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Komunidad a Philippinesbased environmental intelligence platform lands seed round

Twitter names first international markets to get checks on political advertisers

GoJek buys fintech startup Coinsph for 72M ahead of Philippines expansion

TNB Aura closes 227M fund to bring PEstyle investing to Southeast Asias startups

With a 10 million round Nigerias Paga plans global expansion

In Southeast Asia a booming crypto scene

A close look at Singapores thriving startup ecosystem

Tonik raises 21 million to launch digital bank in the Philippines

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

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

Ant Group buys Singapores 2C2P to further global payments ambitions

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

PayMaya owner Voyager Innovations raises 210M at a valuation of 14B

Apps to reach record highs in Q3 of 36B downloads and 34B in consumer spending

Philippines startup Parallax removes the friction from crossborder payments

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

ObserveAI raises 8M to use artificial intelligence to improve call centers

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

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

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

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

Philippinesbased MSME platform GrowSari adds 775 million to its Series C

Philippines: Researchers Create 3D Printing App for Learning Braille

Indonesian fintech Xendit is now a unicorn with 150M in fresh funding led by Tiger Global

Google has quietly added DuckDuckGo as a search engine option for Chrome users in 60 markets

Snapcart raises 10M to shed light on consumer spending in emerging markets

Financial comparison super app Jeff raises 15M seed extension

Manilabased MadEats is more than a ghost kitchen startup

Maritime recruitment platform Seafair gets 57M led by General Catalyst

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

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

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

Facebook is making twofactor mandatory for highrisk accounts

Trumps sudden reversal on student visas will be felt in Silicon Valley

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

How US national security agencies hold the internet hostage

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

Ecommerce logistics startup Locad gets 49M seed round led by Sequoia Capital Indias Surge

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Philippines: Department of Science and Technology Opens Additive Manufacturing Facility

Resellee wants to become the Pinduoduo of Southeast Asia

Topica raises 50M for its online learning services in Southeast Asia

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

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