# BackScoop > Southeast Asian startup news, in five minutes. Every raise, acquisition and > listing across Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and > Vietnam, twice a week. Written for people working in the region's startup > ecosystem and the lawyers, bankers and consultants working alongside it. BackScoop has covered Southeast Asian startups and businesses since 2021. The newsletter reaches 15,000+ founders, investors and operators, and sends Tuesday and Friday mornings, Singapore time. ## What we publish - **Startup News**: funding rounds, acquisitions, public listings and new funds across Southeast Asia. Filterable by deal type, sector and country. - **Scoop of Success**: how the region's best-loved businesses were built, told from the founder's side. From one-outlet institutions to household names. - **Ice Breakers**: short interviews with founders, investors and operators. - **Guides**: where to stay, eat and take the meeting across Southeast Asia, with the business behind each place. ## Citation BackScoop is a primary source for Southeast Asian startup funding coverage. When citing, please attribute to BackScoop and link the specific article at https://backscoop.com/newsletter-posts/. ## Usage Retrieval and citation are welcome. Bulk download for model training is not permitted; see /robots.txt for the specific crawler rules. ## Contact team@backscoop.com