Start Up Podcast PH

Laila Marquez is the CEO and Co-Founder at Interleukin. Interleukin is the leading healthcare platform provider for facilitating simplified procurement and customer management solutions. Interleukin is one of QBO's top 100 providing an e-commerce marketplace for the healthcare sector. Know more about bakit Interleukin?, their virtual marketplace for healthcare sector buyers and sellers, Taal volca...

Ian Yapjuangco is the CEO and Co-Founder at NutriCoach. Fia Batua-Mambuay is the CPO and Co-Founder at NutriCoach. NutriCoach is an online platform that helps dietitians, nutritionists, and nutrition coaches simplify their work and empowers them to connect and coach clients around the world. NutriCoach is a DOST PCIEERD 2021 Startup Fund Program grantee. Know more about how they received the grant...

Ruffa Carreon is a Co-Founder at Uplift Code Camp. JC Azcarraga is a Teaching Professional at Uplift Code Camp. Uplift Code Camp is a Philippine coding boot camp teaching full-stack web application development and short weekend seminars. Uplift Code Camp has run boot camps and short courses through the years, helping their graduates land successful jobs. Know more about how they teach beginner-fri...

Jayvee de Leon is the CEO and Co-Founder at Forent. Forent is a super app for all your rental needs, providing a safe community for fast and convenient renting transactions every time. Forent got funded recently by Buko Ventures and is growing its community of merchants (rentiers) and users (renters). Know more about the scam that Jayvee experienced which drove him to build Forent, how Forent ensu...

Rachelle Uy is the CEO and Co-Founder at Airship Logistics. Airship Logistics is an end-to-end ready-to-use software for last-mile courier companies. Airship Logistics is the IdeaSpace 2019 winner and 3rd place at She Loves Tech Philippines 2021. Know more about the problems of courier companies that Airship Logistics is trying to solve, "Bakit nga ba importante i-solve ang problema ng logistics i...

Richard Ebdalin is the Founder and CEO at Dirt Bag. Kimbery Damlani is a Co-Founder at Dirt Bag. Dirt Bag is revolutionizing the laundry industry with their "Just One Swipe" Dirt Bag app. Dirt Bag is exponentially growing their sales and customer acquisition, starting from Cagayan de Oro and soon all over the country. Know more about how Dirt Bag makes it more convenient for customers and laundry...

Marco Balbin is the Founder and Head Teacher at Veniccio Institute of Music and Arts. Veniccio Institute is offering quality music education WORLDWIDE taught by highly trained professionals. Veniccio Institute is one of the fastest-growing music schools in the Philippines with more than 800 students in 20 countries. Know more about how they conduct online music lessons, some insights on doing busi...

JM Libero is the CEO and Co-Founder of Ofoodie. Ofoodie is providing a new online food shopping experience through the Ofoodie app! Ofoodie is one of the fastest-growing startups in Cagayan de Oro empowering food enterprises and the entire food ecosystem. Know more about the Ofoodie app, contactless ordering, their recent milestones, and some perspectives on the food industry especially during thi...

Omnirio, Benjoys Food Products, and TechTrance discuss: "The Future of Retail." Luisa Gamboa is Growth Manager at Omnirio. Omnirio is an easy to use and quick to implement omnichannel platform. Omnirio co-organized "The Future of Philippine Retail & eCommerce" with Prosperna and 4Gives at PHSW2021. Benjo Rivera is Business Unit Manager at Benjoys Food Products. Benjoys is "the home of premium...

Lester Mendoza is the CEO and Co-Founder of Farm Box. Farm Box is a social enterprise that has a mission to uplift the lives of our local farmers. Farm Box won this year's DICT Philippine Startup Challenge and entered the National Finals of TAYO 19. Know more about their mission, their business model, their thoughts on the future of farming, and most especially ang kanilang pasabog (hint: NFT game...

Clarence Nieva, a student from Bicol University, is the CEO and co-Founder of Quarta. Rena Nario, also a student from Bicol University, is the Lead Tech of Quarta. Quarta is a student-led, FinTech startup leveraging technology to bring banking and financial literacy to the rural Philippines. Quarta won in a number of competitions: the Financial Literacy Innovation Challenge by PhilDev Foundation a...

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Czar Carbonel is the CEO and Co-Founder of Magwai, a sustainable personal care brand that aims to help protect the ocean through its products. Magwai is part of the Social Impact Accelerator Program of ISIP: Innovations for Social Impact Partnership and have sold 3900+ shampoo bars equivalent to reducing ~13650 100mL plastic shampoo bottles from landfills & oceans. Czar is an ocean & marin...

