Jun 30, 2020

Startup Digest Philippines - July 1 to 15, 2020

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Startup Digest Philippines

The personalized insider newsletter for startup events in the Philippines. We send out newsletters every 15th and 30th of the month! Got an event you want us to include? Submit here: https://bit.ly/startupdigestphilippines

Hello wonderful and powerful people of the PH startup ecosystem!

We’re excited to greet you a good morning in the last day of June — it was a whirlwind, huh?

Chin up for brighter days, continue to stay grounded in what you can control, and remember to be fluid like water as you embrace the new changes ahead.

Rock on! 🤟

-The Startup Digest PH Team

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TechCrunch Disrupt 2020 is just a few weeks away but we've already opened up our CrunchMatch networking platform for attendees to be able to meet one another in advance of the big event. Not only will it help narrow down the people you want to meet with, we'll even have some speed networking happy hour sessions so you can meet people on the fly! Register for Disrupt today and save $100 with code TECHSTARS15.

HIGHLIGHTS

RESQUE: Startups VS COVID-19 Competition

TODAY IS THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS!! — A national startup competition that aims to provide a laser-focused support program to Filipino startups as part of YBI’s Rapid Response and Recovery Program. Join now and be one of the 10 startups that will receive Php 100,000 equity-free!

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Turn Your Ideas Into A Business: Step 1 Begin By Understanding

Thu, Jul 2, 2020, 2:00 PM: The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Visayas Cluster 2 (VC2) invites you to a FREE five-part webinar series…

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8020 - UX Crash Course 2020

Sat, Jul 4, 2020, 10:00 AM: This course will teach you a crash course in User Experience, and how you can transition into a UX Career in 2020.

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Webinar: How to Advocate for Sustainable Cities

Tue, Jul 7, 2020, 6:00 PM: Learn how you can be involved in social impact and come home with the inspiration to start your own journey. Whether your advocacy is sustainable…

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Product PH Session: Building Products for Emerging Markets | Meetup

Thu, Jul 9, 2020, 7:00 PM: Through this event, you’ll learn how things are shifting via an open banking lens, as well as how these movements / regulations are going to lead to an influx…

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WE Rise Accelerator: Open For Applications

DEADLINE Thur, July 16, 2020: WE Rise is an accelerator designed specially to help women entrepreneurs unlock capital to take their businesses to the next level. The program dives into helping women-led businesses build resilience and readjust growth plans to address the COVID-19 impact and access appropriate growth capital.

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CONNECT

makesense Philippines

makesense is a rapidly growing global community of social business enthusiasts who help people use their skills for good by helping social entrepreneurs!

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Philippine Tech Community Leads

An effort to gather all the PH Tech Community Organizers on a regular basis so we can learn from, collaborate with each other and contribute to nation-building.

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CURATOR'S CORNER

If you’re a regular subscriber, you might have noticed our newsletter’s new look. Techstars Startup Digest PH has moved on to a new (and better!) publishing platform, and we are keen to know what you think about our first newsletter here. Send us a message on our Facebook if you have any feedback or concerns.

Cheers! We look forward to seeing your messages!

Click here to submit your event!

Send us the link to your event registration page and tell us about your event. We ’ll review it and, if it meets community guidelines, schedule it for the next issue.

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How Global Insurance Brand MetLife is Partnering with Startups to Power Innovation in Financial Wellness

Join MetLife’s innovation office, Techstars and financial wellness startup, Zogo Finance on August 18 at 12pm ET for an online Ask Me Anything to learn what successful startup engagement really looks like. MetLife’s Chief Innovation Officer John Geyer, and VP of Innovation Terrance Luciani will share how they are teaming up with startups to drive new value across their business and are developing multiple POCs and pilots. Save your spot!

Techstars Startup Digest Startup Digest Philippines is curated by:

	Ashley Uy - Community Builder \| Project Manager ashley.uy@startupdigestmail.com
	Alea Ladaga - Tech enabler and global community builder alea.ladaga@startupdigestmail.com
	Haifa Carina - Tech Community Builder from the Philippines \| phtechcommunity.org haifa.carina.baluyos@startupdigestmail.com

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