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Myanmar-based trucking startup raises $800k from Cocoon Capital

Logistics startup Kargo raises USD 800,000

Myanmar logistics startup Kargo announced that it has raised USD 800,000 in a financing round on Tuesday. It was led by Singapore-based venture capital fund Cocoon Capital. Kargo is a B2B logistics mobile platform that connects truck owners and users

Employee benefits start-up receives funding from investors

EME to invest in Myanmar startup Mote Poh

Emerging Markets Entrepreneurs (EME) Myanmar is to lead a six-digit US dollar seed investment in Mote Poh, a Yangon-based employee benefit start up. An article in Dealstreet Asia said that Vietnam-based venture capital firm Nest Tech will also partic

Terminals, ports, logistics, liner operations disrupted
February 26, 2021
German containerline Hapag Lloyd has announced a decision to temporarily suspend cargo bookings into Myanmar …
Facebook, Instagram ban military and related pages with immediate effect
February 26, 2021
In a February 24th update to its February 11th statement, Facebook through its Director of …
Luxury Japanese real-estate complex called out for funding military
February 26, 2021
Despite distancing itself from other major Western states imposing sanctions on military-linked individuals and entities, …