Syngency, the Kiwi software company, has won
first place at the TechNode Demo Day conference in Taiwan this week, and
will showcase its technology innovations at the 2015 TechCrunch conference in
Shanghai this June.
Founded
in 2010, Syngency has designed, built and refined a cloud-based platform for
modelling and talent agencies.
The
platform helps agencies manage day-to-day operations - it
provides collaboration tools and mobile
applications, changing the way agents, clients and models interact
with the agency. Transforming tedious tasks into efficient and simple
processes, Syngency's technology helps agencies save time and money,
according to a statement.
Ryan
Marshall, Syngency CEO, says the company has the ability to
disrupt the global fashion industry with its cloud-based software. In less
than six months, Syngency has grown exponentially,
acquiring modelling and talent agencies across USA, Europe, Australia
and New Zealand markets.
At
TechNode, Syngency was up against 10 other start-up companies from around
the world. Those in the running were judged by a panel of business
professionals from Taiwan, China and Japan, including John Yeh, Hiiir CEO and
founder, and Felipe Tan, Kii Greater China business development manager.
Marshall
says, [The judges] commended Syngency on having a well-considered and highly
developed business model, one they believe has considerable potential to
succeed on a large scale in Asia. It's a huge boost for us to be so well
received, travelling this distance to a market so considerably different from
where our existing customers are.
Winning TechNode’s competition has helped
Syngency validate and speed up its growth plans. Winning TechNode
really validated the potential Syngency has to succeed in Asia. We’ve created a
huge amount of local interest in the company and what our plans are here, says
Marshall.
Recently,
Syngency was also placed as a winning finalist in BNZ's Startup Alley
competition at Webstock 2015 in Wellington. The company received free flights
to San Francisco, giving it the opportunity to further expand in the USA and
join a hub of New Zealand technology company's in July at the Kiwi Landing Pad,
neighbouring the Silicon Valley.
source:
bizedge.co.nz