The March 2022 month-end snapshot of The Philippines’ tech, startup and funding news headlines, from Startup News Asia.
The Philippines-focused technology news headlines here were drawn from Startup News Asia’s daily tech news feeds, which also cover wider South and Southeast Asian tech news. Feeds go out across Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook, and to mobile app users. Less often, we post digests via Medium, e-newsletter and on YouTube.
Don’t forget: Wild3 metaverse-themed conference, April 12-13, and the Wild Digital SEA Conference in July 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
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