Registration for TOP100 is now open and we are looking forward to seeing your startup on the list!

TOP100 Program gives you the one golden chance to connect with hundreds of investors, showcase your startup at Echelon, pitch on the TOP100 stage, and access special programs. Find out what’s new in TOP100 and join here: https://bit.ly/TOP100_2023

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Now that Echelon Asia Summit is coming back in full swing, e27 is determined to make one of its key features, the TOP100, one of the best yet!

The TOP100 program is an annual initiative organised by e27 to showcase and recognise the most promising startups in the Asia-Pacific region.

The program is open to exciting new startups from the Asia-Pacific region with innovative ideas that break barriers across different industries. The selection of the TOP100 involves a rigorous screening process, including an evaluation of the startup’s product or service, team, market potential, and traction.

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The selected startups are given the opportunity to pitch their business ideas at the Echelon Asia Summit this June 14-15, 2023, at the Singapore Expo. The program also provides exposure to investors, mentors, and potential partners, enabling growth among participating startups and helping them expand their networks across the larger global tech ecosystem.

The TOP100 program has become one of the most prestigious startup competitions in the region, attracting thousands of applicants each year and providing valuable visibility and support to the most promising startups in the region.

15 startups closer to competing at this year’s TOP100

Being a frontrunner refers to startups close to making it to this year’s TOP100 program.

With all the amazing startups sprouting across the Asia-Pacific region’s vibrant tech startup ecosystem, we now present you with 15 frontrunners closer to competing at this year’s TOP100. Get to know them here!

TemanTrip

TemanTrip is an Indonesian open trip sharing platform that connects travelers with local trip leaders. The platform aims to provide a hassle-free and cost-effective way for travelers to explore Indonesia’s diverse cultures and natural beauty.

One of TemanTrip’s unique selling propositions is that anyone can register as a trip leader, creating a diverse and authentic selection of trips for travelers. TemanTrip provides standardization for trip leaders by ensuring that all registered leaders have met specific requirements and have a verified profile.

Nextpay

Nextpay is the first all-in-one banking suite for small businesses in the Philippines. Entrepreneurs and small businesses can use Nextpay to receive payments via digital invoices and manage their finances.

NextPay offers a fast, simple, and affordable set of business banking services where business owners can easily sign up and start collecting money (e.g. send invoices, accept payments, etc.), manage their money (e.g. real-time reporting, integration with HRIS and accounting systems), and send money (e.g. salary payouts, supplier payments, and bills payments). There are no setup fees, maintaining balances, or ridiculous requirements either, making it accessible to even the solo entrepreneur.

Pin’J

Pin’J is a B2B closed-loop working capital financing fintech for workers in the gig economy. Their aim is to help individual gig economy workers secure their livelihood by optimising their income opportunities and working with gig economy businesses to fulfil their operation needs.

Pin’J’s closed-loop model is an embedded lending ecosystem that integrates inventory financing with end users to disburse credit from merchants onboarded as partners into the Pin’J platform. Through their B2B partner, Pin’J’s credit engine incorporates data analytics that is provided by partner companies to build a proprietary driver data model. Funds are disbursed by this engine.

GetSpaces

GetSpaces radically improves the commercial leasing journey by connecting spaces with businesses. The company wants to redefine traditional boundaries of space and time to enable everyone in Asia access to property on their own terms. Simply put, everyone should be able to access space based on their needs rather than be constrained by supply. That is why at GetSpaces, they offer the most flexible commercial lease solution in the market where businesses can rent a space for as short as an hour to as long as a few years.

Lokein

Lokein is a full-suite social commerce platform that helps easily digitise and digitalise business owners, brand owners, and MSMEs including second-hand goods merchants, while at the same time, helping them manage their business easily anytime, anywhere. With Lokein’s solution, MSMEs can simply digitalise and digitise their business with a no-code omni-channel social selling software that enables MSMEs to sell seamlessly and manage their businesses efficiently.

The software includes an e-commerce storefront, full-suite seller dashboard, custom landing page builder, built-in marketing tools with AI assistant, Bahasa Melayu Chatbot AI assistant, affiliate system, and e-POS manager. The solution is a lightweight, fast, responsive e-commerce software that comes with a pre-fixed template where users can set up their store in just seven minutes.

PETSKITA

PETSKITA is the first pet parenting app in Indonesia — a one-stop solution platform offering pet supplies and services with personalised “pet profile” features, transforming the way pet parents shop.

72% of Indonesian households own a pet. But, the pet industry in Indonesia and Southeast Asia is still very fragmented and under-penetrated. Some of the major problems being the hassle that pet parents face with having to navigate through many different platforms. It’s also hard to access trusted and quality products and services, which makes the overall buying experience for pet products inconvenient. PETSKITA is solving those problems by building a one-stop solution platform offering pet supplies and services with personalized “pet profile” features – transforming the way pet parents shop.

SMARTR

SMARTR is an enterprise software that leverages advanced data visualization and automation technologies to help organisations effectively discover, manage, and develop their talents. SMARTR’s mission is to empower young professionals to excel at what they do best.

They enable professional HR and business owners to make data-driven decisions for their training programs, help industry experts, trainers, and training centres to be worry-free through their partnership programs and focus on sharing their knowledge. They also help enable working professionals to reach their full potential through learning and competency development.

TABLE (Thailand) Co. Ltd.

TABLE is Thailand’s newest booking platform for lifestyle and beyond. They offer quick and convenient online table reservations, event discovery/booking as well as exclusive value-for-money deals and unforgettable experiences.

Since restarting activities in November 2022 (post-Covid), the company has grown from 0 to 100s of bookings per month — all organic (no paid ads) and branched out from Bangkok to add Koh Samui, Koh Phangan, Phuket, and Pattaya.

A step closer to the 2023 TOP100

After a rigorous screening process, these startups are a step closer to qualifying for this year’s TOP100.

If you are one of the founders of the startups above, a representative from e27 will be reaching out to you soon to discuss with you the next step in your application process. Feel free to get in touch with us for any inquiries.

Also read: Check out these 15 startups closer to conquering the 2023 TOP100

If you have an exciting startup with innovative ideas that can eclipse the best and the brightest in the region, join the 2023 TOP100 and stand a chance to pitch your ideas to some of the top investors in the Asia-Pacific at this year’s Echelon Asia Summit. Register for TOP100 here.

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