Thread by @ViperChill

In March the Financial Times released their list of 500 high-growth Asia-Pacific companies for 2023.

I went through all 500 to find interesting online success stories with verified revenue numbers 💰.

I very rarely write Twitter threads so really hope you like this one 👇

Shockbyte: Minecraft server hosting, starting at $2.50/m.

Founded by Melbourne-based Mitch Smith while he was still in high school. Forbes reports revenue has now increased to $10M with over 500,000 customers.

Annual revenue: $5.55M 💰
3-year growth rate: 1,324% 📈

MissAmara: An eCommerce store for the Australian 🇦🇺, NZ 🇳🇿 & Hong Kong 🇭🇰 market that only sells…rugs.

Washable rugs seems to be their angle. Prices on the Australian site start at $35 and go all the way up to $1,050.

Revenue: $17.21M 💰
3-year growth rate: 460% 📈

Alarmy: An alarm clock app for iOS & Android with a twist — you have to complete "missions" in order to turn it off.

Started in South Korea 🇰🇷 they've had over 65 million downloads worldwide.

Revenue: $11.21M 💰
3-year growth rate: 292.6% 📈

Solbari: Hats, clothing and swimwear…with "built-in" UPF50+ sun protection.

Founder Johanna Young was volunteering at skin cancer charities when she came up with the idea.

What a brilliant business.

Revenue: $5.87M 💰
3-year growth: 708.6% 📈

EasySigns: Get custom banners & signage printed within 24 hours. Design everything for free with their online templates.

A simple, focused business that solves a real need. Targeting the Australian market 🇦🇺.

Revenue: $23.63M 💰
3-year growth rate: 100.2% 📈

Amber: An accommodation service with a twist. They're purely focused on helping students find places to live near universities.

The platform has over 1 million rooms in 250+ cities around the world. Growing insanely fast.

Revenue: $16.37M 💰
3-year growth rate: 3,357% 📈

Livewire Markets: A finance and stock market news site, primarily focused on Australia 🇦🇺

It's not often you see content sites in these lists so as someone obsessed with the digital publishing space this was cool to see.

Annual revenue: $3.24M 💰
3-year growth rate: 189% 📈

Flitto: A translation services provider, based in South Korea 🇰🇷, with more than 10 million users globally.

They offer AI, crowdsourced and professional translations.

Revenue: $8.16M 💰
3-year growth rate: 166.4% 📈

LegalVision: Unlimited legal support for a monthly fee.

Prices start at $660/m 🇦🇺 (~$450 USD 🇺🇸) depending on the areas you need legal help with, like company formation and employment contracts.

Over 100 lawyers on board.

Revenue: $20.06M 💰
3-year growth: 79.8% 📈

If you want to go through all 500 yourself, check out the full list from the Financial Times:

There are a lot of non-English sites and a lot that primarily generate their revenue offline, so it's a bit of a mission to go through but I found it fun.ft.com/high-growth-as…

As I say, I very rarely write Twitter threads (this is probably my 4th...ever) but I regularly share online success stories.

I've been covering this topic for over 10 years now, particularly focused on digital publishing goliaths and the world of SEO.

Thanks for reading 🙏🏻