January, February & March 2021
Filipino startup news
January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021
Filipino startup news: March 2021
- Philippines: Uno digital-only bank partners Xebia consultancy to add AI-based features, including facial recognition, voice ID, and tailored credit
- Philippines: StartUp Village and Junior Chamber International Philippines partner for Startup Academy skills development initiative, part of Forty Under 40 program
- Philippines: A brief intro to the tech startups taking part in the Shell LiveWIRE acceleration program
- Philippines: Citi Foundation Microenterprise Development Center Creativity and Innovation Hub launched by Citi and Bayan Academy, focusing on the country’s MSMEs
- Philippines: A podcast interview intro to PayMongo, helping Filipino businesses move into e-commerce activities
- Philippines’ Land Bank partners O-City to explore automated fare collection, contactless payment and digital ticketing in Metro Manila
- Philippines: NextPay e-payments firm gains $125K pre-seed funding from Y Combinator
- Philippines: An intro to Kumu, livestreaming app boasting 7M registered users, 2M monthly active users, and 40K livestreams daily
- Philippines: Plug and Play APAC corporate innovation platform to run inaugural Tech Showcase in Manila under Enterprise Singapore Global Innovation Alliance Manila program
- ICYMI: Tonik digital-only bank launches first neobank in the Philippines, offering app-based deposit, payment and card products
- Philippines: An overview of the country’s startup ecosystem, from StartupBlink
- Filipino startup MoveUp platform for online onboarding and training of teams takes win at ASEAN Startup Awards competition
- Philippines: Seminar series from Stanford University – Startup Acceleration and Entrepreneurship in the Philippines
- Philippines: KwikInsure launches platform for insurance in the Philippines, offering over 100 life and nonlife insurance products
- Women In Tech: An intro to 4 female entrepreneurs and leaders from The Philippines
Filipino Startup news: February 2021
- Philippines: Eskwelabs selected for Singapore-based Spaze Ventures’s Eduspaze Accelerator with focus on online education in data skills
- Philippines: A snapshot round-up of the past month’s tech, startup and funding news headlines from the Philippines
- Philippines: IdeaSpace opens 2021 backing 3 startups – Agro-Digital PH, Humble sustainability and circular living startup, and Workbean workplace tech startup
- Philippines: An intro to Expedock, using AI to speed processing of shipping documents to beat inefficiencies in freight forwarding
- ICYMI: Philippines’ Converge ICT Solutions fibre broadband provider in talks with Elon Musk’s SpaceX on a possible broadband satellite venture
- Philippines: A brief overview of the recent UNDP Social Innovation Lab, and the 5 winning teams going forward to the Youth CoLab Springboard Programme incubator
- 7-Eleven Philippines enables ‘buy now pay later’ with Plentina fintech, launching online grocery service backed with loan approvals in minutes
- Philippines: QBO Innovation Hub partnered by Draper Startup House Ventures to support Filipino startup community, domestically and internationally
- Philippines: The Final Pitch, business-focused reality TV show, opens applications for Season 6 – enter online with a 1-minute pitch video
- Singapore’s Transcelestial Technologies gains $2M investment to boost internet service in the Philippines and provide telcos with affordable options for 5G
- Philippines: Kapatid Mentor Me Online Batch 3 set for Central Visayas region later in 2021, backed by gov’t Department of Trade and Industry and others
- Philippines: Applications for 9th edition of Ideaspace accelerator program close February 28th, seeking early-stage tech startup founders solving emerging market issues
- Philippines: An intro to Vector, angel fund aiming to mentor and empower Filipino entrepreneurs by connecting them to thought leaders around the world
- Indonesia’s Xendit partners Philippines’ BillEase for PayLater option allowing merchants to offer card-free instalments to cardless and unbanked shoppers
- The 6 startups from Asia on Y Combinator’s Winter 2021 batch, from India, Singapore and The Philippines
Filipino startup news: January 2021
- 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
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