Philippines Volanews

Digital Bank Tyme Raises $110M, To Apply For License In The Philippines Neobank Tyme said it has raised US$110 million in a series B round from its new Singapore headquarters, laying the foundation for its ASEAN expansion and the further growth of its South African digibank brand TymeBank.

by techinasia

2021-02-24

SOUTHEAST ASIA INDONESIA PHILIPPINES

Monk’s Hill Ventures And Qualgro Lead $5M Round In Edufintech Firm ErudiFi Edufintech firm ErudiFi announced it has raised US$5 million in its series A financing round led by Monk’s Hill Ventures and Qualgro.

by techinasia

2021-02-24

SOUTHEAST ASIA PHILIPPINES EDUTECH

Y Combinator Pours $125K In Philippine Edutech Firm Avion School For Software Developers Philippine-based Edutech firm Avion School has raised US$125,000 from startup accelerator Y Combinator to build a school the teaches Filipinos to become remote software engineers globally.

by techinasia

2021-02-09

SOUTHEAST ASIA PHILIPPINES AI

AI-powered Supply Chain Solutions Firm Expedock Bags US$4M Led By Early Backer Of Facebook, Airbnb Expedock, a Philippine-based Artificial Intelligence startup working with supply chain companies, announced today it has landed US$4 million in seed funding.

by e27.co

2021-02-05

SOUTHEAST ASIA PHILIPPINE MYNT AI

PH Payments App Mynt Raises $175M From Bow Wave Capital, Nears Unicorn Status Mynt, the Philippine payments app backed by Jack Ma’s Ant Financial, has raised $175 million in fresh capital from US investment firm Bow Wave Capital Management and existing shareholders.The fresh funding gives Mynt, the fintech arm of Globe Telecom and operator of mobile wallet GCash, a post-money valuation of close to $1 billion, Globe said in a statement Friday.

by DealStreetAsia

2021-01-11

CVC Capital Partners Fast Group PHILIPPINES

CVC Capital Picks 40% Stake in Philippines Third- Party Logistics Group Fast For $124m Private equity major CVC Capital Partners is investing 6 billion pesos ($124 million) in Philippine-based third-party logistics firm Fast Group to fund the company’s domestic and regional expansion.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-12-16

PHILIPPINES Startups MadEats

All Female-Led Madeats Ropes in Tinder Co-Founder as Investor to Scale Its Internet Food Brands in Philippines MadEats is an online restaurant group that creates brands specifically engineered for delivery.

by e27

2020-11-27

PHILIPPINES Startups AQWIRE

AQWIRE Bags US$2.1M in Series A to Expand Its Proptech Platform in Philippines AQWIRE enables local developers and brokers to access foreign property investors, including 12 million Filipinos overseas.

by e27

2020-11-27

PHILIPPINES MALAYSIA VC

Philippines's New Wave Joins Hands with Emissary Capital to Launch US$50M Fund for ASEAN Startups New Wave will invest up to US$7.5 million in the new fund as a Limited Partner. The two firms will form a joint venture to serve as General Partners to manage the fund’s investment decisions.

by e27

2020-11-25

PHILIPPINES Startups Resellee

PH's Resellee Raises US$1M in Seed Financing to Help Filipinos Start Zero-Capital Online Business The company claims it has thousands of products and services on its platform — ranging from fashion and electronics, to fruits and vegetables.

by e27

2020-11-17

PHILIPPINES Startups Kumu

Gobi-Core Invests in PH Live Streaming Platform Kumu Kumu has become one of the fastest rising Philippine startups in the last two years. Its user base has more than doubled since the start of the year, surpassing the five-million mark last month.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-11-11

PHILIPPINES Startups PayMongo

Manila-Based Payments Processing Startup PayMongo Raises $2.7 Million in Seed Funding The startup will focus on the Philippines first, where the country’s central bank has set a target of increasing the rate of cashless payments to 20%.

by TechCrunch

2020-09-28

PHILIPPINES Startups JazzyPay

Philippines' JazzyPay Raises US$500K from Cocoon Capital to Help Businesses Adopt Cashless Payments Amid COVID-19 It will use the fresh funds for product development, to build its management team and grow its network of partner merchants across the country.

by e27

2020-09-11

PHILIPPINES Startups Mosaic Solutions

Philippines' Mosaic Solutions Raises US$1.5M to Provide Data Analytics, Inventory Management Solutions to SEA's F&B Industry Mosaic will further enhance its software, which provides restaurants and off-premise food retailers a “comprehensive and immediate” view of their key cost and revenue drivers.

by e27

2020-09-11

PHILIPPINES Startups Edukasyon

Edukasyon Extends Series A Round to Deepen Gen Z Student Engagement in Philippines The edutech startup will use the capital to build new features, deepen its student engagement, and offer more educational counselling.

by e27

2020-09-09

PHILIPPINES Startups Cloudcfo

Impact Fund SEAF Invests in PH Accounting Services Provider Cloudcfo The firm services more than 100 companies across a range of industries, including technology, e-commerce, finance and lending, restaurants, hotels, manufacturing, business services, and retail.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-08-17

PHILIPPINES TECH GIANT POLICY

Philippines Moves Closer to Taxing Technology Giants The bill, which aims to raise 29 billion pesos ($590 million) to help fund government measures to fight the coronavirus, follows similar plans by other Southeast Asian countries to generate revenues from the most popular digital services.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-07-31

PHILIPPINES Startups Avion School

Tinder Co-Founder Invests in Avion School That Helps 'Filipinos Become Software Engineers in 12 Weeks' Avion is building a new way for Filipinos to learn software development and other technical skills without having to pay upfront.

by e27

2020-07-15

PHILIPPINES INDIA Startups

Filipino Fintech Firm Ayannah Merges with India's ECAPS; Plans to Raise US$30M in Series B The new entity Ayannah Global, to be based in Singapore, aims to provide digital financial services to the growing middle-class in South Asia and SEA.

by e27

2020-06-10

PHILIPPINES Startups GoodWork

PH-based Home Services e-Commerce Platform GoodWork Raises $1.6m Seed Funding Led by Chaac Ventures The company offers services such as home cleaning, laundry delivery, air-conditioner cleaning, home repairs, and home wellness services like manicure & pedicure in Southeast Asia.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-05-15