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Help Now: Needs are Catastrophic in the Philippines

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NOVEMBER 11, 2013

American Red Cross Philippine Red Cross World Vision Oxfam Catholic Relief Services This was one of the largest storms to ever form on the planet. In many communities, the entire infrastructure used to provide food, water, and basic services has been eliminated. The devastation assessments are only beginning to come in.

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Sending Prayers and Concrete Help to the Philippines: Bayanihan’ Spirit

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

I remembered my Dad, who passed away this year, who was a WW2 Vet and stationed in the Philippines. Donate to Help Victims in Philippines. She, herself, has chosen to support to the Philippine Red Cross but also points to this article about how to help from CNN. Image: American Red Cross.

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The Role of DEI in Today’s Nonprofit

NonProfit PRO

APRIL 1, 2022

Recently, a master’s level student and her professor at Mindanao State University in the Philippines asked me to lecture their class on nonprofit management principles. Since I enjoy teaching, I loved this class interaction.

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Komunidad, a Philippines-based environmental intelligence platform, lands seed round

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 3, 2021

The Philippines is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world, with geography that makes it vulnerable to typhoons, floods, volcanos, earthquakes and droughts. An example of Komunidad dashboards, created for a project in Mandaluyong City, the Philippines. Komunidad also enables its customers to build their own alert systems.

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Philippines ‘buy now pay later’ startup BillEase scores $11M Series B

TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2022

Buy now pay later (BNPL) startups are proliferating around the world and the Philippines is no exception. It can now be used at more than 500 merchants, including consumer electronics seller Kimstore and Philippine Airlines. Philippines ‘buy now, pay later’ startup Plentina raises $2.2M seed round.

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AI company reveals its drive-thru chatbot relies on human workers in the Philippines 70% of the time

TechSpot

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Presto Automation, which calls itself one of the largest labor automation technology providers in the industry, revealed in an SEC filing that almost three-quarters of its orders are aided by off-site agents working in areas such as the Philippines. Presto previously claimed that 95% of orders received by its drive-thru. Read Entire Article

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Philippines fraud inquiry examines government purchase of 40,000 Celeron laptops at $1,000 each

TechSpot

AUGUST 17, 2022

The Reg writes that after schools in The Philippines closed due to Covid-19 outbreaks, the government allocated funds to purchase nearly 70,000 laptops so teachers could continue working.

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Shipmates makes order fulfillment less tedious for the Philippines’ online sellers

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The Philippines’ e-commerce market now has a gross merchandise volume of $12 billion , a 132% increase from 2020, and is expected to reach $26 billion in GMV by 2025. The platform is currently integrated with 9 courier companies, and the founders say its the only aggregator in the Philippines that has both on-demand and standard couriers.

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Go read about the dire working conditions for Ring’s call center employees in the Philippines

The Verge

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Amazon extended its work-from-home policy into 2021 for corporate employees, but call center workers in the Philippines contracted by the company’s Ring subsidiary continue to work in person with increased risk of COVID-19 infection, as detailed in a report for NBC News by Olivia Solon and April Glaser.

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Watch the first five minutes of Netflix’s Philippine folklore anime Trese

The Verge

JUNE 9, 2021

Netflix has released the first five minutes of its upcoming anime series Trese , which is based on the Philippine horror comic of the same name. Image: Netflix. Count me intrigued. The monsters seem quite scary, and I love the supernatural elements hinted at even in these initial minutes.

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South African digital bank TymeBank lands $109M from UK and Philippines investors

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

and Philippines. The investors for this unnamed round include Apis Growth Fund II, a private equity fund managed by Apis Partners, and Gokongwei-owned JG Summit Holdings, one of the largest conglomerates in the Philippines. This time, a startup from Africa has joined the party. The company made this known via a statement.

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Packworks makes operations easier for sari-sari stores in the Philippines

TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2022

Sari-saris are small neighborhood stores in the Philippines that are often run on pen and paper ledgers. They said they witnessed how sari-saris have a difficult time tracking inventory and getting supplies for their stores, especially in the provinces of the Philippines.

