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Philippine Startup Week 2021 Highlights
Past Speakers

VP. Leni Robredo
Vice-President of the Philippines

Fortunato "Boy" T. de la Peña
Secretary, Department of Science and Technology

Minette Navarrete
Co-founder and President @ Kickstart Ventures, Inc.

Sec. Ramon M. Lopez
Secretary, Department of Trade & Industry

Grace Vera Cruz
Country Head, Grab

Roland Ros
Co-founder @ Kumu

John Rubio
Country Director, Facebook Philippines @ Facebook

Francis Plaza
Co-Founder & CEO @ PayMongo

Mel Nava
CEO and Founder @ 1Export

Franco Varona
Co-founder and Managing Partner @ Foxmont Capital Partners

Cathy Yap-Yang
FVP and Group Head of Corporate Communications @ PLDT

David Almiro
CEO @ Multisys

Ambe Tierro
Senior Managing Director @ Accenture

Stefano Fazzini
CEO and Co-Founder @ Metromart

Katrina Chan
Director @ IdeaSpace Foundation & QBO Innovation Hub
Empowering Climate Resilient Businesses and Communities by Komunidad
A leading venture capital fund focused on backing transformative technology companies in Southeast Asia, Openspace has been an active investor in the Philippine startup ecosystem for close to five years, investing in disruptive companies such as Kumu, Sarisuki and BeautyMNL. Openspace’s Founding Partner Hian Goh and Director of Investments Gervin Yang share insights gained from investing in some of Southeast Asia's biggest technology businesses and how Philippine startups can apply these on their own paths to scale.

Testimonials

"Openspace Ventures was pleased to be a partner for Philippine Startup Week 2021. As a longtime active investor in the Philippines, we were thrilled to connect with founders, fellow investors, and other stakeholders to share ideas on how we could collaborate and uplift the country’s startup ecosystem. We look forward to partnering with Philippine Startup Week organizers again in the years to come as the ecosystem enters an exciting stage of growth in 2022."
Juancho Jimenez, CFA
Venture Capital Investments, Openspace Ventures Philippines
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