Tech startup news: Philippines
Filipino tech startup news in January 2021 covered items including podcasting network funding, online education platforms, e-wallets, biotech-built heat-resistant rice, and more.
Each item listed is a Philippines-focused technology or startup-related news headline; each headline is linked to the free-to-read online article or report behind that headline, hosted on the news site that reported the item and provided the initial news coverage.
The January 2021 startup news collection for The Philippines provides Startup News Asia’s readers with 2 things instantly:
- a single-page, at-a-glance overview of the Filipino tech startup scene in January 2021, providing you with a quick reference look at overall startup activity levels; and
- instant, one-click access to the Philippines-focused tech startup news, articles and reports behind each headline, letting you focus on specific subjects, technologies and developments.
- A brief interview intro to Foxmont Capital Partners, multi-focus venture capital fund focused on Filipino entrepreneurs
- ICYMI: Philippine Rice Research Institute gains test approval for the country’s first high temperature-tolerant rice varieties, in part a response to climate change effects
- SquidPay now able to operate an e-wallet service after gaining Electronic Money Issuer license from Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
- An intro to the 13 initiatives that graduated from the Facebook Community Accelerator Asia Pacific Programme in December
- Recent Filipino startup and tech news headlines – a 2 page round-up, linked to each online article and QR coded for reading from print later
- FAB LABs Philippines launched by Department of Trade and Industry and USAid, aiming to boost interest in engineering, science and tech
- An intro to Cubo Modular, manufacturing Philippines-made ‘tiny houses’ made IKEA-style from local, sustainable engineered bamboo
- Plastic Bank recycling system partners PayMaya digital financial services firm to boost sustainable communities with cashless rewards technology
- Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry partners Huawei for PCCI Innovation Center to align local skills to the demand of the technology job market
- A brief intro to Avion School, online school helping users gain software engineering skills in 12 weeks, and running a ‘pay when you’re hired’ program
- Podcast Network Asia agency raises $750K seed funding, with expansion plans for Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand
- A brief intro to 5 AI-driven tech startups, working in logistics, HR and more
- Craftcha upcycling startup takes win in J&T Express Philippines’ Certified Lokalista campaign, converting discarded materials into everyday items
- A brief look at the recently-launched SEAF Women’s Economic Empowerment Fund, focusing investments primarily on Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines
More Filipino tech startup news
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