Singaporean start-up Kluje.com nominated as one of Red Herring Asia’s top 100 finalists

Singaporean start-up
Kluje.com nominated as one of Red Herring Asia’s top 100 finalists

Joining the ranks of
Asia’s most promising innovators

Singapore,
25 August 2014 – Singaporean
start-up Kluje.com (pronounced “KLOO-JAY”) has been nominated as a
finalist for Red Herring’s prestigious Top 100 Asia Award, a list of 100 of the
top start-ups in Asia. The award, which recognises Asia’s top innovators as
those who drive the technology sector towards growth, is frequently used to
discover the most exciting and promising start-ups throughout the region, and
receives hundreds of applications each year.

“Being nominated as a Red Herrings Top 100 Finalist,
is a huge achievement” said Jamey Merkel, CEO of Kluje.com. “We’re honoured to
be considered alongside so many other talented start-ups regionally, and
excited to show the judges what sets Kluje.com apart from the rest! The
conference is a great opportunity for companies to showcase their ideas and
achievements, and to network with other likeminded entrepreneurs who have
worked so hard to make their ideas become reality.”

Finalists are invited to present their business model
to the judges at the Top 100 Red Herring Asia conference, which takes place in
Hong Kong from 25 to 27 August 2014. Nominees will also have the opportunity to
meet the founders, investors, and CEOs of the other
nominated companies. In
2013, 14 Singapore starts ups were awarded, namely Acromobile, Red Mart and
Wiztango,

“Entrepreneurship
in Asia has reached an inflexion point, and as a result, Red Herring Asia 2014
has shifted into a new phase,” said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red
Herring. ” A second generation of entrepreneurs is emerging and their
execution skills and global ambitions is leading to great companies, solid
growth and a global footprint. As importantly, we are seeing more companies
from countries once absent from innovation circles. Kluje.com
shows great promise and therefore deserves to be among the finalists.
Now we are faced with the difficult task of selecting the Top 100 winners of
Red Herring Asia. We know that 2014 will reward us for a long and continued
effort scouting disruptive companies in Asia.”

Participating this year, Kluje.com, an online marketplace
connecting homeowners and agents with contractors, was founded to
provide a reliable and easy way to find 
“better quality contractors” without the long and painful process of
research, interviews, quotation comparisons and uncertainty. With the innovations and services provided, it has moved rapidly to considerably digitalize the
renovation industry.  

In its first year of establishment, Kluje.com has had over
2000 homeowners and property agents signed up on their platform, with 325
contractors joining as well. Moreover, The young start-up has won the best
start up in South East Asia at Talent Unleashed 2014 in July and was awarded in
the original Top 50 at Echelon 2014 in June

With a mission to provide full-scale services to the
Singaporean market, the start up is now actively seeking series A. Moreover,
the next plan for Kluje.com is to make a big move to expand in the region,
providing users with added peace of mind when undertaking major home
improvement projects, routine maintenance, or even just a few odd jobs around
the house.