TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Philippines-based Plentina , a buy now, pay later startup focused on emerging markets, announced today it has raised $2.2 The new capital will be used to speed-track Plentina’s growth in the Philippines, expand its product and start exploring launches in other countries, including Vietnam. seed round.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

Vietnam has a monthly average income of $250, which is not particularly privileged compared to approximately $5,800 for the United States and about $1,000 for the Philippines. Andreessen Horowitz invested in the Philippine-based crypto gaming guild YieldGuildGames last year.

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Nucleus

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The volumes of data captured in the Looking Forward study are vast and this year, for the first time, results will be shared with the industry via an online dashboard, providing more rapid access to study results as well as self-service exploration and discovery at the individual level using built-in Nucleus functionality.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

The round will be used to expand in Indonesia and the Philippines, acquire more esports teams and scale Ampverse’s play-to-earn unit. . He added that expanding into Indonesia and the Philippines will “round off our SEA footprint,” which already includes Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 31, 2021

Among a variety of justice system-strengthening projects around the world, IJM specifically focuses on ending impunity for online sexual exploitation of children in the Philippines, a global hotspot for the trafficking of children to produce new CSEM through livestreaming video on popular video chat platforms.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

and expand its product in APAC, including the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia and Japan. “Our mission is to reinvent, unbundle and democratise access to the complex, opaque and byzantine 70-year-old credit card market, which is worth $4 trillion in the U.S. It will also double down on existing markets such as the U.K./Europe.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 15, 2010

More people have access to a cell phone than to a toilet. billion people lack access to toilets. Cebu, Philippines. TapIt water bottle refilling network was founded in 2008 to give New Yorkers free access to clean sustainable water on the go. 350 action in Oman Dive Center. Hulhumale Maldives.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

Founded in 2016, Brankas goal is to “democratize access to financial and identity data.” It also plans to add more capabilities to its payments, data and banking-as-a-service API product menu in Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand. Clients include traditional financial institutions, banks and fintech startups.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

The funds will be used to enter new regions in the Philippines and expand its financial products. GrowSari, a B2B platform for small stores in the Philippines, adds investors like Temasek’s Pavilion Capital and Tencent. million “mom and pop” stores in the Philippines. .

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2022

million in orders across 150 brands in the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan and Australia. Users currently include Bistro Group (the Philippine franchisee of TGI Fridays, Hard Rock Cafe and Buffalo Wild Winds, Flash Coffee and ghost kitchen startups MadEats and Just Kitchen.

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The Verge

JUNE 30, 2020

Where available, users can access them by tapping the “lyrics” card at the bottom of the service’s “Now Playing” screen. Spotify is launching a new real-time lyrics feature in 26 markets today, including India and countries in Southeast Asia and Latin America, TechCrunch reports.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

But this means fintechs need access to large amounts of data that they can use to verify customer identity, creditworthiness or aggregate information from online accounts. Brick currently operates primarily in Indonesia, but is planning to expand into Singapore and the Philippines before eventually covering all markets in Southeast Asia.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Singapore-based Bot MD helps save time with an AI-based chatbot that lets doctors look up important information from their smartphones, instead of needing to call a hospital operator or access its intranet. The startup announced today it has raised a $5 million Series A led by Monk’s Hill Venture.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

She discovered that many people she talked to in emerging markets were creditworthy but lacked immediate access to credit and quick loans. To add to that, over 2 billion of these people have limited access to financial services and working capital per World Bank statistics.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

We are also trying to focus on certain countries that will give us access to certain regions…like the U.K to give us access to Europe, and Saudi Arabia for the GCC region,” said Khairy. “We Gameball’s clientele include Sega, Xiaomi, Experience Philippines and Breadfast. Gameball’s expansion drive is backed by a $3.5

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TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2023

The amount of the investment is not being disclosed, but Aldagram said it will use the funds to sharpen its focus on India, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia and other countries in the region. On top of that, KANNA helps construction project managers keep connected with what’s happening on-site.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

Its website promises businesses that “with a single integration,” they can accept payments in Indonesia and the Philippines. Xendit recently expanded into the Philippines and also is considering other countries in Southeast Asia, such as Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore, according to Wijaya.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

It operates in Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. This is a milestone in our journey to open up access for everyone to benefit from the digital economy. According to Crunchbase , the company has raised over $10 billion, including from SoftBank’s Vision Fund.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2023

