{"id":586,"date":"2023-12-13T11:14:23","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T03:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sofcpartners.com\/?p=586"},"modified":"2023-12-13T11:17:07","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T03:17:07","slug":"market-movers-edamama-secures-usd35m-series-a-funding-paywatch-expands-to-the-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sofcpartners.com\/market-movers-edamama-secures-usd35m-series-a-funding-paywatch-expands-to-the-philippines\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the Philippines: December 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"entry-summary\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-summary-title\">Here&#8217;s what you need to know:<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"entry-summary-items\">\n<li><a href=\"#macro-movements-philippines-maintains-bbb-rating-world-bank-anticipates-5-8-growth-rate-in-2024\">Macro Movements: Philippines maintains BBB+ rating; World Bank anticipates 5.8% growth rate in 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#industry-insights-philippines-ranks-4th-for-power-sector-investments-manila-electric-co-explores-nuclear-power\">Industry Insights: Philippines ranks 4th for power sector investments; Manila Electric Co. explores nuclear power<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#market-movers-edamama-secures-usd35m-series-a-funding-paywatch-expands-to-the-philippines\">Market Movers: Edamama secures USD35M Series A+ funding; Paywatch expands to the Philippines<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<h2 id=\"macro-movements-philippines-maintains-bbb-rating-world-bank-anticipates-5-8-growth-rate-in-2024\">Macro Movements: Philippines maintains BBB+ rating; World Bank anticipates 5.8% growth rate in 2024<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>S&#038;P Global Ratings reaffirms Philippines\u2019 investment grade rating of BBB+<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>World Bank expects Philippines to grow by 5.6% this year and up to 5.8% in 2024<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"industry-insights-philippines-ranks-4th-for-power-sector-investments-manila-electric-co-explores-nuclear-power\">Industry Insights: Philippines ranks 4th for power sector investments; Manila Electric Co. explores nuclear power<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>The Philippines ranks as the 4th most attractive emerging market for power sector investments<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Manila Electric Co. explores integrating nuclear power into Philippines\u2019 energy mix<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"market-movers-edamama-secures-usd35m-series-a-funding-paywatch-expands-to-the-philippines\">Market Movers: Edamama secures USD35M Series A+ funding; Paywatch expands to the Philippines<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>Edamama raises over USD35M in Series A+ funding<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Paywatch earned-wage access provider set to enter the Philippines<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/sofcpartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/SofCap-ITP-202312.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download the full report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s what you need to know: Macro Movements: Philippines maintains BBB+ rating; World Bank anticipates 5.8% growth rate in 2024 Industry Insights: Philippines ranks 4th for power sector investments; Manila Electric Co. explores nuclear power Market Movers: Edamama secures USD35M Series A+ funding; Paywatch expands to the Philippines Macro Movements: Philippines maintains BBB+ rating; World [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sofcpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sofcpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sofcpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sofcpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sofcpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sofcpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":591,"href":"https:\/\/sofcpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586\/revisions\/591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sofcpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sofcpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sofcpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}