A tool that helps companies in the Southeast Asia and China take their money and invest it in the U.S. in a way that is tax-advantaged.

93

5 years ago

A platform for buying and selling virtual items like power-ups, skins and runes in esports. PGL is based in China and is already signing up professional esports teams to use its platform, which lets teams create their own websites and sell merchandise.

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5 years ago

A company that makes modular office furniture that can be built by a customer, shipping it in 5 parts. It currently has 3 large manufacturers that it works with building its products in China.

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4 years ago

A platform for hiring professionals in China. The startup provides a platform where companies find and hire digital marketers, digital product managers, and other digital talents.

89

2 years ago

A place for Jewish people in China to connect and celebrate holidays.

89

4 years ago

A financial management tool for small businesses in China, with a focus on going global.

88

4 years ago

Build a game that helps you visualize where you’re going on a road trip, using a case study of the most popular game in China.

88

4 years ago

A tool for people who want to manage their social media presence. The startup has a global team with offices in the US, UK, and China. It has raised $35M from investors including Sequoia Capital.

86

2 years ago

The startup wants to help companies like Y Combinator and startups in India and China manage their offices more effectively. Its app is currently in closed beta.

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4 years ago

A solution for managing hotel bookings in China.

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4 years ago

A startup that is offering a graphical way to explore the world’s most epic landscapes in 3D, including the Alps, Everest, and Kilimanjaro. It’s an easy-to-use 3D modeling platform that lets users build their own worlds, or explore places like Machu Picchu, the Great Wall of China, or the Falkland Islands.

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4 years ago

A team of engineers and a design team at a startup in China who want to grow their business into a larger team and a larger product.

82

3 years ago

The idea is to create a credit system for global trade, where a buyer in the US wants to purchase something from supplier in China. It’s a way for global businesses to manage the complexities of international trade.

82

4 years ago

Building a digital platform for selling or developing “white widget” products, like a smart thermostat or fitness tracker, to customers in China.

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4 years ago

A startup that wants to build a social credit system in China. They say that if you’re the type of person who might not be able to get a loan in China — like someone living in a rural village — then your credit score will be pretty low. The startup wants to build an online platform to expand the reach of credit scores to everyone.

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4 years ago

A startup that wants to help companies track their suppliers and employees as they travel to places like China, which they say is a $350 billion market.

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3 years ago

A platform for the biggest on the planet (China) to buy and sell real estate.

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3 years ago

A startup that wants to help connect small businesses in the US with their suppliers in China and India. The company is focused on small and medium businesses, with a focus on purchasing and logistics.

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4 years ago

A Hong Kong-based startup that is doing a joint venture in China with a Chinese partner. The two companies will work together to build a consumer product in China, and then later in Hong Kong.

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4 years ago

Stripe is a payment platform that wants to help e-commerce merchants on smaller margins and those outside the US. The company is looking to partner with other services to help customers in places like China and Mexico expand their customer base.

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3 years ago

A platform to connect vendors to the consumers who want goods. In the “Amazon of China” Amazon, people can buy products from a vendor, collect shipping and payment information, and then use the platform to order goods for delivery.

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3 years ago

“A startup that implements fintech software in the emerging markets of Southeast Asia, India, and China.”

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4 years ago

A digital agency that helps companies like Facebook, Google and Apple with communications needs in China. They launched around the same time as startups like Bird and Paper City.

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4 years ago

A startup based in Shenzhen, China, that’s building a software tool for small businesses that helps with accounting, tax preparation, and payment processing

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4 years ago

The startup is building an online platform that allows users to send and receive money in the US and China without having to go through a bank. Users can also set up a virtual wallet for storing and spending in different currencies.

73

4 years ago

The startup offers a tool for companies to make their own custom, branded products, using a 3D printer and a factory in China. The company has partnered with Unilever, United Parcel Service, and Chipotle among others.

72

4 years ago

This startup is building a global network of sports stadiums. It’s first project is in Brazil, where it is partnering with an insurance company to run a stadium that hosts games for the local soccer league. The startup is also working with a real estate developer to build a sports stadium in China.

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4 years ago

A software company that helps with better management of digital marketing for B2B companies in China. The startup helps companies with data management, social media management, and use of AI.

72

4 years ago

A product for startups in China to connect with investors.

70

3 years ago

A startup to help e-commerce stores in China manage their inventory.

70

3 years ago

A startup that allows sellers in China to find and sell inventory to their customers.

69

2 years ago

A startup that helps Chinese SMEs make money from the millions of micro-entrepreneurs in China. It’ll be an in-person platform that connects the two.

68

4 years ago

Not only does this startup make a cheap, disposable pen that works like a ballpoint, its CEO is also a pen manufacturer. The startup sells its pens for $5, and are made in China similar to Apple products.

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4 years ago

A digital service that helps businesses set up a digital presence in China. The firm focuses on B2C and B2B companies.

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3 years ago

A startup that brings models from China to the US by way of a global talent hub.

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5 years ago

Idea: With over a billion people in China, the potential for a successful B2C company is there, but most of them are making money on the internet and not offline.

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4 years ago

As of 2017, China’s biggest internet companies are Tencent, WeChat, Weibo, and Baidu. These companies have all been spending heavily on Facebook and Instagram ads, which have grown rapidly in the region. For example, WeChat spent $6.5 billion on ads in 2018 and Baidu spent $3.6 billion. Top global brands are also spending heavily on Chinese social media. For example, Coca-Cola has spent $2.2 billion on WeChat ads since February 2018.

