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Here’s our newest round-up of the featured startups on our site this week. If you have startup tips or story suggestions, feel free to email us. Enjoy this week’s list!

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1. Backstreet Academy | Singapore (Startup Profile)

Backstreet Academy lets you book unique activities hosted by locals. Its aim is to connect locals to the tourism industry so that they receive direct economic benefits.

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2. SourceSage | Singapore (Startup Profile)

B2B Fintech startup SourceSage aggregates and delivers real-time market intelligence and business opportunities. Their platform is now being used across 95 countries.

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3. Jugnoo | India (Startup Profile)

Indian ride-hailing app Jugnoo calls itself a “one-stop solution for all your hyper-local needs.” Currently, the startup claims to have 15,000 auto-rickshaws running on its app, notching up 50,000 transactions in a day, and 5 million users.

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4. CredoLab | Singapore (Startup Profile)

CredoLab has developed a credit risk management solution for emerging market economies. It’s app, CredoApp, extracts data from a user’s mobile device to create a unique and anonymous digital footprint, which the company is then able to develop into predictive credit scorecards.

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5. Digio | Thailand (Startup Profile)

Fintech startup Digio aims to turn your smartphone into a mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) system – counts payments giants Mastercard and Visa among its partners, as well as big tech corporates including Epson and Samsung.

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6. Aureso | Singapore (Startup Profile)

Software-as-a-service startup Aureso helps car dealers modernize on two fronts: it does away with inefficient, paper-based processes and adds a layer of previously unavailable business intelligence. It can be configured to connect multiple dealers with groups, importers, and manufacturers so that everyone along the chain benefits from real-time sales performance data.

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Startup lists

7 – 11: 5 rising startups in India – June 27, 2017

12 – 17: 6 rising startups in Japan

18 – 21: 4 startups going to Thailand that caught our eye

22 – 26: 5 rising startups in India – June 29, 2017

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