Bangalore: Mobile devices are soon taking over computers and tablets; importance of such devices has increased to a great extent in our lives. Entrepreneurs are eager for an easy market penetration and they develop mobile-first products. Most of the startups and other budding projects are so much focused onto the mobile sector that they tend to forget or skip iPhones and Androids and build tablet first products.

Startups focusing on the production of apps and other products for mobile platforms are quickly increasing, here are a list of mobile first startups that you must watch out for, as compiled by Business Insider.

18. Mixel

Founder: Khoi Vihn

Founded: August 2012 (Re-launched)

Based in: New York

Mixel is an iPhone application that lets the user slice up many photos into a single picture, through collage with amazing filters. It was a failure at the beginning but gradually picked the pace and raised $100,000 from TechFellow Award, 2010. It also raised $600,000 from Polaris Venture Partners, Betaworks, CrunchFund and Allen and Company.