October 2019
A brief round-up of tech, startup and funding news from The Philippines in October 2019.
- Philippines: A look at the national finalists aiming to represent the country at the 2019 ASEAN Rice Bowl Startup Awards
- An intro to 5 Filipino startups gaining audiences with a localised approach, giving large-scale competitors Lazada and Shopee a run for their money
- Philippines: City of San Juan to pilot rollout of Government’s Free Wi-Fi for All program, as part of Free Public Internet Access Act
- Philippines: An intro to QuadX, digitally-driven logistics firm working on ecommerce delivery in a country of over 100M people across 300K square kilometres
- Philippines: Electronic Sports and Gaming Summit 2019 set for October 24-27 in Pasay City, Metro Manila
- Philippines: Sprout HR and payroll startup gains $6M backing with predictive data analytics focus
- UN Sustainable Development-focused 2019 Accelerate2030 finalists include InvestEd from the Philippines, and Indonesia’s Sampangan
- Philippines: Speed Money Transfer acquired by Japan’s Digital Wallet fintech; in August alone, Filipinos working abroad remitted $2.88BN
- PayMaya Philippines recognized as Most Innovative Company of the Year at Asia CEO Awards 2019 for its drive to spread financial inclusion
- Philippines: An overview of the goals and hoped-for economic benefits around introduction of the Innovative Startup Act
- Philippines: Edukasyon PH edtech startup gains Series A funding with platforms providing education-to-employment pathways
- Singapore’s Fractal ID management startup partners the Philippines’ Seedbox to given unbanked Filipinos access to financial products
- Philippines Stock Exchange approves Fruitas F&B kiosk operator’s $24.5M IPO plan
- Philippines: A brief look at Ticket2Me, the country’s first fully digital ticketing platform
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