Top 50 Social Network Startup Investors in Asia (October 2023)

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• Plott — Plott producing youtube animation platform under Vision “Become a Content holder from YouTube”. In August 2019, the company name was changed from Fabo to Plott. Plott, the new company name, is derived from the plot that you make before writing novels, etc., and the idea that “I want to make content all the time” is put in the company name.
• Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
• FiNANCiE — FiNANCiE is a social networking service.

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• AirCode — Code Node.js functions instantly from browser with built-in database and file storage. Then ship production-ready APIs with a single click.
• Huarui Index Cloud ExponTech — ExponTech is a provider of overall data infrastructure solutions based on a new generation of distributed architecture.
• Lingtan Intelligent Technology — Lingtan Intelligent Technology focuses on the development of innovative and sustainable distributed energy storage products and services, focusing on the research and development of energy storage system hardware, software and virtual power plant trading platforms, and is committed to providing factories, commercial buildings, charging stations,data Industrial and commercial markets such as hubs offer energy storage-based solutions.

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• MFast — MFast operates as a fintech platform. MFAST is a brand under Digital Payment Solution Joint Stock Company - DigiPay JSC.
• VenWiz — Find and connect with vendors matched to your requirements and manufacturing plant based on their capabilities and experience
• Savelots — Savelots is a membership-based discount chain brand that primarily operates in discount retail and department store related activities.

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• Fando — Sports & eSports : Fan Engagement Platform
• Knocksense — A local news and recommendations platform.
• Clever Harvey — Clever Harvey JuniorMBA is an online programme led by IIM and Ivy league alumni to teach your child the essentials of entrepreneurship, strategy and technology!

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• Fando — Sports & eSports : Fan Engagement Platform
• Epic Impact — Epic is the app that rewards you for buying ethical products that are better for the planet, and empowers you to do more good, from offsetting your carbon footprint to donating to good causes.
• BazaarNXT — B2B Marketplace for Packaging Materials, Manufacturing & Distribution

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• FitFlo — FitFlo brings to life the connected gym experience for Operators, Trainers and Members.
• Mole — Mole is a digital business card and mobile website software. Connect with your clients, promote your business online and much more. Comes with free customised NFC business card.
• Optacloud — Fostering a global AI powered ecosystem to achieve 100% cloud efficacy-> effortlessly, economically and eco-consciously. Dev tools stack for automating the entire development lifecycle of cloud apps across- Build, Deploy & Optimize.

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• Torum — Torum is the SocialFi ecosystem (Social + NFT + DeFi + Metaverse) that is specially designed to connect cryptocurrency users. The Web3.0 ecosystem is built on a social media platform, coupled with a yield farming platform for DeFi players, an NFT marketplace for crypto artists and Avatar NFT for Metaverse enthusiasts.

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• Lieyunwang.com — Lie Yun is an online media focused on start-up company.Lie Yun is a brand new technology service platform, adhere to the concept of service entrepreneurs, focus on entrepreneurship and innovation, industry trends, focus on new products, new companies, new models to the original Exclusive coverage, analysis, and well-known industry coverage of theUnited States first-hand in Silicon Valley.
• ScentRealm — ScentRealm focuses on digital scent technology R&D and application. ScentRealm is aiming to create a perfect smell experience.
• Yizhi Technology — Yizhi Technology is a comprehensive solution provider of 3D printing technology.

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• Xitu — Xitu is a Chinese developer community based on sharing and learning.
• Jimeng Intelligent — Jimeng Intelligent is an industrial internet platform that offers integrated big data production, management and application services.

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• FUE Bioscience — FUE Bioscience is a medical robot R&D business that specializes in microsurgery above the head and neck. It continues to develop a product matrix of fully intelligent, high-precision, and anthropomorphic surgical robots based on the platform of macro-micro-controlled humanoid dual-arm robots.
• Life Wilderness — Life Wilderness reimagines human-computer interaction and is linked to the transportation and travel industries.
• Xintu Heterogeneous — Xintu Heterogeneous offers data storage solutions for heterogeneous computing.

