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

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

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

Financial comparison super app Jeff raises 15M seed extension

Deliveree is smoothing Southeast Asias bumpy logistics landscape

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

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

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

Philippinesbased MSME platform GrowSari adds 775 million to its Series C

Philippines fintech business Voyager raises 215M in Tencentled round

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

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

Manilabased payments processing startup PayMongo raises 27 million in seed funding

Ant Group buys Singapores 2C2P to further global payments ambitions

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

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

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

Twitter expands misinformation reporting feature to more international markets

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

GoJeks Southeast Asia expansion runs into a roadblock in the Philippines

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

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

Shipmates makes order fulfillment less tedious for the Philippines online sellers

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

Packworks makes operations easier for sarisari stores in the Philippines

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

Kaya Founders backs Philippines startups from Day 0

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

Manilabased MadEats is more than a ghost kitchen startup

Grab raises more money again

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

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

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

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

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

With a 10 million round Nigerias Paga plans global expansion

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

Airbnb confirms 150M200M investment in Indias OYO

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

Philippines: Researchers Create 3D Printing App for Learning Braille

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

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

A close look at Singapores thriving startup ecosystem

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

Sweet Escape connects travelers to photographers for truly Instaworthy holiday pics

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

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

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