MOX is a mobile-only accelerator for startups in emerging markets and is run by US-based VC firm SOSV
MOX , an accelerator programme based in Taiwan for mobile app startups in emerging markets, has announced the ten graduates of its seventh batch.
With startups from India, Hong Kong, Thailand and Indonesia, the cohort includes already profitable global players and seed-stage startups with sizable user bases in their home countries.
“The first billion internet users accessed the internet using their PCs, but the next four billion users — Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe and South America — are mobile-only. Hundreds of millions of users are getting on the internet with smartphones,” said William Bao Bean, Managing Director of MOX and General Partner of SOSV.
“MOX helps startups from around the world win in India, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia through our accelerator, focused on localisation, monetisation and free user acquisition,” he said.
Below is a brief profile of the startups:
Whatscut Pro
WhatsCut Pro turns any video into share-worthy content, shot and edited on the go. To date, the company has close to one million downloads, five million stories shared, and a community of 100,000 monthly active social media influencers.
Chekk
Chekk enables banks, insurance companies and fintechs to onboard and manage consumers and businesses to control their own digital identity, including what they share and to whom it’s shared.
NATBAY
NATBAY is a luxury fashion and lifestyle platform offering hard-to-find clothing and accessories from the world’s most prestigious designers. In just six months after launching, it has achieved US$240,000 in GMV, with 80 per cent of sales coming from social channels.
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Vidyakul
Vidyakul is an online learning platform connecting renowned educators with students. Vidyakul provides educational content in multiple languages at an affordable price. To date, the platform has over 100 teachers with a social reach of more than 15 million students all over India.
Podd
Podd is a credit trust bureau for India enabling merchants to understand their customers and consumers better to carry their reputational score from one merchant to the next.
PlayTooMe
PlayTooMe enables anyone with friends to perform in concert — live and on stage! Choose a time, sell the tickets, and Playtoome does the rest: providing the venue, production, recording and live streaming. PlayTooMe is adding 100 artists per week to its artist community, which recently exceeded 6000 artists. The company is backed by Enterprise Singapore, Venture Catalysts, and SOSV MOX.
Woovly
Everyone has a bucket list. Woovly is a community turning dreams into reality through content, sharing and recommendations, from climbing Mount Everest to getting that tattoo. Two million aspirations have been created on the platform.
Phable
Phable helps doctors improve patient treatment compliance by 70 per cent with continuous patient monitoring via our machine learning-enabled IoT platform. It has signed the #2 hospital group in India and is growing 35 per cent MoM.
Zotezo
Health and wellness influencers leverage the Zotezo platform to reach and engage their followers interested in curated health, beauty and fitness content, products and services. Also backed by The Times Group, India’s leading media conglomerate, Zotezo is already supporting health experts and influencers with 20 million social followers and growing by the millions every month.
PinjamWinWin
PinjamWinWin provides the 185 million unbanked in Indonesia with fast and easy loans for individuals and small businesses. The company is already profitable and still growing by triple digits every year.
MOX or Mobile Only Accelerator is an intensive programme focused on localisation, optimisation, monetisation and partnerships. MOX is operated by the VC firm SOSV with US$650M assets under management. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, SOSV operates six vertically focused accelerator programs: MOX for mobile internet (Taipei), IndieBio and RebelBio for biotech (San Francisco, London), HAX for hardware (Shenzhen, San Francisco), Chinaccelerator for internet and software (Shanghai), and Food-X for foodtech and agritech (NYC).
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