A round-up of The Philippines’ startup and VC-related news headlines from January, February and March, Q1 2022
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January 2022 | February 2022 | March 2022
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Philippines: March 2022
- Philippines: An intro to SariSuki, fast-growing social commerce startup moving into ‘quick commerce’ and aiming for an end-to-end eGrocery platform
- Philippines: Student develops solar panel that doesn’t need direct sunlight to generate electricity, instead gathering UV via luminescent particles from fruit and vegetable waste
- Philippines: An intro to Pic-A-Talk, helping children with speech disabilities improve communication using images and audio
- Philippines: Foreign Investment Act to be amended, aiming to attract foreign talent and capital, and easing visa systems for investors and foreign-born talents
- Philippines: Digital Pilipinas launches the Innovative Cities Initiative, aiming to link local government, academia and the private sector to create network of centers of excellence
- Philippines: An intro to 9 female startup leaders featured by the Dep’t of Science & Tech for International Women’s Day
- The State of Start-ups in the Philippines’ from YCP Solidiance, Asia-focused strategic advisory firm
- Philippines: A video interview intro to Lista, mobile app startup helping MSMEs with book-keeping
- Philippines: An intro to DashoContent, on-demand, customized social media content service focusing on e-commerce and MSMEs
- The Esquire Trailblazers List: 70+ Influential People in the Philippine Startup Scene
- Philippines: A video interview intro to Scarletbox, NFT marketplace focusing on artists
- Philippines: NextPay introduces Email Money, payment service allowing users to transfer money to any bank or e-wallet without needing the recipient’s account details
- Philippines: Quezon City gov’t to launch Startup QC Program for entrepreneurs, offering financial grants to start businesses
- Philippines-based Yield Guild Games expands into Japan to support game companies in launching blockchain-based play-to-earn games
- 4 insights on The Philippines’ burgeoning startup ecosystem from Franco Varona of Foxmont Capital Partners
- Manila Angel Investors Network: “We need more women-founded startups and we need to have more women seating in investment committees”
- Philippines: An overview of the ARISE Plus YE! Boost Accelerator Program, creating a bridge for startups between entrepreneurs and the ASEAN and EU regions
Philippines: February 2022
- Philippines: Startup Pitch Competition Powered by CCIFP and La French Tech set for February 8th on Zoom
- A brief look at how the Philippines is becoming a true digital sandbox, focusing on NFT-related developments
- Philippines: Bankers Association of the Philippine inks MOU with Dept of Justice, seeking new cybercrime laws as losses hit $19.6M during the pandemic
- Philippines: A brief intro to the 10 startup finalists that presented at the recent Alibaba Cloud x KrASIA Accelerator Demo Day
- Philippines: Peddlr fintech startup raises $4.3M with MSME-focused digital services spanning inventory, bookkeeping, digital ledgers and more
- Philippines: Tonik Digital Bank hits $131M funding with focus on digital banking services for the more than 70% of the population that remains unbanked
- Philippines: Peddlr secures $4.3M seed with mobile POS tool for MSMEs that helps manage inventory and basic accountancy, and allowing small businesses to sell online
- Philippines: An intro to Zennya Health, app startup delivering medical care in your hand and to the patient’s doorstep
- Philippines: DashlabsAI health-tech firm raises $65M, building on earlier funding from Y Combinator, with focus on AI-backed COVID test digitization and automation
- Philippines: An interview intro to Bixie, female-focused wealth-generation mobile app aiming to help women workers invest away from fast-depreciating cash
- Philippines: An intro to some of the 14 Filipino startups that showcased at the recent IdeaSpace Cohort 9 Demo Day, working in retail-tech, HR, special needs and more
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Philippines: January 2022
- Philippines: JazzyPay digital payments provider acquired by Singapore’s ASEAN Fintech Group in $1.8M deal
- Philippines: A video intro to InvestEd, social enterprise startup giving Pinoys a chance to finish their education through non-collateral loans
- Philippines: Starlink, satellite internet service of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, opens orders for ‘starter kit’, with service launch open-ended for later this year
- Philippines: BillEase raises $11M Series B with buy-now-pay-later services, building on having Lazada shopping marketplace giant as its first merchant partner
- Philippines: A look at ‘pisonets’ internet kiosks in The Philippines, allowing those on low incomes to pay using coins for ‘net access in 5-minute increments
- The Philippines’ AcadArena and campus-based play-to-earn gaming: “In 2021 alone, AcadArena engaged more than 150K students from around 500 colleges…”
- Union Bank of the Philippines to offer trading and custodial services for cryptocurrencies in bid to capitalize on region’s rapid adoption of digital tokens
- Philippines: Twitter suspends over 300 accounts and hashtags promoting presidential candidate Marcos’ campaign, citing violation of spam and manipulation rules
- Philippines: A video interview with AcadArena, campus-focused esports firm
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