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Philippines shutters its online gambling industry amid tax evasion, human trafficking concerns

TechSpot

JULY 25, 2024

POGOs, short for Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators, are companies licensed by the government to run online gambling sites for overseas players, especially in mainland China where such activities are illegal. While the POGO business has generated billions in tax revenue, it's also been a hotbed of illicit activity. Read Entire Article

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

TechCrunch

JUNE 27, 2021

Voyager Innovations , the Manila-based owner of PayMaya , one of the Philippines’ most popular payment and financial services apps, announced today it has raised $167 million in new funding to launch more financial services, including a digital bank. Voyager’s total raised since 2018 now stands at $452 million.

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GrowSari, a B2B platform for small stores in the Philippines, adds investors like Temasek’s Pavilion Capital and Tencent

TechCrunch

JUNE 21, 2021

Sari-sari stores are neighborhood stores in the Philippines that usually sell daily necessities and sometimes serve as community hubs, too. The $30 million total it has raised include its seed funding and Series A, which according to a July 2020 profile in Esquire Philippines was $14 million.

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Philippine e-commerce enabler Great Deals raises $30M Series B led by logistics firm Fast Group

TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2021

Founded in 2014, Great Deals is an e-commerce enabler that helps brands like Abbot, L’Oréal and Unilever build their online retail operations in the Philippines. Philippines payment processing startup PayMongo lands $12 million Series A led by Stripe. Navegar, which led Great Deals’ Series A , also returned for this round.

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Humble keeps excess inventory out of the Philippines’ landfills

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Manila-based Humble Sustainability is a circular economy startup that wants to keep it out of the Philippines’ landfills. Humble keeps excess inventory out of the Philippines’ landfills by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch. ” 5 tips for scaling your green startup during a funding drought.

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Philippines ‘buy now, pay later’ startup Plentina raises $2.2M seed round

TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

E-wallets are rapidly gaining popularity in the Philippines, overtaking credit cards, which have a penetration rate of under 10%. Plentina launched in the Philippines in October 2020 and has been downloaded more than 30,000 times. Other installment loan services in the Philippines include BillEase, Tendopay and Cashalo.

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Philippines-based MSME platform GrowSari adds $77.5 million to its Series C

TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

GrowSari , a Manila-based platform for digitizing small businesses in the Philippines, announced today it has added $77.5 million to its Series C round. Along with prior funding, including $45 million announced in January , this brings the round’s total to about $110 million.

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Rice is a staple crop around the world—but it’s becoming increasingly toxic

Fast Company Tech

APRIL 18, 2025

They found that in those seven countriesVietnam, Indonesia, China, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Myanmar, and Indiadisease risk rose across the board.

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Resellee wants to become the Pinduoduo of Southeast Asia

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Launched in the Philippines, social commerce startup Resellee wants to recreate the success of Pinduoduo, one of China’s fastest-growing e-commerce companies, in Southeast Asia. Social commerce is well-positioned to take off in the Philippines for several reasons, he added.

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Massive 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes Taiwan, threatens tech supply chain

TechSpot

APRIL 3, 2024

According to NBC News, the quake hit roughly 11 miles south-southwest of Hualien at a depth of about 21 miles, and triggered tsunami warnings for Taiwan, Japan, and the Philippines that were eventually lifted. Read Entire Article

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Support in the Philippines

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Our deepest sympathy goes out to all those affected by the typhoon in the Philippines. We appreciate the important work that nonprofits are doing to provide aid and ensure a swift recovery. If you are a Blackbaud customer and are in need of assistance, please call 1.800.468.8996.

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KFC now has a restaurant in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

TechSpot

JUNE 17, 2020

On Wednesday, KFC Philippines launched its newest restaurant location, but it's not where you would expect it. Ungeek noticed the franchise now has a presence inside the video game Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

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PayMaya owner Voyager Innovations raises $210M at a valuation of $1.4B

TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2022

Voyager Innovations , the owner of Philippines’ payment and financial services app PayMaya and neobank Maya Bank, announced today it has raised $210 million, bringing its valuation to $1.4 PayMaya owner Voyager Innovation raises $167M from KKR, Tencent and IFC, to launch digital bank in the Philippines.

