Mosaic Solutions, a Philippine-based tech startup that provides cloud-based solutions for the hospitality industry, has announced it has raised P74 million in initial seed funding.
The Symlify team from the Philippines, which created an order management system designed for small business owners that depend on social media, was proclaimed as third prize winners in the recently held Alibaba GET Global Challenge 2020.
Sheona Mckenna, counsellor at the Australian Embassy, said only 18% of startups in the Philippines have women founders. This is roughly the same in Australia, where women are also “grossly underrepresented”.
Fastfood giant Jollibee, which has been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, has launched a new mobile app as it attempts to scale up its services across digital platforms.
To help local businesses protect their workforce against the spread of Covid-19 in offices, HR tech startup Salarium has launched FacePass, a touchless time and attendance solution.
Mobile-first life insurer Singlife Philippines and mobile wallet GCash officially announced last Friday, September 4, that Singlife’s protection products will soon be made available through the GCash Insurance Marketplace platform – with the first one being the ‘Cash for Dengue Costs’ offering.
One of the “kabuhayan packages” to be offered to displaced OFWs of a mobile store and a handheld automated teller machine service called ATM Go including digital financial services through RCBC’s DiskarTech super app.
