TC50: Six Noteworthy Startups That Represented Korea And Japan

Nearly 130 million people use the web in Japan and Korea combined, with Japan itself boasting the world's third biggest Internet population (94 million users). But getting exposure on an international scale is a big problem for globally positioned web startups in these (and many other Asian) markets. TechCrunch50 has always been very welcoming towards companies from countries other than the US. Last year, for example, a total of five companies from Japan made a showing at the event (three startups presented onstage, two were in the DemoPit). This year, Korea sent four promising companies to TechCrunch50 (finalist Sealtale , and DemoPit participants UniQube , touchring and FillThat ), while Japan had two startups exhibiting in the DemoPit ( LIFEmee and Spysee ). TechCrunch50 Conference 2009 : September 14-15, 2009, San Francisco