Designed to empower early-stage entrepreneurs, [Founders Launchpad](http://www.founderslaunchpad.vc) was recently launched by [AHG Lab](http://www.ahglab.com) and [Draper Startup House](http://www.draperstartuphouse.com). Founders Launchpad is a hands-on startup incubator program  aimed...
Humble Sustainability, a circular economy startup from the Philippines, announced it closed its oversubscribed seed round led by Seedstars International Ventures. In a statement, Humble said that other participants in the seed round include iSeed Ventures, an early stage venture capital in San...
Manila Angel Investors Network (MAIN), the largest private investors network in the Philippines, has invested in a Filipino-American-founded, accounting automation startup, Gappify. In a statement, Gappify CEO and founder Jotham Ty said MAIN poured in $283,500 (P16.68 million). Gappify, whose...
He has been an actor for more than a decade now but it's no secret that Kapuso hunk Alden Richards has also dipped his fingers in several businesses. He deemed these "side hustles." During a recent virtual press conference, the 30-year-old shared the things he learned as businessman and how it...
growsari B2B E-commerce startup GrowSari has completed a raise of USD 77.5M as part of its Series C funding, bringing the total funding to around USD 110M, the largest raise in the B2B and MSME space in the Philippines and amongst the largest in the region. “We are very grateful for the...
Digital Pilipinas, the largest private sector-led movement to tech up the country and the French Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines, in partnership with La French Tech, kicked 2022 with a Startup Pitch Competition featuring nine Filipino and French startup companies to pitch their ideas to gain...
Shell LiveWIRE Virtual Homeroom’s module on the Lean Startup Methodology helped enable companies to shorten development cycles while testing their viability. It equipped startup founders, entrepreneurs, and owners of micro, small, medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) with the tools to accelerate...
Etaily, a fast-growing Philippines-based e-commerce-enabling startup, has closed a US$4.3 million seed extension round, an addition to its initial $1.6 million funding round held in Q2 2021. Etaily, a fast-growing Philippine-based e-commerce-enabling startup, has closed a US$4.3 million seed...
Logo Homegrown fintech startup NextPay, which was launched in the middle of the 2020 pandemic, posted more than P1 billion in total transactions in 2021 and expects to continue its growth momentum this year. “The year 2021 was a banner year for NextPay. From being part of the Y Combinator Program...
After posting a 150 percent year-on-year revenue growth, Filipino e-sports ecosystem and technology startup, Nexplay, is gearing up for its 2023 Series A fundraising and "the next revolution in gaming". “The games industry in the region and in the Philippines is at an inflection point,” early...
QBO Innovation Hub, the Philippines’ leading startup incubator, hosted the Philippine round of the 2021 She Loves Tech Global Competition that was held just last quarter. The global startup competition is the world’s largest startup competition for women and technology, with 50 locations...
Only 14 days are left before the deadline of entries for the startup competition of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). (Photo / DICT Facebook Page) The Philippine Startup Challenge (PSC) 2021 aims to encourage and support Filipinos to create an innovative and...
