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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Indias OYO enters Japan in partnership with SoftBank

Philippines: Department of Science and Technology Opens Additive Manufacturing Facility

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

Philippines startup Shoppable Business smooths bumps in the business procurement process

Apps to reach record highs in Q3 of 36B downloads and 34B in consumer spending

Humble keeps excess inventory out of the Philippines landfills

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

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

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

Airbnb confirms 150M200M investment in Indias OYO

Manilabased payments processing startup PayMongo raises 27 million in seed funding

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

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

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

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

Tonik raises 21 million to launch digital bank in the Philippines

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

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

In Southeast Asia a booming crypto scene

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

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

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

Ant Group buys Singapores 2C2P to further global payments ambitions

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

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

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

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

GoJeks Southeast Asia expansion runs into a roadblock in the Philippines

Twitter names first international markets to get checks on political advertisers

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

Philippinesbased MSME platform GrowSari adds 775 million to its Series C

Philippines: Researchers Create 3D Printing App for Learning Braille

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

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

Facebook is making twofactor mandatory for highrisk accounts

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

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

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

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

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

Komunidad a Philippinesbased environmental intelligence platform lands seed round

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