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Five Startups Lead 3rd Globe Future Makers program

Tagani, Grupo Kalinangan, Antipara, Alternative Indigenous Development Foundation (AIDFI), and Lexmeet – five startups with game-changing digital solutions have made it to the 3rd year of Globe Future Makers (GFM) program which aims to help build an ecosystem of support for local social innovators who use technology to solve the country’s most challenging social problems.

Above photo: 1st row (from L-R): Francis Corpuz and Laurice Dagum of Antipara, Kickstart Ventures President Minette Navarrete, Keb Cuevas of Tagani, Geia dela Pena and Joel Aldor of Grupo Kalinangan. 2nd row (from L-R): Auke Idzenga of AIDFI, Allan Pasumbal of Lexmeet, Globe SVP for Digital Ventures Glenn Estrella, Globe Head for Innovations Mikey Garovillo, The Spark Project Founder and CEO Patch Dulay, and Globe Head of Citizenship Miguel Bermundo

They will receive technology support from Globe; tailored capacity building which includes one-on-one mentoring and workshops from industry leaders; access to a strong ecosystem of peers, partners, and potential investors both locally and internationally; and increased brand awareness with potential for regional visibility.

“This is an area very close to my heart — trying to help startups in the Philippines. Sometimes, the problem is good ideas just end up becoming a dream that gets trapped in someone’s memory.  There are so many things that need to be solved in this country and sometimes, it is only the limit of our imagination on how to solve these problems that keep us where we are,” said Ernest Cu, Globe President and CEO.

Tagani is an end-to-end agribusiness matching platform which connects farmers directly to buyers to lessen the impact of volatile market prices.

On the other hand, Grupo Kalinangan is a mobile-first government-registered non-stock, non-profit, cultural tech organization which develops and deploys innovative IT solutions, platforms, services and programs to help local government units (LGUs) and other institutions establish and maintain their local cultural inventories for heritage conservation initiatives and protection of vulnerable historic monuments and sites, cultural properties and intangible heritage.

Antipara, an underwater 3D geospatial mapping and analytics company for maritime and environment inspection, has created an algorithm that provides information for marine management, damage assessment and maritime inspection.

Another noteworthy invention is the Hydraulic Ram Pump, a water powered pump manufactured and installed by the Alternative Indigenous Development Foundation, Inc. (AIDFI), which brings water from lower elevations to higher elevated villages or farms without the use of electricity or fuel and without pollution. Together with the pump,  AIDFI, developed an app to monitor the water delivered, technical repairs, money collected and meetings conducted. Another recent innovation which AIDFI adapted is a solar powered-coin operated water kiosk each serving a cluster of households and which releases 20 liters of water for 1 peso. This brings fairer distribution of water and a better collection for the water association compared to the public tap stands used before.

 Lastly, LexMeet is an online legal consultation platform and marketplace which provides legal advice, legal information, legal documents and even legal remedy to anyone. It has an algorithm which matches the client’s legal problem and preference with the lawyer’s expertise, location, and language. This mostly benefits overseas Filipino workers, small and medium enterprises, and physical abuse victims.

Judges for this year’s GFM competition are Patch Dulay, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Spark Project which is also the program’s implementing partner; Yoly Crisanto, Globe Chief Sustainability Officer and SVP for Corporate Communications; Minette Navarrete, President of KickStart Ventures, Inc., a wholly-owned venture capital subsidiary of Globe;  Glenn Estrella, Senior Vice President, Globe Digital Ventures, and Mikey Garovillo, Globe Head of Innovations.

GFM brings to life Globe Telecom’s sustainability commitment in response to UN Sustainable Development Goal (UNSDG) No. 9 which calls for investment in infrastructure and innovation to find lasting solutions to both economic and environmental challenges.

It is aligned with the social innovation program of the Singtel Group of Companies for Asia Pacific and was developed in order to influence and build a whole ecosystem of social innovators who can help create a positive impact on society with the help of technology.

For more about Globe Future Makers 2019, please visit www.globe.com.ph/future-makers and https://www.facebook.com/GlobeBridgeCom/

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