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• GPx — GPx is a biotech company that revolutionizes remote chronic disease management with bloodless blood tests. It is dedicated to transforming the standard of care of cardiorenal diseases and enabling patients to better understand their condition, much like the continuous glucose monitor has transformed diabetes care.The company was founded in 2020and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
• Panalyt — Panalyt bridges the People-Data Gap, enabling real-time, uniform access to relevant people data, reports and insights for CxOs, HR and business managers.People data, including employee interactions and connections is combined with business data, catalyzing new insights and intelligence.Predictive analytics moves the business from reactive toproactive, identifying correlations and points of intervention.The People Enhanced Data movement empowers businesses to leapfrog to data-driven HR decision making, eliminating bias and improving engagement, sales effectiveness, productivity and, as a result, business performance.“Panalyt is the only multi-source analytics platform in our study that also offers ONA to analyze digital collaboration and communication based on passive data. The company further integrates sales and business data, allowing line managers to identify and focus on areas critical to them.” - RedThread Research's People Analytics Tech 2020 Report
• SUN METALON — We localize metal part manufacturing, anywhere.

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• Torum — Torum is the SocialFi ecosystem (Social + NFT + DeFi + Metaverse) that is specially designed to connect cryptocurrency users. The Web3.0 ecosystem is built on a social media platform, coupled with a yield farming platform for DeFi players, an NFT marketplace for crypto artists and Avatar NFT for Metaverse enthusiasts.

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• Taste Lab — TASTELAB Zurich: A love affair between cooking and science. Events, caterings and cooking apps.
• Taste Lab — Taste Lab is an perator of a food brand intended to provide healthy snacks.
• Xiaoshuo Digital Technology — Xiaoshuo Digital has accumulated a mature technology platform framework, including a variety of general business technology components and big data technology bases, to provide strong support for the digital transformation of enterprise credit sales management.

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• Bob W — Book the smartest alternative to hotels and random rentals. Climate-neutral and locally designed apartments in handpicked districts. Stay days, weeks or months.
• GoTrendier — Gotrendier.com.co is a platform to sell the clothes that you no longer use and to buy in the closet of other girls throughout Colombia. Posting your products on gotrendier.com.co is completely free! They are sure that in your closet you have many fashion garments that you have not even put on, or that are new, even with a label. At GoTrendier wegive you the opportunity to sell these items and earn money. In addition, you can buy clothes from other users, and find your new favorites
• Lunar — Get a free account and card - just like 750,000 others. Spend smart. Achieve financial peace of mind. Sign up in minutes.

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• Torum — Torum is the SocialFi ecosystem (Social + NFT + DeFi + Metaverse) that is specially designed to connect cryptocurrency users. The Web3.0 ecosystem is built on a social media platform, coupled with a yield farming platform for DeFi players, an NFT marketplace for crypto artists and Avatar NFT for Metaverse enthusiasts.
• appsNmobile — A leading payment solutions provider licensed by the Bank of Ghana. Service delivery is hinged on integrity, innovation and excellent customer service.
• FanAnywhere — Your one-stop blockchain solution for a celebrity to engage the fan base, exclusive Fan Tokens, exchange in FAW pairs & own exclusive celebrity artworks

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• G7 — G7 has an installation base of 800,000 cargo vehicles throughout China. Through its proprietary hardware devices, the company is able to compile data for logistics companies and drivers on location, route optimization, fuel consumption, and cargo status (temperature, humidity, etc).
• Robotphoenix — An industrial robot manufacturer in China
• Kuntian New Energy — Hebei Kuntian New Energy is a producer of anode materials for lithium-ion batteries.

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• Tané — Crypto builders incubator. Nurture the soil for Web3.
• Thirdverse — Thirdverse (formerly known as Yomuneco Inc) is engaged in Virtual Reality content and services planning, development, sales and management.
• microverse — Microverse offers NFT-related services such as content creation, distribution, and customer service.

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• Deskree — Generate a complete and scalable back-end infrastructure with tons of features via a web interface. Infinitely scalable & truly independent.
• EquityList — Equity management with online cap table management and employee stock option programs (ESOP) administration. Available free for Indian startups
• Series — Series provides full-stack enterprise financial services designed for institutions & enterprises.

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• Torum — Torum is the SocialFi ecosystem (Social + NFT + DeFi + Metaverse) that is specially designed to connect cryptocurrency users. The Web3.0 ecosystem is built on a social media platform, coupled with a yield farming platform for DeFi players, an NFT marketplace for crypto artists and Avatar NFT for Metaverse enthusiasts.
• Wicrypt — Wicrypt is a dynamic organization that consistently allows its users to get paid by sharing their Wi-Fi.
• Bella Protocol — Bella Defi suite allows users to simply deposit and enjoy high yield from sophisticated arbitrage strategies, either on-chain or via custodian service.

