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

Tala grabs 145M to offer more financial services in emerging markets

Southeast Asian payments infrastructure unicorn Xendit banks 300M

GoJeks Southeast Asia expansion runs into a roadblock in the Philippines

Goldfinch raises 25M from a16z to power its DeFi lending protocol for borrowers in developing countries

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

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

Locad lands Series A to expand its logistics engine across Southeast Asia and Australia

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

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

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

Twitter expands misinformation reporting feature to more international markets

Humble keeps excess inventory out of the Philippines landfills

Manilabased payments processing startup PayMongo raises 27 million in seed funding

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

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

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

Philippines startup Parallax removes the friction from crossborder payments

In Southeast Asia a booming crypto scene

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

Philippines buy now pay later startup Plentina raises 22M seed round

Sweet Escape connects travelers to photographers for truly Instaworthy holiday pics

Komunidad a Philippinesbased environmental intelligence platform lands seed round

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

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

Philippines: Department of Science and Technology Opens Additive Manufacturing Facility

Manilabased MadEats is more than a ghost kitchen startup

Financial comparison super app Jeff raises 15M seed extension

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

A close look at Singapores thriving startup ecosystem

Facebook is making twofactor mandatory for highrisk accounts

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

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

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

Philippine ecommerce enabler Great Deals raises 30M Series B led by logistics firm Fast Group

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

Ant Group buys Singapores 2C2P to further global payments ambitions

Indias OYO enters Japan in partnership with SoftBank

Ecommerce logistics startup Locad gets 45M seed round led by Sequoia Capital India

Tofino Capital reaches first close of 10M fund to back startups in frontier markets

Grab raises more money again

Masa Finance gets 35M preseed to build its decentralized credit protocol

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

Airbnb confirms 150M200M investment in Indias OYO

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

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

Maritime recruitment platform Seafair gets 57M led by General Catalyst

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

Packworks makes operations easier for sarisari stores in the Philippines

Deliveree is smoothing Southeast Asias bumpy logistics landscape