Startup companies are the height of every entrepreneurial experience. You have a unique, original idea for a business, refine it in partnership with several sponsors and solicitors and investors, and then continue to build the product into something amazing by themselves. Like a delicate flower, startups are fragile, yet unique. To have their company be successful, they need to build a product that catches the attention of many users and consumers before they can truly blossom. And like flowers, these businesses need an ecosystem to survive, and they need to adapt to these ecosystem to bloom.
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This is why Inc. South East Asia (in collaboration with Bangalore-based data partner Tracxn) has created a list of the 40 hottest startups in the Philippines. The startups that were unique and strong enough to survive in the Philippine ecosystem of business, a country with a lot of potential but is still not quite there yet, especially in the tech industry.
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In this list, Inc. SEA had compiled this list of diverse privately-owned startup companies that range from saltwater powered lamps, to financial services to the poor, to connecting pharmacies together on a digital platform, and other neat tech stuff as well. The factors they took into account were its growth, originality of concept, app downloads, stage of funding, and the equity participation of marquee investors.
Now, without further ado, here are the 40 hottest Philippine-startup companies, according to Inc. South East Asia:
Company Name Investors |
Overview | Founder/s | Company Age | Sector |
Acudeen N/A |
P2P marketplace for invoice discounting | Magellan Fetalino III | 1 | FinTech |
Ayannah 500 Startups, Life.SREDA, Golden Gate Ventures, Beenos, Gree Ventures |
Cross border social commerce | Mikko Perez | 9 | Mikko Perez |
Booky Manila Future Now Ventures |
Restaurant booking platform | Ben Wintle | 3 | Consumer Digital |
CASHCASH
PINOY |
E-commerce platform that offers discounted deals | Frederic Levy | 7 | Consumer Digital |
CloudFarm NA |
IoT solution for farm monitoring and analysis | Franch Maverick Arellano Lorilla | 1 | Technology |
CloudSwyft Future Now Ventures |
Cloud based training and assesment | Dann Angelo De Guzman | 2 | EdTech |
Coins.ph Innovation Endeavors, Accion, Rebright Partners, IdeaSpace Foundation |
Blockchain-enabled mobile wallet | Ron Hose | 4 | FinTech |
Cropital IdeaSpace Foundation |
Online platform to crowd fund agriculture | Ruel Amparo | 2 | FinTech |
Dragonpay GMO Venture Partners |
Online payment service provider | Robertson Chiang | 7 | FinTech |
First Circle 500 Startups, Key Capital Partners, IMU Investment Partners |
Online lending platform for short term SME loans | Patrick Lynch | 2 | FinTech |
Get.place IMJ Investment Partners, MACHINE |
Platform to match property seekers with real estate brokers | Tim Michael | 1 | Consumer Digital |
Inteluck Infinity Ventures |
Fleet management and location based tracking | Kevin Zhang | 3 | EnterpriseTech |
Kalibrr Y Combinator, Omidyar Network, Learn Capital, FundersClub, Kickstart |
Job hunting platform | Paul Rivera | 10 | EnterpriseTech |
Lenddo Accel Partners, Omidyar Network, Metamorphic Ventures, Western |
Credit scoring based on social media data | Jeff Stewart | 6 | FinTech |
Lifetrack Kickstart Ventures |
Cloud-based RIS/PACS Platform | Eric Schulze | 5 | EnterpriseTech |
Loan Solutions Kickstart Ventures, Future Now Ventures, KK Fund |
Platform that matches borrowers and lenders | Jean Patrick Bisson | 3 | FinTech |
mClinica 500 Startups, Endeavor, Kickstart Ventures, Unitus Impact, IMJ Investment |
Connects pharmacies through mobile technology | Farouk Meralli | 5 | HealthTech |
MedGrocer Ayala Healthcare Holdings |
Integrated ePharmacy and Medicine Benefits Manager | Jerome Uy | 1 | HealthTech |
Medix Kickstart Ventures, mClinica |
Cloud based EMR and dental management solution for dentists | Marc Medina | 5 | HealthTech |
Micab IdeaSpace Foundation |
On demand cab hailing app | Eddie Ybañez | 5 | Consumer Digital |
MoneyMax Nova Founders Capital |
Financial comparison platform | Quentin Bouche | 4 | FinTech |
Mynt N/A |
Mobile money and micro-loans | John Rubio | 2 | FinTech |
PawnHero 500 Startups, Hatchd Digital, IMJ Investment Partners |
Online pawn shop service provider | David Margendorff | 3 | FinTech |
PayMaya N/A |
Mobile wallet with virtual Visa card | NA | 2 | FinTech |
Paynamics Technologies Beenos |
Merchant payment solutions provider | Ronald Gerald Magleo | 7 | FinTech |
Pen Chat N/A |
Instant social messaging | Ian Vernon | 2 | Consumer Digital |
Rappler Omidyar Network, Hatchd Digital, NorthBaseMedia |
Social news network | Maria Ressa | 5 | Consumer Digital |
Reekoh Future Now Ventures |
Custom IoT development platform | Dale Rankine | 2 | Technology |
Restograph N/A |
Business intelligence tool for restaurants | Brian Dimarucot | 2 | EnterpriseTech |
Sakay N/A |
App for transportation planning | Philip Cheang | 4 | Consumer Digital |
Salarium Seedstars World, Future Now Ventures |
Cloud based payroll management | Judah Z Hirsch | 4 | EnterpriseTech |
Satoshi Citadel Industries KVG |
Bitcoin payment, payment card and remittance services | John Bailon | 3 | FinTech |
Squadzip Plug and Play Tech Center, Kickstart Ventures |
Mobile based SaaS platform for collaboration | Roman Mercado | 4 | EnterpriseTech |
Sustainable Alternative Lighting IdeaSpace Foundation, Future Now Ventures |
Saltwater powered lamp | Aisa Mijeno | 4 | Technology |
TAXUMO Tax IdeaSpace Foundation |
Tax calculation and reports | Ginger Arboleda | 1 | EnterpriseTech |
TravelBook N/A |
Online booking platform for hotels and vacation rentals | Hiroyuki Murai | 5 | Consumer Digital |
U-hop N/A |
Smart shuttle service | Marvin Dela Cruz | 2 | Consumer Digital |
Vinteo IdeaSpace Foundation |
Video analytics solutions for retail customers | Greg Hermo | 2 | EnterpriseTech |
ZAP (ZAPGroup Inc.) Siemer Ventures, Kickstart Ventures, Seawood, Wavemaker Partners |
ZAP provides merchants a white label loyalty program and automated re-marketing | Dustin Cheng | 5 | Consumer Digital |
ZipMatch 500 Startups, Alps Venture, Kickstart Ventures, Hatchd Digital |
Online listing platform for residential properties | John Dang | 5 | Consumer Digital |
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