Philippines startup news
Startup news from The Philippines in February 20201 touched on items in subjects including broadband satellite services, artificial intelligence in document processing for shipping, startup-focused reality TV, and online education.
Each link below is a Philippines-related tech or startup news headline, with each headline linked to an online article, free-to-read in full, online and at no cost. This way, our readers get 2 things immediately from Startup News Asia’s monthly tech news updates:
- an easy overview of February 2021’s startup news from The Philippines; and
- one-click access to full background on the Filipino startup news items that interest you most.
Technology news: February 2021
Artificial intelligence | Blockchain | Cryptocurrency
Cybersecurity | FinTech
- 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
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