Mars Mosqueda Jr.
Mars is the Cebu-based Philippine correspondent at DealStreetAsia, covering startup funding, deals, and public listings across Southeast Asia. He was earlier the Cebu news bureau chief for Manila Bulletin and worked at Rappler, Business Mirror, and Philippine Daily Inquirer.
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Chinese PE Waterwood invests in US-based mobile marketing platform Leanplum
Leanplum said the add-on investment from Waterwood raised its total Series D proceeds to $52 million, which will be used to expand its footprint in C
Philippines: Kickstart leads $1.6m seed round in HR-tech startup Sprout Solutions
Sprout Solutions said it will use the funds to accelerate expansion in the Philippines.
IFC likely to invest up to $4m in Sri Lankan ride app PickMe
IFC said its proposed investment will support PickMe's nationwide expansion plan.
Australia’s AI video startup Oovvuu raises $3.8m
Oovvuu matches video from 75 global broadcasters with articles from publishers in more than 100 countries.
Temasek-controlled ST Engineering’s China unit files for bankruptcy
The unit, which ended production in 2016 amid operating losses, failed to divest its land and building assets.
Australia’s tech unicorn Canva acquires presentation startup Zeetings
Canva seeks to challenge PowerPoint's traditional presentation software by letting meeting participants interact.
China Digest: Tencent invests $62m in fintech startup Sunline Tech; Legend Capital backs Like Chuxing’s $20m round
Sunline and Tencent seek to develop a financial cloud platform that provides internet banking and funding solutions.
Asia Digest: Sequoia leads $48m round in China’s PatPat, Japan hiking app Yamap raises $11.1m
Venture capital firm Sequoia Capital China has led the $48 million Series C funding round in PatPat, a Chinese maternal and infant products e-commerce
Gaming hardware firm Razer to acquire Malaysia’s MOL Global in payments push
Razer, which currently owns 34.9% of MOL Global, intends to acquire the remaining 65.1% in a deal that values MOL at $100 million.
Blackstone’s maiden Asia PE fund nearing $2.25b hard cap
Blackstone CFO Michael Chae said the firm’s second Asia real estate fund is also close to hitting its hard cap of $7 billion.