Filipino startup news
Philippines startup news headlines: November 2020
The Filipino startup news headlines featured below were gathered from a variety of online media platforms covering The Philippines’ tech, startup and VC funding spaces in November 2020.
Each Filipino startup news item listed is linked directly to the full article behind that Filipino startup news headline; this gives you a one-glance grasp of The Philippines’ technology news, whilst also connecting readers with the full details for a listed news item.
Startup News Asia’s Filipino startup news snapshots give a brief but broad look at Filipino startup news in a specific month; small news items and large, and including domestic and international news items relevant to The Philippines’ startup and technology scenes.
- Philippines: Edukasyon takes overall win at Wildfire Pitch Competition, held during the Ignite 2020 Cyber Conference
- Download: Philippines Digital Economy Report 2020, via The World Bank
- Philippines: An interview intro to Orbital Exploration Technologies, the country’s first rocket company, and its aims to use renewable propellant derived from waste plastics
- Philippines: GrabPay, Dept of Trade and Industry and Mayani agriculture e-commerce platform partner for farming-focused e-payments and digitalization
- ICYMI: Philippines government’s Innovations for Filipinos Working Distantly from the Philippines program aims to provide OFWs with tech-focused opportunities
- Philippines: Galileo Platforms partners Singlife Philippines and GCash, launching blockchain-driven service and platform for life insurance products
- Philippines: Innovation Olympics 2.0 agriculture-focused hackathon applications close November 7 for young innovators to develop solutions in farming
- Philippines: Dep’t of Trade and Industry Central Visayas launches new webinar series, Youth Entrepreneurship Program 2020 and Digital Marketing Strategies
- Philippines: ARISE Startup Challenge applications close November 10, with winning startups presenting in Philippines Startup Week 2020, November 23-27
- Philippines: An intro to 1Export, tech-driven firm lowering barriers to exporting for SMEs, aiding them to enter global markets
- Hong Kong’s Elevator Pitch Competition 2020 selects The Philippines’ PearlPay as winner of fintech category
- Philippines: An intro to Saphron, building AI-powered tool to help microinsurance agents reach more lower-income families to provide affordable, accessible insurance
- Philippines: Microsoft Para sa Bayan launches to build coalitions around innovation, and to close critical digital skills gaps for 25M Filipinos over 3 years
- Philippine Startup Week 2020 set for November 23-27, running online
- Philippines: A look at the recently-launched AI Pilipinas Coalition from Microsoft and Dep’t of Trade & Industry
- Philippines: Universal Structural Health Evaluation and Recording System – USHER – takes win at UN Office for Project Services Global Innovation Challenge
- Philippines: A brief intro to 4 Filipino fintech startups, each focused in some way on social impact
- Philippines: Innovation Olympics 2.0 applications close November 17, seeking solutions to real-life challenges of urban and rural smallholder farmers
- Philippines: CirroLytix Research Services lands GEO Sustainable Development Goals award with dengue hotspot prediction system using satellite and climate data
- Philippines Startup Week is just around the corner – here’s the schedule
- Philippines: Century Pacific Food, company that processes meat, fish, and dairy products, now planning to launch plant-based brand called UnMeat
- Philippines: AIA Philam Life Hackers 2020 competition set to run online, November 27 to December 4
- Philippines: Bexpress gains full license to operate as a Virtual Currency Exchange from Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
- Philippines’ New Wave investment firm partnering with Malaysia’s Emissary Capital for $50M investment fund focused on Southeast Asian startups
- Philippines: National Development Company, investment arm of gov’t, to provide equity financing to qualifying startups with high growth potential via Startup Venture Fund
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