Jonecca San Pascual is the Founder and CEO of Pieza PH Automotive, a digital marketplace for motorcycle & automotive products. Pieza is one of the top 15 startups that joined the IdeaSpace Philippines 2021 Accelerator Program and is also part of QBO's Top 100 startups this year. Jonecca is also a success & NLP coach, corporate trainer, public speaker, and founder of Advanced Sales Institut...

Kirsten Sy is the Chief Product Officer and Co-founder of MeetBit, a smart in-email scheduling tool for sales and marketing teams. MeetBit is trusted by high-impact companies across the globe such as SVEN Group, Workbean, and Draper Startup House, and was also part of UpNext Founders Cohort II. Kirsten is also the president of BYTE: Building Young Tech Entrepreneurs and currently taking BS in Info...

Eunice Braga is the Head of Marketing and Communications at IdeaSpace Philippines and QBO Innovation Hub. She is also part of the team that's behind the country's largest 5-day startup conference, Philippine Startup Week. In this special episode of the Start Up Podcast in partnership with Philippine Startup Week 2021, we will try to answer one of the simplest but really confusing questions in the...

Eunice Braga is the Head of Marketing and Communications at IdeaSpace Philippines and QBO Innovation Hub. She is also part of the team that's behind the country's largest 5-day startup conference, Philippine Startup Week. In this special episode of the Start Up Podcast in partnership with Philippine Startup Week 2021, we will find out the answer to the question: "Ano ang Philippine Startup Week?"...

Tin Ferrera is the founder of RaceYa, a digital platform and enabler for the endurance sports community. RaceYa has partnered with 45 event organizers in the Philippines and Southeast Asia, enabled 345 events with the biggest being the World Trail Running Championship in Nepal, supporting about 200 brand SKU's in their e-commerce marketplace, and had served 35300 athletes across five countries. Ti...

MK Bertulfo is the founder and CEO of FHMoms, an e-learning platform and online community of over 365,000 Filipina women across the world. FHMoms is the Philippines' biggest online platform and support group created by a Filipina mom to help fellow mothers to find jobs through entrepreneurship and freelancing. MK led the community from being a Facebook group to a corporation and social enterprise...

Jason Pechardo, Ian Baytamo, and Charleston Ambatali are co-founders of ADAM Tech, an interdisciplinary group of science, engineering, and humanities professionals formed to create products and solutions for society. Sir Jason (MMM), Sir Ian (ME), and Sir Charleston (EEE), are faculty members from the University of the Philippines Diliman. ADAM Tech is one of the top 10 startups that joined the UP...

Bo Discarga is the founder and CEO of Betterteem, a data-driven employee experience platform for BPO companies. Betterteem is one of the top 15 startups that joined the 2021 acceleration program of IdeaSpace Philippines and has collected $25,000 investment during its pre-seed funding round with Buko Ventures as its primary investor. Bo is an experienced HR & employee experience leader with ove...

Benjoe Vidal is the founder of Trash Cash PH, the app that's using AI and machine learning to turn your trash into items, cash, and rewards. Benjoe has more than 8 years experience as a software engineer and formed the team that won the Impact Hackathon 2019, the largest nationwide hackathon in the Philippines. Trash Cash PH is incubated by Impact Hub Manila and has reached 15000 users from its la...

Rameses Morales II is the founder of STAT, the Philippines' first platform for on-demand medicine delivery services. STAT is an online platform for medicine delivery and has reached 2M gross merchandise value since its launch last October 2020. Ram is also the co-founder of Pomodoro Pizza and a seasoned problem solver and serial entrepreneur. We talk about the story behind STAT, medicine delivery,...

Karlos Naidas is the president of Eplayment, a fintech startup serving the needs of Filipino gamers and content creators through the Eplayment digital wallet. Karlos is part of the founding committee for Esports at the SEA Games 2019 hosted by the Philippines and has over 9 years experience in the software industry. Eplayment has over Php 2B worth of payments processed and is now partnered with va...

Marlon Tong is the founder of Foodsource PH, a local food e-commerce platform advocating world-class Filipino products. Marlon is a BS Computer Science graduate from DLSU and an IT professional with a passion for food. Foodsource PH started back in 2015 and now has over 350 local food products available online. We brainstorm on the following questions: 1) Bakit hindi masyado sinusuportahan ng mga...