To identify existing supports available for startups in Metro Manila, the Export Marketing Bureau of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), in partnership with QBO Innovation Hub and Startup Pilipinas, initiated a meet up to gather relevant startup stakeholders including public and private incubators, representatives of startups, accelerators, venture capitalists, community builders, angel investors, government, and corporates etc, to further improve the Startup Ecosystem Canvas, which was last updated in 2016.
In the said gathering, they were able to discuss the challenges experienced by startup founders and identify initiatives that can help startups with their pain points. They were also able to list down the opportunities, programs, and events that can accelerate growth for startups.
The following are the list of opportunities, programs, and investors that launch stage startups can look out for:
Launch stage
With this phase, entrepreneurs already establish their company, develop the product, get feedback from the customers, and prepare for the next step.
Establish – law firms and banks for startups
Business Compliance, Ignition Venture Studio
- Business Registration, Taxumo
- Disini & Disini Law Office
- Enter PH
- FullSuite
- UnionBank GlobalLinker
- Gorricetta Law
- Lexmeet
- Meer Meer Meer Law Office
- MyOffice
- Shared Services, Startup Village
- SYMECS
- Thoughtbox
- Tradelawyers PH
Workspace
Acceler8
- ASpace
- Bitspace, Brainsparks
- Co.lab
- Common Ground
- Coworking, Impact Hub Manila
- Coworking Space, Cerebro Labs
- Coworking Space, Animo Labs
- FlySpaces
- HQ, QBO
- Innovation Studio
- Penbrothers
- Space, Ignition Ventures
- Startup Village Space
- The Common space
- The Office Project
- Warehouse Eight
- WeWork
- Workfolk
- Workspace, MyOffice
Develop – accounting, dev, and HR
Bookeeping, Taxumo
- Payruler
- Salarium
- Sprout Solutions
- Tax Compliance, Taxumo
Prepare for Seed – incubators and advanced mentorship
Bainsparks20
- Hustle Ground Ventures
- Incubation Program, Animo Labs
- Incubation Program, Cerebro Labs
- Incubation Program, Impact Hub Manila
- Incubator/Accelerator, Startup Village
- Makesense Academy, Makesense
- Mentoring Women in Business,
- Cherie Blair Foundation for Women
- Phildev Labs
- Startup Bootcamp, Penbrothers Launchpad
- USAID Stride Launch
Seed Accelerators – seed funding mentor programs
Acceleration Program, Cerebro Labs
- Acceleration Program, IdeaSpace Foundation
- AIM Dado Banatao Incubator
- Incubation Program, Villgro
- INQBATION, QBO
- ISIP, Phildev
- Launchgarage Accelerator
- Takeoff, IBPAP
- Techstars
Pitch & Demo – show startups for seed investment
BeFast Pitching Competition
- DSION Startup Challenge
- Echelon TOP100, QBO and e27
- Founders Live, Penbrothers
- K Startup Grand Challenge, Korean Government and Startup Village
- LG Supercolliders, Launchgarage
- Pitch for $1 Million, Penbrothers and Starcon
- Pitch Haifa/Jerusalem, ICCP
- Ring of Fire, Techtonic
- Seedstars World Summit
- She Loves Tech Philippines,
- QBO, DOST and Lean in China
- SHOWQASE, QBO
- Startup Village Pitching
- Startup Studio, PLDT Innolab
- Startup Worldcup, Brainsparks, Techshake, DOST, DTI and Fennox VC
- Techsauce Global Summit, QBO and Techsauce
- Tiger’s Lair, ASEAN Angels Alliance
- UP OEM Pitching Competition
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Article source: Startup Mapping Ecosystem 2018