The fintech plans to use the funding to double down on its operations in Kenya, and the Philippines, before exploring new markets in West Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Borrowers accessing inventory and invoice financing have up to three months to repay. Fintechs such as Jia are stepping in to bridge this finance gap.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Financial services, especially those for people who don’t have access to traditional bank accounts or lines of credit, are proliferating in Southeast Asia. It also plans to enter the Philippines in the third quarter. For service providers, Jeff serves as a distribution channel, helping them find and retain customers.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2022

Eric Velasquez Frenkiel had a seemingly simple thought when visiting his family in the Philippines, impressed by the cashless economy that had formed. ” The startup is servicing the Philippines, but soon plans to expand to Mexico and India as well as other geographies. As with many things in fintech, it wasn’t that simple.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

According to the World Bank, more than one billion people in South and East Asia lack access to a bank account. The funding will be used to enter other Southeast Asian markets, including Indonesia and the Philippines, and introduce new products, like free credit score and insurance offers, digital discount coupons and mobile wallet cashbacks.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Transcelestial is on a mission to make the internet more accessible by building a network of shoebox-sized devices that send lasers to one another, creating a fiber-like network. The two say current internet infrastructure is the main reason so many people lack reliable internet access. Transcelestial plans to enter the U.S.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2022

According to a statement, the company seeks to “disrupt traditional centralized credit infrastructure by providing individuals, businesses and developers with the tools to access credit” via blockchain technology. The core principle for blockchain centers on the ownership of assets, including money and financial data.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Being “underbanked” doesn’t mean that someone lacks access to financial services. Finantier , a Singapore-based open finance startup, wants to streamline that data with a single API that gives financial services access to user data, with their consent. Building Southeast Asia’s financial infrastructure.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2022

to make their case to lenders operating on the protocol and get access to funds while showing non-crypto collateral. “We just see enormous potential to expand access to capital and build this bridge to borrowers in the real world,” Sall tells TechCrunch. African crypto usage spurs Luno as customers reach 7M.

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The Verge

JUNE 8, 2021

Other countries where Private Relay won’t be available include: Belarus, Colombia, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkmenistan, Uganda, and the Philippines. The move is the latest concession Apple has made in order to offer its services in China, a market which Reuters notes accounts for almost 15 percent of its revenue.

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2022

At present, it’s currently focused on Nigeria, Philippines, Haiti and Cambodia, with a renewal bent designed to reduce emissions as it brings more populations online. Explorer Investments and Didendum led the round, which also featured participation from Schneider Electric Energy Access and the Autodesk Foundation.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

The company, which was founded in 2013, also plans to strengthen its global operations across six countries — Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, and the Philippines. Most users are unbanked and the underbanked population with limited access to basic financial services,” Thamavaranukupt said.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2021

Founded by fintech veterans last year, Brick develops APIs that make it easier for tech companies to add identity verification and access financial data from their users. More than three-fourths of Southeast Asia’s population is unbanked or underbanked , meaning that don’t have a bank account or access to traditional lending services.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Pillow supports deposits and withdrawals with fiat currency through local partnerships in Nigeria, the Philippines and Vietnam, with plans to add more across Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America with its new funding. It currently makes profits on returns generated on top of the 5% to 10.42% returns made accessible to users.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

It recently began operating in Vietnam and will use part of its Series C+ to enter the Philippines. . It also partners with businesses, including e-commerce platforms like Shopee and Bukalapak, bookkeeping app BukuWarung , fintech Alterra and agritech platform Tanihub that offer access to working capital loans to their SME customers.

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The Next Web

MAY 5, 2013

Startups don’t have access to the same resources or brand equity. Call Centers / Sales Teams: Surely building a sales teams does not count as “growth hacking,” but recently a new trend is emerging: leveraging outsourced low-cost labor to help support a startup’s efforts (usually in the Philippines, sometimes college interns).

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

It operates in the United States, South Korea, Singapore, the Philippines and Indonesia. Our goal is to establish these top influencers as founders of the next-gen beauty, skincare and wellness brands and to provide them with the access and necessary resources they need to break into the market.”.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

Kicks Crew, which began as founder and CEO Johnny Mak’s side project in 2008, wants to carve out a niche for itself as a resell platform that can be counted on for product authenticity and accessibility for all. sneaker platform GOAT, told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 15, 2023

Returning investors Sequoia India and Southeast Asia’s Surge, Febe Ventures and Antler also participated, along with new backers Access Ventures, JG Summit and WTI. Its customers are spread across Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, Hong Kong and Australia, and typically ship about 25 to 5,000 orders a day.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Kwara is now moving a step further to build the next-generation neobank that will give credit-union members access to instant loans and third-party services such as insurance, as the start-up moves to offer end-to-end solutions to its clients. It hopes to triple the number of credit unions using its software to 150 by the end of 2022.

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