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Hello readers,

“Have you heard about the NOC drama?”

That’s how most of my conversations began this week. Several employees of Night Owl Cinematics, the Singaporean media company, recently came forward with accounts of mistreatment and bad working conditions – and now it’s the talk of the town.

What’s surprising, though, is that some people have taken the side of the employer. A friend of mine even said that he didn’t think it was all that wrong to use vulgarities in the workplace.

After reevaluating how I choose my friends, I realized that it’s important to help people like my friend – who’s only ever worked for one employer – to recognize unacceptable workplace behavior.

For that reason and many others, we’re working on our HR in Tech Report 2021. In this edition, we’ll discuss how the definition of workplace culture evolved in the past year, whether Southeast Asian startup employees are adequately compensated for their work, and what kind of benefits the region’s startups offer their workers.

Give us your insight now and get a free copy of the report.

You can find all other important investment deals that happened in the last few days in our weekly funding news wrap-up.

Let’s dive into the biggest deals and M&As that recently took place.***

The biggest deals by country

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Lists of most active investors in the region

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