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...


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...


Morning News Roundup: Singapore’s Circles.Life lets go of employees despite recent fundraise

Singapore’s Circles.Life lets go employees despite recent Warburg...


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...


Kickstart Ventures to manage Ayala’s US$150M Corporate VC fund in Philippines

The ACTIVE Fund will support startups in analytics, AI, cloud, fintech,...


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,...


Video publisher platform iVideoSmart raises Series A+ funding

The funding includes investors like returning Monk’s Hill Ventures and EE...


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...


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...


Philippines’ AI-powered HR-tech startup Sprout Solutions raises US$1.6M led by Kickstart Ventures

Sprout’s Insight can help predict attendance levels...