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• SoLeLands — SoLeLands provides children with future-ready skills, virtues, and applied competences and inspires children to love learning.
• Maka Motors — MAKA is dedicated to building the best electric motorcycles for Indonesian riders.
• Zenith Learning Group — Zenith Learning Group's mission is to deliver a holistic, world-class education to learners across South East Asia through technology.

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• AIQ — AIQ aims to transform the way offline content is being consumed by bridging O2O (offline to online) media properties with its latest cutting-edge Computer Vision AI Technology where multiple platforms and channels can be integrated, allowing seamless interaction between online & offline content. AIQ's Video & Visual RecognitionTechnology empowers consumers with the ability to interact with their favourite brand’s & products, any where, any time. At AIQ, we redefine the way brands engage with customers because, we can.
• Corpy & Co. — Corpy & Co. develops and provides solutions and works on research and development of frontier XAI / QAAI for deploying AI in mission-/safety-critical areas. The company proposes new alternatives through research and development of AI. Corpy & Co. was founded by Kohei Yamamoto in 2017 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
• ACES Japan — ACES is providing image recognition algorithms such as object recognition and face and expression recognition

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• Aman — Aman provides modern technology for growing companies to set up and manage their employee benefits, simplifying complexity of benefit administation and delivering a world-class experience. Our platform enables companies to competitively recruit, engage and retain top talents.
• AgriAku — AgriAku is a technology-based local agribusiness company that enables traders & farm shop owners to get saprotan(agriculture production facilities) at affordable prices through it's apps - Agroaku Mitra app, and Agroaku Hub app. AgriAku offers full-stack agriculture services for small and medium-sized businesses and farmers. AgriAku offerscomplete agricultural equipment such as seeds, fertilizers, agrochemicals to agro equipment.
• Nafas — Nafas is simple people need to be aware of the air they breathe, and the impact that the quality of air has on their health and their life.

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• Torum — Torum is the SocialFi ecosystem (Social + NFT + DeFi + Metaverse) that is specially designed to connect cryptocurrency users. The Web3.0 ecosystem is built on a social media platform, coupled with a yield farming platform for DeFi players, an NFT marketplace for crypto artists and Avatar NFT for Metaverse enthusiasts.

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• UXUY — UXUY is the easiest and most secure decentralized exchange built on MPC wallet. Begin your Web3 journey with the native DEX and start making money today.
• Safeheron — Safeheron is a platform that enables open and transparent self-custody of digital assets.
• Volare Finance — Volare Finance provides a transparent, trustless, and convenient decentralized option trading without intermediaries.

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• IronMill — IronMill is a Web3 infrastructure provider that focuses on offering customized integration solutions to program developers.
• Coinflow Labs — Coinflow is a payment solution that allows Web3 companies to accept traditional payment methods and payout their customers by converting cryptocurrency to USD in their traditional bank account.
• Franklin — Hybrid cash & crypto payroll

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• GPU.Net — GPU Network is a decentralized graphics processing unit on-demand infrastructure that supports the next generation of Generative AI, Web3 Metaverses, high-end graphics rendering, and cryptocurrency mining.
• Bubblemaps — Explore DeFi tokens and NFTs through bubbles in our crypto dApp. Cryptocurrency data for beginners, degens, and experts.
• Aethir — Power Ultra-Low Latency Gaming & AI Experiences.

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• Stardust.AI — Stardust is a company built by machine learning experts to provide one-stop training data solutions for AI modeling and applications. Its services include image/video annotation, audio transcription, as well as OCR recognition. Stardust built highly optimized production lines for various application scenarios like autonomous driving, facialrecognition, NLP, search relevance, and chatbot to name a few. Stardust have proudly served world-class companies and educational institutions like Tencent, Baidu, Face++, Xiaomi, CUHK, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, etc.
• Hi after school — Hi after school is an interactive entertainment and performance company.
• Yuanlian Technology — Yuanlian Technology is an industrial internet platform that provides integrated infrastructure for localized intelligent manufacturing.

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• ZumVet — ZumVet provides access to affordable and convenient veterinary care through video calls and medication delivery. They are passionate about animals and want them to get the best possible care by offering video consults, referrals, home visits, and emergency services. It was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Singapore.
• Ion Mobility — Ion Mobility is a tech-driven all-electric mobility company tackling a challenging and complex space.
• Smoothly — Startup is a place where ideas are built. A place where we are always looking toward the future; new horizons in design and development are just ahead.