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3 years ago

This web-based software for apartment and home owners to manage their property and rents. They’re now on their fourth site in the US, with plans to open in China and have a presence in Europe by the end of the year.

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3 years ago

The startup is a joint venture between Alibaba’s personal shopping arm and the group’s sports and fitness arm, S.F. International, to create an app that lets users compare prices and get daily shopping tips from their favorite personal trainers. The company is based in Hangzhou, China.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses in China pay suppliers and employees. The idea is to help local shops avoid the 2-3 week delays that are common.

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3 years ago

A startup from China that builds video games around a concept called “social finance” where the players make bets with their friends and the company that the outcome of the game will influence. For example, the company could build a game where the company that wins the bet could lobby for laws favorable to them.

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3 years ago

A startup in China that’s building a tool for insurance companies to collect and track customer feedback by sending surveys to their customers.

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that connects sports teams and their fans in China

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2 years ago

A tool for game developers to make game assets for their game, with sales of assets potentially generating a profit stream for developers. (The startup is operating in China.)

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3 years ago

A search engine for foreign-language websites in China

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3 years ago

One of the most successful crowdfunding campaigns to come out of China in 2015, this company is focused on helping Chinese companies and individuals get the right financing in the right way. The company says that it has already closed over $1 million in funding, and has plans to expand to the US.

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3 years ago

WeChat is a messaging app popular in China that’s being developed by a company that’s not even based in China, instead choosing to base itself in Hong Kong. The app is similar to Whatsapp, but with a focus on shopping and gaming.

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3 years ago

This is a platform to help brands build and manage their stores in China. The platform offers a digital storefront with a web and mobile point of sale and backend for inventory, online payments, and marketing.

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3 years ago

A marketing agency that builds high-performance marketing teams for companies in China and the US.

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2 years ago

A startup focused on the smart home market in China. The company has a team of 25 engineers and is building a smart hub that connects everything in the home to the internet. They’re aiming to be the Amazon of the smart home in China.

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2 years ago

In 2014, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that the number of Americans living in poverty had fallen from 15.2 million in 2007 to 12.5 million in 2013, but it remains at 20% of the population. In contrast, the poverty rate for China is around 3%, and for India it is roughly 20%.

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2 years ago

Goods are distributed to shoppers in China through the use of WeChat, a popular messaging and social media platform. The company wants to provide that same service in the US.

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2 years ago

This startup is building a platform for Chinese tourists to buy goods in Latin America, Europe, and the US without paying duties, duties that are often huge in China.

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3 years ago

A machine learning tool that helps companies make better decisions about their supply chains, including the decision to ship Walmart goods to China or other locations using a greater variety of products. The startup is working with Walmart, which they say wants to increase their number of suppliers by 1,000.

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3 years ago

A digital market places for online retailers to sell items from China and Southeast Asia.

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2 years ago

A company that sells raw materials to Chinese manufacturers. The startup is hoping to build a virtual supply chain to distribute steel and aluminum to China, which is a huge consumer of these materials.

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2 years ago

A person-to-person payment app for China.

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3 years ago

This startup is building a platform for companies to manage their supply chains. The startup does this by connecting companies with manufacturers and brokers in China. The company also uses its own facilities as a “hub” to make parts and assemble them into finished products.

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2 years ago

A $100 million fund that invests in startups that are changing the supply chain for goods from China.

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2 years ago

A provider of smart-home devices in China that uses artificial intelligence to automatically detect motion and sound in the home, and send alerts to users.

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2 years ago

The startup’s goal is to get a million people onto a credit card by 2020. In order to do so, it focuses on helping consumers get credit cards in China without credit scores or bank accounts, and instead with a mobile number.

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2 years ago

A project management platform for small business in China. The startup currently has10 employees.

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2 years ago

A digital platform for managing retail sites in China. It’s a way for retail stores to track orders, manage customer accounts, and get optimization and marketing tools.

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2 years ago

The company aims to connect vendors with businesses, with a focus on factories in China, and to help foreign businesses get cheaper products from China. Their service, for example, aims to help companies rather than individual consumers get cheaper products from factories, helping manufacturers to get better prices for their goods and to communicate.

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup helping to clean and disinfect homes for Chinese seniors. The company plans to tackle the $12 billion market for cleaning and disinfecting homes for seniors in China.

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2 years ago

A startup that helps retailers and e-commerce companies scale their operations in China by taking over the inventory fulfillment process.

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2 years ago

Storefronts of appliances like drones and RC cars. The startup wants to create a marketplace for retailers to sell products that otherwise would have to be shipped from China.

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that is trying to fix the problem of counterfeit drugs in China

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2 years ago

A way to help businesses with their marketing campaigns in China

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2 years ago

A startup co-founded by Y Combinator’s Sam Altman that helps companies get into China through a $500,000 investment and coaching. The company says it has seen $1 billion in exit value.

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5 years ago

Idea: Another B2B startup that helps manufacturers manage their supply chains in Asia The startup wants to help people in the US find more specialized manufacturers in China, and claims to have a signed contract with a Fortune 500 company

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5 years ago

Idea: This startup is building an app to help small to mid-sized business in China apply for and receive loans from banks.

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5 years ago

Idea: A company that is building a platform to help SMBs in China manage

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