March 13, 2020
How Metro Manila’s COVID-19 community quarantine is affecting the local startup community
The Philippines has become the latest country to join in the lockdown caused by...
March 10, 2020
Meet the VC: Philippines’s Kickstart Ventures on becoming the country’s gatekeeper for startup ecosystem scale-up
Kickstart Ventures has lately been in the news for its US$200 million...
March 2, 2020
Morning News Roundup: Singapore’s Circles.Life lets go of employees despite recent fundraise
Singapore’s Circles.Life lets go employees despite recent Warburg...
July 12, 2019
igloohome raises US$15M afresh to expand its smart access solutions to real estate
igloohome’s portable locking device Smart Padlock can be used to secure...
May 2, 2019
Kickstart Ventures to manage Ayala’s US$150M Corporate VC fund in Philippines
The ACTIVE Fund will support startups in analytics, AI, cloud, fintech,...
April 25, 2019
Lifetrack Medical Systems raises US$5.2M in Series A to bring radiology to remote areas
Lifetrack Medical Systems runs a platform that enable rapid transmission,...
March 22, 2019
Video publisher platform iVideoSmart raises Series A+ funding
The funding includes investors like returning Monk’s Hill Ventures and EE...
July 30, 2018
Indonesian financial marketplace CekAja’s parent C88 raises US$28M from Experian, Monk’s Hill, others
C88 also operates financial products comparison platform eCompareMo in the...
April 24, 2018
Today’s top tech news, April 24: Softbank and Google invest in China truck-hailing firm
Also, Bluedot Series A, possible Go-Jek and ComfortDelGro partnership, and...
April 24, 2018
Philippines’ AI-powered HR-tech startup Sprout Solutions raises US$1.6M led by Kickstart Ventures
Sprout’s Insight can help predict attendance levels...