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Plentina, a ‘buy now, pay later’ startup focused on emerging markets, raises another $2.2M

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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X/Twitter starts charging new users $1 per year

TechSpot

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Following last month's news that Musk had suggested charging X users a small fee to combat the service's bot problem, Fortune was first to report that the company will begin charging those in New Zealand and the Philippines $1 per year for the ability to tweet, reply, quote, and bookmark. Read Entire Article

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Hundreds of thousands of trafficking victims are being forced into committing online scams

TechSpot

AUGUST 31, 2023

A new report from the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, citing "credible sources," states that at least 120,000 people in Myanmar, about 100,000 in Cambodia, and tens of thousands in Laos, the Philippines, and Thailand "may be held in situations where they are forced to carry. Read Entire Article

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Indonesian fintech Xendit is now a unicorn, with $150M in fresh funding led by Tiger Global

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

At the end of last year, Xendit expanded into the Philippines, and says it is now one of the biggest payment players in the country. In the Philippines, on the other hand, “the real problem was accepting money,” so Xendit developed direct debit with Grab. “I This new round brings its total funding so far to $238 million.

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A Woman's Investment: A Web 2.0 Fundraising Campaign to Support Women Entreprenuers in Philippines

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 29, 2008

" She invited me to contribute one sentence for a social media fundraising project she's leading to support female entrepreneurs in the Philippines. She is hoping to raise $10,000 for a group of female entrepreneurs in the Philippines. Some of the contributors so far: Anita Pahor , Women???s

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ErudiFi raises $5 million Series A to give students in Southeast Asia more education financing options

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

ErudiFi currently works with more than 50 universities and vocational schools in Indonesia and the Philippines. ” ErudiFi’s Series A will be used on hiring for its product and engineering teams and to expand in Indonesia and the Philippines. 13 investors say lifelong learning is taking edtech mainstream.

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6 Ways To Increase Mobile Giving In 2014

TechImpact

DECEMBER 23, 2013

According to the DEC (disaster emergency committee) , a UK based coalition made up of 14 charities who band together in times of crisis, 6 million british pounds were raised via mobile donations after the Philippines was rocked by the typhoon that occurred earlier this year.

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Cloud kitchen startup CloudEats raises more capital to ramp up Southeast Asian expansion

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

A Manila-headquartered startup called CloudEats , which operates cloud kitchens across the Philippines and Vietnam, just raised a $7 million Series A extension led by Nordstar to accelerate the digitization of food service in Southeast Asia. . The cloud kitchen market in Asia is projected to grow at 14.2% billion by 2030 , up from $15.2

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Americans now use social media as their primary news source, research shows

Mashable Tech

JUNE 17, 2025

many Latin American countries including Brazil, a number of African countries, as well as Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. Notably, the study, which has been conducted worldwide, reveals that not all countries are the same with this regard. For example, the trends are similar in the U.S.,

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Manila-based MadEats is more than a ghost kitchen startup

TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2022

MadEats , Y Combinator alum, claims to be the first “‘full-stack’ delivery-only startup in the Philippines,” with their own virtual storefront, ghost kitchens and fleet of drivers. More than that, they also conceptualize and launch their own brands, making them a delivery-only restaurant group. The company announced today it has raised $1.7

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Checkout.com raises $450 million and reaches $15 billion valuation

TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2021

And the company is working on adding India and the Philippines. And it turns out you need cash on your balance sheet in the Philippines if you want to get a license from the local regulator — it doesn’t matter if you have a ton of money sitting in your bank account in London. Checkout.com is regulated in the U.K.,

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Why Vulnerable Kids Depend on Government & Big Tech Getting Data Privacy Laws Right

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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Google and Facebook are building a subsea cable system that will boost Internet connectivity in the Asia-Pacific region

TechSpot

AUGUST 16, 2021

Apricot is a new subsea cable from Google and Facebook that will connect Singapore, Japan, Guam, the Philippines, Taiwan and Indonesia.

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Singapore-based esports startup Ampverse lands $12M

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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Jakarta-based fintech Akulaku raises $200M from Japan’s largest bank

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Akulaku, which operates in the Philippines and Malaysia in addition to Indoensia, offers a virtual credit card and installment shopping platform, as well as an investment platform and neobank. Earlier this year, Akulaku raised $100 million in funding from Siam Commercial Bank as part of another strategic investment.

