Crystal Horse

Congratz and good job Steve and Amelia and Team!

admin — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 08:52:42 +0000

Our founders of Lovebyte did an amazing job, building a fantastic app for couples.
It didn’t get un-noticed and the Australia listed company mig.me acquired the company Lovebyte. With 30% of the 700.000 registered users being active, Lovebyte clearly brings value to their users by providing a one stop platform for couples, where they can share, communicate, log and create moments together.

Singapore Early Stage Scene

admin — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 07:46:51 +0000

TechinAsia wrote an article about how tough it is to be technology start-up. Based on numbers from a selected few active investors of early stage companies, they categorised and summarized the the companies’ current status. The key take away message of the article is: if you want to make boatloads of money, trying to create a true game-changer won’t be the most likely way to succeed. While the scenery has become less gloomy, it’s still true that if you want to do a startup, your reason for doing it should be to create new value and navigate uncharted markets.

Congratz to Kluje!

admin — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 06:51:37 +0000

Good job founders of Kluje!

Five Singapore-based IT entrepreneurs, start-up founders and professionals have been named as the South East Asia regional finalists for a global tech innovation awards.

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Market Leaders’ thoughts

admin — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 06:46:43 +0000

Our founders of Tripzilla were asked about their vision in the price comparision industry:

“We saw that consumers were moving online for everything and more and more people were starting their travel planning from their screens.

There were many global giants dominating the travel space but no local brand for travel. So we thought, hey, let’s be THE local hero in travel,” said Winnie.

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Ultimate delivery

admin — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 06:26:41 +0000

Dilivr.it is on the mission to be your ultimate mobile delivery man.

Have too little time on your hands and need someone to help you run some errands and do some delivery for you? Do you know that there’s an app for that?

Dilivrit is a mobile platform providing individuals and businesses with on-demand, hassle-free delivery services while filling up the idle time of existing couriers.

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Tripzilla goes Vietnam

admin — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 09:40:22 +0000

Singapore’s leading travel portal TripZilla announces the official launch of its TripZilla Vietnam site today.

Featuring over 2,000 travel deals and tour packages from over 50 Vietnam based tour agencies, TripZilla Vietnam is its first non-English travel portal, catering to the local Vietnamese market. Besides listing tour packages from tour agencies, it also aggregates travel deals from group-buying websites, credit-card companies, airlines, hotels, tourism boards and travel insurance companies.

Interview With Michiel

admin — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 04:13:31 +0000

Founders Grid asked Michiel to share some insights on the angel investments scene in Singapore.

10 Questions with Michiel Wind, CEO of Cyrstal Horse – An Angel Investment Company based in Singapore.

Below is the link where Michiel Wind, the CEO of Cyrstal Horse, a Singapore based angel investment company share’s his insights on Singapore’s growing startup and investment scene.

New Partnership for DMS

admin — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 06:56:40 +0000

Dropmysite is an award-winning comprehensive backup solution in the cloud that will keep website and database safe. Dropmysite signed a partnership deal in Japan with the JASDAQ-listed Paperboy, one of the fastest growing hosting providers in Japan. Next to that it will very soon launch a new service for back ups of your mobile content.
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Shady contractors?

admin — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 19:46:35 +0000

Almost every home-owner will have experienced the frustration and worry of finding a reliable contractor for home improvement projects, ranging from simple plumbing and electrical jobs to wholesale remodelling. It would be great if someone could take over the job of finding suitable contractors for you. It would be even better if that won’t cost you anything..
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Selling for 10x after 24 months

admin — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 04:17:35 +0000

After a short journey in Gilcrux with the founder, John Fearon, Crystal Horse received an offer from an existing investor in Gilcrux.

We accepted the offer and thank John for the great work delivered, and wish him all the best in his entrepreneurial journey.

Crystal Horse remains as a stakeholder in the subsidiaries of Gilcrux: DropMySide, Eatads and Kluje.