Startupbin

Blog about the web and startups, from Finland. By Timo Paloheimo

Startups from Finland: Xiha Life Is Looking East

Xiha Life is a Finnish social networking startup that is looking east. The company behind the site, Xiha Ltd, was actually established in China but has since moved its headquarters to Helsinki because the lack of skilled employees. They have most features that you expect from any social networking site (profiles, photo sharing, friends etc. ), but they are “focusing on multi-cultural aspects and casual games.” Xiha Life’s business model relies in advertising but also game sales. The site itself is free and so are the trial versions of the casual games that can be downloaded from the site (which seems like strange thing to offer instead of online games that could be played on the site). Read more…

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