Homegrown, high-potential startups jump-start the economy — and the local startup community is meeting face-to-face this week, the first time after two years of lockdowns.
Now on its fourth year, the Philippine Startup Week, with the theme “Homegrown Heroes: Cultivating Future Tech Giants,” opened at The Blue Leaf Pavilion on Monday and goes on until Friday.
QBO Innovation Hub, which supports startups of any size through vertical and development stages to encourage new tech ideas and businesses, highlighted several brands in the country:
Olivia transforms receipts and invoices into reports and digital assets in seconds with high accuracy. It is scalable and it facilitates easy, secure data storage and retrieval.
Lyon enables users to set up their own online learning spaces and create courses in minutes. It integrates onboarding, content creation and management, live sessions, among others.
Nanotronics is a startup that produces advanced materials, products and solutions for various industries. It uses biodegradable material that aims to contribute to plastic waste reduction.
Avodah is a one-stop on-demand service app that informs customers about available house services for daily and emergency needs.
HomeAssist.ph enables real estate brokerage that aids prospective buyers in their home-buying through various services from looking for a property to moving in.
Cerebro is an E-learning provider that offers ready-made lessons, curriculum-based quizzes and digital worksheets.
MetroCityAI maximizes Artificial Intelligence use to automate the recruitment process as against companies spending long hours on resume screening and conducting job interviews.
Waste4Good focuses on agriculture and helping solve food insecurity and food wastage through the startup’s Compost Activator Solution that turns food waste into non-harmful plant fertilizer.
“The conference is seen as giving opportunities for founders in the Philippine startup ecosystem, from networking to exploring the different community events showcasing the startup ecosystem,” said Rene Meily, president of QBO.
Pinoy startups the resources, the opportunities, and the network that they would need to be able to compete on the global stage,” said Katrina Rausa Chan, executive director of QBO Innovation Hub. – Paul Icamina
