The Independent Investor

Covering the founders, investors, evangelists, and enablers of the Philippine early-stage ecosystem.

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Hive Modular and Samsung Electronics Philippines have announced a new partnership to co-develop the country’s first fully integrated smart modular home.

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#ModularConstruction #SmartHome #SamsungSmartThings

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Endeavor has concluded MatchCAP Asia 2026 in Singapore, marking the latest edition of the region's investor-founder matchmaking roadshow.

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#MatchCAPAsia #EndeavorGlobal #SoutheastAsia #VentureCapital

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Endeavor Philippines wraps up Scale Up Cohort 5. Over six months, 11 high-growth startups scaled their operations

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#EndeavorPH #ScaleUp #PhilippineStartups #Entrepreneurship #TechInnovation #MultiplierEffect

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Five Philippine companies - Great Deals, GrowSari, BillEase, Tonik, and Pickup Coffee - have been named to the 2026 Endeavor Outliers class.

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#EndeavorPH #EndeavorOutliers #PhilippineTech #StartupPH

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Balik*Bayan SF 2026 unites 50+ Filipino diaspora founders and policymakers in Silicon Valley to drive investment and innovation in the Philippines.

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#EndeavorPH #BalikBayanSF #SiliconValley #PhilippineTech

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Supply chain platform Baskit raises $4.4M Series A to bring its AI-enabled distribution and embedded credit infrastructure to the Philippines.

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#SupplyChain #DigitalTransformation #SeriesA #FMCG #EmbeddedFinance

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Singapore’s Velox Networks expands to the Philippines, leveraging new telecom laws to replace "spaghetti wires" with enterprise-grade cloud telephony.

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#TelecomPH #VeloxNetworks #CloudTech

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New report from Kaya Founders argues the Philippines is "under-infrastructured" despite high digital adoption, calling for a unified Fintech stack to boost financial inclusion.

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#FintechPH #FinancialInclusion

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Philippine private capital grew 34% in 2025, signaling a shift from consumption-led growth toward a productivity-driven economy, according to Foxmont Capital Partners.

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#PrivateCapital #InvestmentPH

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PASIA Shared Services and Quotable AI to modernize B2B procurement for SMEs by replacing fragmented spreadsheets with AI-powered workflows and automated payouts.

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#SupplyChain #B2BProcurement #SME #AIinBusiness

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Pulse 63 Healthcare Ventures and Specialist Direct (Swisstec) have announced a digital health platform for 130 million workers in high-risk sectors, including maritime and mining.

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#DigitalHealth #HealthTech

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A new UK-funded pilot uses satellite data to trigger automatic climate payouts for 1.2M Filipino fisherfolk. by combining parametric insurance with market offtake.

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#agritech #climateresilience #fintech

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Goodbye Vanity Metrics: George Padin’s SaleSnap is building the attribution rails for the Philippines’ $24.6B social commerce market.

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#CreatorEconomy #SocialCommerce #InfluencerMarketing #ROI #SaleSnap

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Build, invest, and scale at AI speed. We go in-depth with Andre Yap to ask why the future of PH tech is happening in 100-day cycles.

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@100XVC #100XPH #VentureCapital #AI #StartupPH

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Mober and TESDA are launching a national training program to upskill the PH's electric vehicle workforce in EV driving and maintenance to support the growing green logistics sector.

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#EVWorkforce #GreenLogistics

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Developer Camp makes its Philippine debut March 6–8 in Makati, bringing its Silicon Valley-founded hackathon and legacy of innovation to Manila for a three-day intensive build.

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#DeveloperCampManila #Innovation

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@paymongo and Juan by @JuanTaxApp have integrated digital payments into the Juan platform. PH SMEs can now automate payment collection and reconciliation, streamline workflows from invoicing to tax compliance.

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#SME

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The Philippine Consulate and Endeavor PH hosted Balik*Bayan NY 2025, the largest diaspora gathering to date connecting U.S.-based leaders with the Philippine startup ecosystem.

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#PHStartups #Endeavor #NYC #BalikBayan

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Mober, the PH-based EV logistics provider, was recognized as an Inspiring Workplace in Asia at the ACES Awards 2025.

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#ACES2025 #EVLogistics #Philippines #ESG