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Manilabased payments processing startup PayMongo raises 27 million in seed funding

Africa Roundup: Paga goes global and 4 startups raise 99M in VC

Maria Ressa founder of Filipino independent media site Rappler found guilty in cyber libel trial

The cyber libel trial against independent news startup Rapplers CEO and one of its former writers starts in Manila

Led by exAmazonians Acquco raises 160M to buy and scale ecommerce businesses

ShopBack a cashback startup in Asia Pacific raises 45M from Rakuten and others

VCs give us their predictions for startups and tech in Southeast Asia in 2019

Grab raises more money again

Facebook is making twofactor mandatory for highrisk accounts

Deliveree is smoothing Southeast Asias bumpy logistics landscape

PayMaya owner Voyager Innovation raises 167M from KKR Tencent and IFC to launch digital bank in the Philippines

Twitter expands misinformation reporting feature to more international markets

Southeast Asian payments infrastructure unicorn Xendit banks 300M

Western Union often disrupted by startups partners with a startup for digital push in the Philippines

Grocery delivery startup Honestbee is running out of money and trying to sell

Egypts Pylon gets 19M to scale software for water and electricity distribution companies

Igloo raises 82M to bring insurance to more people in Southeast Asia

Financial comparison super app Jeff raises 15M seed extension

Facebook is launching political ad checks in Nigeria Ukraine EU and India in coming months

Philippinesbased home services platform GoodWork gets 16 million to expand in Southeast Asia

Brick closes 85M seed to enable open finance across Southeast Asia

Kaya Founders backs Philippines startups from Day 0

Filipino live streaming app Kumu raises 5 million Series A led by Openspace Ventures

AI training and social network content moderation services bring TaskUs a 250 million windfall

Airbnb confirms 150M200M investment in Indias OYO

Upmesh wants to build a communitydriven discovery app for Southeast Asian live commerce

Twitter names first international markets to get checks on political advertisers

Online university Nexford will use 8M to plug affordability and relevance gaps in education

Philippinesbased MSME platform GrowSari adds 775 million to its Series C

Singapores Credit Culture raises 295M for its soontolaunch digital loan business

Dear Sophie: Is there a way to keep working in the US after my J1 visa expires

Lhoopa raises 80M to spur more affordable housing in the Philippines

Grocery startup Honestbee makes layoffs and cuts costs as it prepares to raise more money

Japans gaming blockchain builder Oasys raises 20M in private token sale

Oriente raises 50 million to continue building its infrastructure for digital financial services

Philippines buy now pay later startup BillEase scores 11M Series B

Philippines fintech business Voyager raises 215M in Tencentled round

Tencent backs fintech firm Voyager to set up battle with Alibaba in the Philippines

App Annie: Global app stores consumer spend up 19 to 170B in 2021 downloads grew 5 to 230B

Momo Vietnams top payment app lands big Series C investment led by Warburg Pincus

Sweet Escape connects travelers to photographers for truly Instaworthy holiday pics

Philippines payment processing startup PayMongo lands 12 million Series A led by Stripe

Komunidad a Philippinesbased environmental intelligence platform lands seed round

A close look at Singapores thriving startup ecosystem

Philippines startup Parallax removes the friction from crossborder payments

Rakutens Viber chat app plans to charge to operate chatbots in controversial move

UK researchers develop new lowcost rapid COVID19 test that could even be used at home

Facebook revamps its business tool lineup following threats to its ad targeting business

Send now pay later startup Pomelo lands 35M Series A from secretive Vy Capital Founders Fund

Ondemand logistics startup Lalamove raises 300M for Asia growth and becomes a unicorn