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Komunidad a Philippinesbased environmental intelligence platform lands seed round

Twitter expands misinformation reporting feature to more international markets

Indias OYO enters Japan in partnership with SoftBank

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

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

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

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

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

GrowSari a B2B platform for small stores in the Philippines adds investors like Temaseks Pavilion Capital and Tencent

Grab raises more money again

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

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

In Southeast Asia a booming crypto scene

A close look at Singapores thriving startup ecosystem

Philippines: Department of Science and Technology Opens Additive Manufacturing Facility

Philippines payment gateway PayMongo gets 31M Series B will explore regional expansion

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Grab plans to raise 2B more this year to fund an acquisition spree in Southeast Asia

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

Financial comparison super app Jeff raises 15M seed extension

Facebook is making twofactor mandatory for highrisk accounts

Philippines fintech business Voyager raises 215M in Tencentled round

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

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

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

GoJek brings in Misfit cofounder and exFacebook head to lead Vietnam business

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

Shipmates makes order fulfillment less tedious for the Philippines online sellers

Manilabased MadEats is more than a ghost kitchen startup

Brankas wants to bring Southeast Asias banks and ecommerce into the digital era

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

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

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

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

Tonik raises 21 million to launch digital bank in the Philippines

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

With a 10 million round Nigerias Paga plans global expansion

Kaya Founders backs Philippines startups from Day 0

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

Sweet Escape connects travelers to photographers for truly Instaworthy holiday pics

Airbnb confirms stake in Indias OYO sources say it invested 150M200M