Digitizing and empowering MSMEs in fashion supply with Zilingo
Santiago J. Arnaiz
Zilingo launches suite of services for MSMEs selling on their platforms鈥攔anging from branding and marketing to extending credit for more consistent sellers.
Leading accelerator Plug and Play Indonesia onboards local fintech startup PearlPay
Team SparkUp
Noting PearlPay鈥檚 rising success in reaching parallel communities in the Philippines, Plug and Play Indonesia saw the opportunity to extend the digital toolkit PearlPay provides to Indonesia鈥檚 over 1,000 rural banks.
Asian Development Bank launches ADB Ventures, investing in impact tech startups
Mariel Alison L. Aguinaldo
The project will also be providing various forms of financial and technical assistance to startups aiming to address relevant global issues.
Two Marawi students win first JICA video blog contest
Team SparkUp
In their vlog, the pair talked about witnessing the effect of the armed conflict in Marawi City in 2017 and their wish for peace and solidarity in the city.
Saving lives, one drone at a time
Santiago J. Arnaiz
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Zipline is the world鈥檚 first drone delivery service providing life-saving medicines to isolated communities otherwise considered unreachable. To date, they鈥檝e made well over 14,000...
Meet the Silicon Valley-based Filipino founder fighting to end cancer
Santiago J. Arnaiz
When Aldo Carrascoso founded InterVenn Biosciences, his San Francisco-based healthtech company innovating around early cancer detection, he did it with one mission in mind:...
What鈥檚 next for QBO Innovation Hub in 2020
Santiago J. Arnaiz
鈥淭he success of one startup is the success of all Filipinos,鈥 says QBO President Butch Meily. Expansion into new cities, more investment support, and Philippine Startup Week 2020. Here鈥檚 what鈥檚 coming up for the QBO Innovation community.
UPSCALE looks to UP community, Taiwanese partners to boost incubation program
Ahead of its next batch of startup incubatees, UP Diliman-based innovation hub UPSCALE revealed plans to work with various institutions both within the UP community and abroad.
Francis Kong, Jason Magbanua headline pop-up campus New Bold University
Team SparkUp
Three hundred participants will be joining this year鈥檚 six-day course, where they will be hearing from over 20 speakers on topics spanning entrepreneurship, freelancing, e-commerce and social enterprises.
鈥淏e bold, get in their feelings鈥: How marketers should connect with their customers
Mariel Alison L. Aguinaldo
As the average consumer gets smarter and warier, it鈥檚 getting harder for marketers to make their brands stand out. But with a little courage and tons of feelings, they may be able to get their customers to listen.
ICYMI: SoGal hosts largest global pitch competition for Women & Diverse Founders
Team SparkUp
SoGal Foundation hosts Manila pitch competition for startups with women and other underrepresented founders to compete for a 3-day startup bootcamp in Silicon Valley & chance to win investment capital.
PearlPay, Malayan Insurance launches 鈥楶earl Protect鈥, an insurance package for OFWs
Team SparkUp
鈥淭his partnership is a breakthrough to support our OFWs to secure and improve their lives overseas.鈥