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

GoJeks Southeast Asia expansion runs into a roadblock in the Philippines

How US national security agencies hold the internet hostage

Sweet Escape connects travelers to photographers for truly Instaworthy holiday pics

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

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

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

A close look at Singapores thriving startup ecosystem

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tonik raises 21 million to launch digital bank in the Philippines

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

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

Twitter expands misinformation reporting feature to more international markets

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

Ant Group buys Singapores 2C2P to further global payments ambitions

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

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

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

Financial comparison super app Jeff raises 15M seed extension

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

Philippines SME lending startup First Circle raises 26M ahead of regional expansion

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

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

Southeast Asian payments infrastructure unicorn Xendit banks 300M

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

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

Komunidad a Philippinesbased environmental intelligence platform lands seed round

Philippines fintech business Voyager raises 215M in Tencentled round

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

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

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

Deliveree is smoothing Southeast Asias bumpy logistics landscape

Kaya Founders backs Philippines startups from Day 0

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

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

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

Airbnb confirms 150M200M investment in Indias OYO

Packworks makes operations easier for sarisari stores in the Philippines

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

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

Manilabased MadEats is more than a ghost kitchen startup

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