Philippines
Gobi-Core appointed as a Co-Investment Partner for Philippine government’s Startup Venture Fund
The Gobi-Core Philippine Fund (Gobi-Core) has been officially accredited as a Co-Investment Partner (CIP) of the Philippine government’s Startup Venture Fund (SVF), one of the first since the fund’s inception in 2021.
US’s Strike partners Pouch.ph to expand lightning-fast money transfers to the Philippines
Strike, the United States-based digital payments platform built on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, has on Tuesday announced the expansion of its “Send Globally” product to the Philippines. The firm has partnered with Pouch.ph in the Philippines, enabling transfers from U.S. dollars that are received as Philippine pesos in a recipient's bank or mobile money…
Ten Filipino startups complete the 917Ventures Accelerator Program by 500 Global
500 Global, a global venture capital firm, hosted Demo Day on January 18 in collaboration with the Philippines’ corporate venture builder 917Ventures, marking the culmination of a ten-week virtual accelerator program designed to scale ten 917Ventures portfolio companies.
Philippine agri-fisheries startup Mayani nets $1.7M in AgFunder-led round
Mayani, a Philippine-based agri-fisheries startup, has secured $1.7 million in oversubscribed seed funding anchored by the Silicon Valley agtech venture capital (VC) AgFunder through its GROW Impact Fund.
GoTyme Bank partners Mambu to deliver digital banking solution in the Philippines
Newly launched Filipino digital bank GoTyme Bank has partnered with global cloud banking platform Mambu to deliver an innovative digital banking solution that is aiming to improve access to high-quality financial services for Filipinos.
TechNode Global’s Top 10 feature articles in 2022
We have written some analysis and feature articles in 2022, covering various sectors, including FinTech, DroneTech, Web3, and electric vehicles, among others. Here are the most popular ones:
FLOW and ALLHC launch new Philippine data center platform A-FLOW
Philippines digital infrastructure developer FLOW Digital Infrastructure (FLOW) and industrial parks developer AyalaLand Logistics Holdings Corp. (ALLHC) have on Wednesday broke ground on the land development of its first joint data center campus located in Laguna, Philippines, following the launch of A-FLOW, the joint venture partnership between FLOW and…
Tonik acquires TendoPay to enter employee benefits market
Tonik Financial Pte. Ltd. (Tonik), the parent company of Tonik Digital Bank, Inc. in the Philippines, has entered into a landmark agreement with Tendo Payment Solutions Pte. Ltd. (Tendo) to acquire its Philippine business, operating under the brand name "TendoPay". This deal is set to further cement its leading position in digital credit inclusion in the…
Gogoro partners Globe’s 917Ventures, Ayala Corporation to bring battery swapping and smartscooters to the Philippines
Gogoro Inc., a Taiwan-based technology firm in battery swapping ecosystems, has on Tuesday announced a strategic partnership in the Philippines with Globe's 917Ventures and Ayala Corporation. The companies will be launching a two-wheel battery swapping pilot in Manila using Gogoro's industry leading battery swapping and Smartscooters.
Philippine tech ecosystem remains resilient but faces talent issue, Gobi-Core report shows
While the Philippine tech ecosystem remains resilient amid global economic headwinds, the country’s talent pool must grow in tandem to support the birth and growth of local startups, according to the Gobi-Core State of Talent in Tech 2022 report revealed on Wednesday.
