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SAN FRANCISCO, CA, UNITED STATES 30 June 2021, San Francisco, California – As part of the ongoing initiatives to promote the Philippine startup industry and connecting it to the startup ecosystem in Silicon Valley for possible collaboration in the areas of training, mentorship, financing, and networking, the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco, the Philippine Trade and Investment Center – Silicon Valley, and Dynamico Space organized its first hybrid (in-person and online) event entitled “Building Bridges: The Philippines and SF Startups and Mentoring.”
As the Philippines and the United States recover from the impact of the COVID 19 global pandemic and economic recession, Undersecretary Rafaelita Aldaba, who heads the Competitiveness and Innovation Group of the Department of Trade & Industry (DTI) shared that the program is a breath of fresh air bringing with it so much hope and inspiration in shaping the future of Philippines-Silicon Valley startup cooper
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Pinoy-led fintech startup raises $2.2M to accelerate credit access in PH, SE Asia
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Filipino-led fintech startup Plentina announced it has closed a seed round of $2.2 million after launching a service for large-scale merchants to sell on installments consumers without a credit card in the Philippines and Southeast Asia.
The seed round was co-led by former Tableau executive and ClearGraph CEO Andrew Vigneault, Unpopular Ventures and DV Collective, with participation from JG Digital Equity Ventures (JGDEV), Amino Capital, Canaan Partners Scout Fund, Ignite Impact Fund, and other strategic angels and family offices.
Plentina previously raised a pre-seed round of $750,000 last year from investors including Techstars, Emergent Ventures, and the 500 Startups Vietnam Fund. It participated in the Techstars Western Union accelerator as their first startup serving the Philippines and was oversubscribed for their seed round before their demo day at Stanford’s StartX accelerat
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