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.
Stories by Mars Mosqueda Jr.
IFC to support Sri Lankan women entrepreneurs through $15m loan
The five-year $15-million senior loan will support SFCL's lending to women micro, small, and medium-sized (MSME) entrepreneurs.
HK fashion ecommerce platform Goxip secures $5m Series A funding
Goxip plans to use the fresh fund to focus on team addition in Hong Kong as well as to expand into SE Asia.
Mobike said to have raised $1b after failed merger talks with rival Ofo
The latest funding was secured just a few months after Mobike CEO Davis Wang and Ofo CEO Dai Wei downplayed rumours of a possible merger, which would
Japan Digest: Canadian Solar to buy two projects for $9m; Astellas acquires Mitobridge
Tokyo-listed Astellas Pharma Inc has completed the acquisition of US-based biotechnology company Mitobridge Inc. for $225 million.
Philippine Digest: Robinsons Land eyes $394m rights offer; Easycall to offer more shares
Robinsons Land eyes Php20bn in stock rights offer while Easycall said to issue more shares to the public
Philippines: Cirtek acquires 49% in payment solutions firm Multipay
Cirtek paid $1.96 million to acquire 441,000 shares or equivalent to 49% of the total issued and outstanding capital stock of Multipay.
Alibaba backs Israeli startup Nexar’s $30m funding round
Nexar has developed an app that analyzes the situation on the roads in order to warn drivers of hazards in real time.
University of Tokyo’s UTEC eyes $266m tech fund targeting school-based startups
The new fund will invest in startups developed at the university that eye global expansion in the fields of automated driving, artificial intelligence
Philippine Digest: PLDT inks $300m deal with Amdocs; GSIS seeks overseas investment manager
PLDT and its wireless unit, Smart Communications, have partnered with Amdocs in a $300-million deal to upgrade the telecom firm’s digital capabiliti
Philippines: Ayala’s AC Energy in pact with Vietnam’s BIM Group for solar projects
Ayala said it has agreed with BIM Group to jointly develop over 300 MW of solar power projects in Vietnam's Ninh Thuan province.