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• MetaCene — MetaCene is a blockchain company that aims to create an accessible Web3 world for the masses, with a focus on player-centric entertainment.
• Ruishi Technology — Ruishi Technology develops Myopia prevention and control medical devices.
• True Talents For China (TTC) — True Talents For China (TTC) is a digital and intelligent professional talent service company that provides digital platforms, business platforms, data platforms, enterprise cloud services, and other services.

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• Aethir — Aethir’s Decentralized Cloud Infrastructure (DCI) is the framework that unbinds the macro trajectory of the AI and gaming industry, from the walled garden resources of the incumbent cloud hegemony.Aethir's make complex cloud resources more accessible.
• CEBG Studio — CEBG Studio is a gaming studio.
• Xixiang Ecological Chain Collection — Xixiang Ecological Chain Collection is a Web3 digital collection platform that includes encrypted art production, promotion, and collecting, as well as IP permission.

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• Torum — Torum is the SocialFi ecosystem (Social + NFT + DeFi + Metaverse) that is specially designed to connect cryptocurrency users. The Web3.0 ecosystem is built on a social media platform, coupled with a yield farming platform for DeFi players, an NFT marketplace for crypto artists and Avatar NFT for Metaverse enthusiasts.
• Coldblock — Coldblock Technologies Inc delivers short wave infrared sample digestion technology to prepare samples for analysis, accuracy and safety.
• fraction/al — Fan Ownership Platform that empower fans to own a piece of their favorite sports team.

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• Mogic AI — Mogic AI is an advertising technology platform that provides tools to create and launch campaigns by pulling product images into ads using AI.
• Levinthal — Levinthal is an AI-driven protein design platform. They offer services for artificial intelligence in food safety and medical care. They offer synthetic biology, food, feed, and environmental protection.
• Altos Radar — Altos Radar accelerate the development and implementation of 4D Imaging Radar technology in driver-assisted and fully autonomous driving systems.

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• 1SEC — 1sec is a virtual influencers in Japan,develop in-house and management. IMPACT to CEKAI in 1 second. Based on the concept of making CEKAI happy in one second, US based in Los Angeles and Japan, based in Tokyo, virtual influencers × AI, fashion & music & The company will develop a number of CEKAI's first and first projects in Japan inthe field of enter teignment.
• Gatari — Gatari is developing an AR audio platform, including the AR camera app Vismuth, which can call avatars in reality.
• SPORTS CROWN — SPORTS CROWN engages in the development and operation of fantasy sports.

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• Joystream — JoyStream is a blockchain powered decentralized media distribution, curation, discovery, and monetization platform.
• Forward Protocol — Create Blockchains, Subnets, and dApps with A No-Code Interface Wordpress for Web 3.0 Cross-Chain Compatible Industry Agnostic Adoption-Focused Deploy Your dApp Now Join the Community Featured In Deploy and go live in a few minutes. No programming skills required. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K07z8cQPQGI&ab_channel=ForwardProtocol Lowest Barrier to Entry Easy to use Open Source Drag and drop Complete control Set
• The Fashion Kingdom — Fashion, Sneakers for men, women, and kids

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• Fando — Sports & eSports : Fan Engagement Platform

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• ClayStack — Multichain liquid staking platform that allows users to stake their assets, mint staking derivatives, and participate in DeFi.
• Ondo Finance — Institutional Grade Finance. On-Chain. For Everyone.
• Meson Network — meson network provides fast,stable,cheap content delivery globally

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• FirstMate — FirstMate is a software company that designs and develops software tools for NFT creators.
• Cymbal — The human readable block explorer. Explore any wallet, NFT or collection to understand their activity, all in real time.
• Rocket Pool — Your friendly decentralised Ethereum staking protocol

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• Cymbio — Connect to hundreds of digital sales channels via Cymbio's automated multi channel e-commerce platform to increase sales & elevate revenue.
• Craft.io — Plan & manage your products with craft.io. A comprehensive, streamlined, intuitive product management platform built for product managers.
• Safeguard Applied Innovation — Safeguard Applied Innovation provides a mobile performance management platform for construction enterprises. It designs its solution to enable decision-making for successful project planning and execution, delivering effective control regardless of project complexity or national regulations.

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• HUG — Discover new artists, and access creator-friendly Web3 education. Earn rewards for celebrating and curating your favorite artists!
• Sei Labs — Sei is the first sector-specific Layer 1 blockchain, specialized for trading to give exchanges an unfair advantage
• AlienSwap — AlienSwap is the first membership-based NFT marketplace for the community.

