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Philippines startup Parallax removes the friction from crossborder payments

Grab raises more money again

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

GoJeks Southeast Asia expansion runs into a roadblock in the Philippines

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

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

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

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

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

Twitter names first international markets to get checks on political advertisers

Philippines: Researchers Create 3D Printing App for Learning Braille

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

Packworks makes operations easier for sarisari stores in the Philippines

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

Tonik raises 21 million to launch digital bank in the Philippines

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

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

Philippines fintech business Voyager raises 215M in Tencentled round

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

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

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

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

Ant Group buys Singapores 2C2P to further global payments ambitions

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

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

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

Resurgent HappyFresh raises 20M for its online grocery service in Southeast Asia

With a 10 million round Nigerias Paga plans global expansion

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

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

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

Kaya Founders backs Philippines startups from Day 0

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

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

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

Komunidad a Philippinesbased environmental intelligence platform lands seed round

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

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

Sweet Escape connects travelers to photographers for truly Instaworthy holiday pics

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

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

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

Shipmates makes order fulfillment less tedious for the Philippines online sellers

In Southeast Asia a booming crypto scene

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

Philippines: Department of Science and Technology Opens Additive Manufacturing Facility

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

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