IdeaSpace Foundation, Inc., a, PH-based business incubator backed by industry leaders announced the finalists for its national search for the country’s top tech business ideas.
The finalists are as follows: AgriCulture Technology, Armtech, CornerData, DepEd Smart Cloud, Date Cola, FindmyDok, Lost and Found, miCab, Mirand, Nambal.com, PGRS, Pinoy Travel, Prodigo, PortfolioMNL, SafeCab, Summarize and Notify, Tech4Health, TimeFree, Tudlo, and WeGen.
The selected twenty finalists will compete for the ten slots for 6-month incubation and funding worth up to PHP5M or approximately USD120k each. The ten winners will also receive mentoring, support, services and grants from IdeaSpace partners and potential market runway to scale up their business to millions of households and subscribers.
Teams from outside Metro Manila will also receive housing support to allow them to work on their startup, the only incubation program in the Philippines offering this service. The final judging is scheduled this April 5.
Geographically, entries came from different parts of the country, eight entries were from Metro Manila, six from Visayas, three from Mindanao, two from Central Luzon, and one from the Bicol region, reflecting the growing public interest in the science and technology space and the incubator’s wide reach for its technopreneurship advocacy program.
Majority of the finalists are mobile and software solutions for various industries such as energy, agriculture, transportation and healthcare. Entries at time of submission are mostly in the idea to prototype stage. IdeaSpace targets early stage funding for aspiring technopreneurs with potentially innovative or disruptive business ideas or startups with minimum viable products seeking additional boost to propel them to commercial launch level.
Here are the complete listing.
- AgriCultureTechnology (Metro Manila) – monitors growth of aquatic livestock
- Armtech (Angeles City) – affordable water purification machine for households
- CornerData (Metro Manila)– simplified data gathering for agriculture and disaster preparedness using electronic sensors
- DateCola (Davao) – natural date enriched beverages
- DepEd Smart Cloud (Angeles City) – enterprise solution for public school system
- FindmyDok (Davao) – a solution for searching doctors
- Lost Meets Found (Cebu) – an online solution for lost and found objects
- miCab (Cebu) – smartphone solution for getting a cab with or without mobile Internet
- Mirand (Metro Manila) – Lower cost and high quality total joint implants for the Asian market
- Nambal.com (Cebu) – online healthcare system with portable features
- PGRS (Metro Manila) – produces electricity via rumble strips on high traffic roads
- PinoyTravel (Metro Manila) – provincial bus seat reservation using mobile technologies
- PortfolioMNL (Metro Manila) – online marketplace for creative professionals
- Prodigo (Manila) – a solution for targeted promotions and analytics
- SafeCab (Cebu) – a solution that providing feedback for commuters riding cabs
- Summarize and Notify (Leyte) – allows web searches, summarizes information and notifies users
- Tech4Health (Metro Manila) – solution for health monitoring of chronic conditions including diabetes
- TimeFree (Zamboanga) – SMS-based automated queuing system
- Tudlo (Cebu) – a system that teaches, guides and points during a disaster and emergency situation
- WeGen (Sorsogon) – new design of wind turbine that is more efficient than current technology