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Southeast Asian payments infrastructure unicorn Xendit banks $300M

TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2022

Xendit now has over 3,000 customers, including Samsung Indonesia, GrabPay, Ninja Van Philippines, Qoala, Unicef Indonesia, Cashalo and Shopback. Xendit has made several strategic investments in companies that serve startups and SMEs, including private bank Bank Sahabat Sampoerna in Indonesia and payment gateway Dragonpay in the Philippines.

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Upmesh wants to build a community-driven discovery app for Southeast Asian live commerce

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Upmesh was launched nine months ago by Wong Zi Yang, Soh Jan, Nhat Vu and Shawn Teow, and is now used by almost 300 live commerce merchants in Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines. In the Philippines, however, many vendors do live commerce to supplement their brick-and-mortar shops.

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FYI: I’m in Southeast Asia Giving Social Media Trainings to Nonprofits!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

I’ve been fortunate enough to be hired to provide three social media trainings to their nonprofit partners in Malaysia (photo above), Singapore, and the Philippines. Ultimately their goal is help nonprofits become better equipped at fulfilling their mission by building their technological capacity.

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Railsbank, the Banking-as-a-Service, raises $37M in growth funding

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

and expand its product in APAC, including the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia and Japan. London, Manila (Philippines), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Melbourne (Australia), Vietnam and Sri Lanka. This will include the launch of “credit cards as a service” in the U.S. It has offices in 11 locations: Santa Monica (U.S.),

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Komunidad, a Philippines-based environmental intelligence platform, lands seed round

Philippines ‘buy now pay later’ startup BillEase scores $11M Series B

AI company reveals its drive-thru chatbot relies on human workers in the Philippines 70% of the time

Philippines fraud inquiry examines government purchase of 40,000 Celeron laptops at $1,000 each

Shipmates makes order fulfillment less tedious for the Philippines’ online sellers

Go read about the dire working conditions for Ring’s call center employees in the Philippines

Watch the first five minutes of Netflix’s Philippine folklore anime Trese

South African digital bank TymeBank lands $109M from UK and Philippines investors

Packworks makes operations easier for sari-sari stores in the Philippines

Philippines shutters its online gambling industry amid tax evasion, human trafficking concerns

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

GrowSari, a B2B platform for small stores in the Philippines, adds investors like Temasek’s Pavilion Capital and Tencent

Philippine e-commerce enabler Great Deals raises $30M Series B led by logistics firm Fast Group

Humble keeps excess inventory out of the Philippines’ landfills

Philippines ‘buy now, pay later’ startup Plentina raises $2.2M seed round

Philippines-based MSME platform GrowSari adds $77.5 million to its Series C

Rice is a staple crop around the world—but it’s becoming increasingly toxic

Resellee wants to become the Pinduoduo of Southeast Asia

Massive 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes Taiwan, threatens tech supply chain

Support in the Philippines

KFC now has a restaurant in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

PayMaya owner Voyager Innovations raises $210M at a valuation of $1.4B

Plentina, a ‘buy now, pay later’ startup focused on emerging markets, raises another $2.2M

X/Twitter starts charging new users $1 per year

Hundreds of thousands of trafficking victims are being forced into committing online scams

Indonesian fintech Xendit is now a unicorn, with $150M in fresh funding led by Tiger Global

A Woman's Investment: A Web 2.0 Fundraising Campaign to Support Women Entreprenuers in Philippines

ErudiFi raises $5 million Series A to give students in Southeast Asia more education financing options

6 Ways To Increase Mobile Giving In 2014

Cloud kitchen startup CloudEats raises more capital to ramp up Southeast Asian expansion

Americans now use social media as their primary news source, research shows

Manila-based MadEats is more than a ghost kitchen startup

Checkout.com raises $450 million and reaches $15 billion valuation

Why Vulnerable Kids Depend on Government & Big Tech Getting Data Privacy Laws Right

Google and Facebook are building a subsea cable system that will boost Internet connectivity in the Asia-Pacific region

Singapore-based esports startup Ampverse lands $12M

Jakarta-based fintech Akulaku raises $200M from Japan’s largest bank

Southeast Asian payments infrastructure unicorn Xendit banks $300M

Upmesh wants to build a community-driven discovery app for Southeast Asian live commerce

FYI: I’m in Southeast Asia Giving Social Media Trainings to Nonprofits!

Railsbank, the Banking-as-a-Service, raises $37M in growth funding

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