The three tech startups bested seven other shortlisted finalists from 200 applications to Shell LiveWIRE, the oil company’s global flagship enterprise development program.
Forum participants said that with appropriate mentorship, tailored support mechanisms, and access to financing, social enterprises in the Philippines can be investment-ready to achieve scale.
The real-time volcano advisory application, initially for Android devices, provides infographic information on the latest updates of Philippine active volcanoes monitored by DOST-Phivolcs.
Local mobile app lendpinoy has launched its “beep Pamasahe Loan”, which allows Filipino commuters to borrow P500 for payment in P2P buses, modern jeepneys, the MRT-3, and LRT 1 and 2.
The program kicked off last year, with the US Embassy in the Philippines providing support, incentives, and benefits to 13 early-stage startups worth P1 million.
With Exora Source, customers that have monthly electricity bills of P2.5 million or above can find their best match retail electricity suppliers (RES) and save up to 30 percent in their electricity bill.
As the first speech language app to be fully in Filipino, the app aims to improve the children's language skills by including sentence comprehension tasks and stories.