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• Outdefine — Join our free community and redefine your career with trust and transparency. Earn DEFN tokens for engaging with the community, get jobs with premier enterprises globally, and keep all of your pay.
• WeaveDB LTD — WeaveDB is Firestore on Smart Contract bringing web2 UX to web3 dapps both for users and developers.
• Curio Research — Creative studio building crypto powered games.

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• Onmeta — Onmeta
• Anchor — Anchor is a Lagos-based banking-as-a-service platform for African businesses. Anchor provides APIs and infrastructure to build, embed and launch powerful financial products in a secure and scalable way.
• Sealance Corp. — Sealance provides financial services, cryptography and other services.

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• Coupay — Coupay offers consumers the ability to be rewarded for their social equity. By using existing conversion methods, being coupons, cashback and comparison, if a user shares via a social network and a sale occurs, that user is rewarded financially for the share. Coupay has partnered with thousands of retailers, and has over 16 million productson site. Coupay, social shopping that pays in cash.

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• t3rn — t3rn is a hosting platform for smart contracts, that enables trustless, interoperable, multi-chain execution and composable collaboration.
• Few and Far — Few and Far is the next-generation platform for experiences in Web3, including NFTs, DeFi, gaming, and more. They help NFT projects with launchpad services, minting tools, outbound marketing, and more. They offer creators the liquidity, ability to earn, and listings alongside the top collections on NEAR.
• Gameta — Gameta is a web3 company.

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• Lootex — Lootex is a blockchain-based trading platform that offers services ranging from software integration to channel sales to its corporate clients. Lootex is located in Taipei City, Taipei.
• Chain Crisis — Chain Crisis is a Cyberpunk MMORPG on the Solana blockchain
• Exotic Markets — Exotic Markets bring wealth management and structured products out of the bank and in the decentralized finance world. Exotic Markets Maximise the investments with simple and sustainable products.

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• Xitu — Xitu is a Chinese developer community based on sharing and learning.
• Moduovr — Moduovr is a virtual reality entertainment content platform.
• KUICKWHEEL — Founded in 2014, Kuickwheel Technology is a high-tech enterprise in Jiangsu province. Kuickwheel provides the best ebike & escooter out there.

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• Rightfoot — Add debt repayment to your product in a snap. Rightfoot's APIs streamline debt repayment across a market of fragmented loan servicers.
• Conductive.ai — Conductive.ai is an engagement platform for game developers to motivate players to increase player lifetime value.
• Concordia — Concordia is a modular risk and collateral management protocol that unifies and enables multi-chain collateralization of digital assets.

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• Kuandeng — Kuandeng specializes in developing a variety of applications for autonomous driving through the intelligent crowdsourcing of a map. Its core technologies include deep learning, image recognition, 3D vision, robotics, map construction, and big data cloud services based on it. The company has been corporating with a number of car manufacturers withits commitment to productize autonomous driving technology. It has completed several hundred million financings led by IDG Capital. Kuandeng was founded by Liu Jun, former vice president of Baidu and head of the LBS business unit.
• IPR DAILY — IPRdaily is a provider of integrated intellectual property information services. They provide property information services to connect global intellectual property and technological innovation talents.
• Zi Mei She — Zi Mei She is a content creator for finance, current affairs, technology, entrepreneurship, culture, fashion and sports fields.

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• Port3 — Port3 is a Web3 social data portal developer.
• TeleportDAO — Trustless cross-chain settlement solution
• Social Future — Social Future is an AI-driven social networking metaverse company.

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• Wudun — Wudun offers wireless communication technologies such as 4G and 5G. They focuses on the edge side security field of the internet of things, They solve the security problems of IoT edge computing environment.
• Jishi yu — Jishi yu focuses on offering a multi-platform/multi-channel centralized and unified intelligent customer care SaaS platform for cross-border e-commerce sellers, with the goal of meeting the needs of foreign enterprise channel acquisition, customer operation, and brand management.
• Zhihui Robot — Zhihui Robot is a research and development company that makes intelligent spraying robots. Zhihui Robot is a cutting-edge technological business specializing in the research, manufacture, sale, and use of special intelligent spraying robots.

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• Spatomics — Spatomics is focusing on creating a cutting-edge multi-omics tool platform for single cells.
• Aijie Boya — Aijie Boya is a medical instrument and magnetic solid-phase material company.
• Smart Cyano — Smart Cyano is a biotech company that integrates research and development, production, and sales of bioactive raw materials. It was established on August 27, 2018 and is headquartered in Qingdao, Fujian, China.