At the awarding are (from left) Rodrigo Alarcon, studio director at ThinkPlace; Althea Karen Antonio, assistant secretary at DTI Foreign Trade Service Corps; Dara Ever Juan, head of PLDT Innovations Laboratory and Ecosystem Partnerships at PLDT; Pamela Mejia, founder and CEO at PAMMÉ; Vincent Rocha, founder and CEO at Mylo Speech Buddy; Gio Calma, co-founder and CCO at BCRemit; Jay Fajardo, executive director at QBO Innovation; Shor Macalbe, head of Startup Development at QBO Innovation; and Miguel Lopez, youth entrepreneurship national expert at International Trade Centre. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
EXCELLENCE in Filipino entrepreneurship was displayed when the ARISE Plus Ye! Boost Accelerator Program Cohort 3, funded by the European Union (EU) and led by the International Trade Centre (ITC), in partnership with the Department of Trade and Industry – Competitiveness Innovation Group (DTI-CIG) and QBO Innovation, recognized the most outstanding startups at its recently concluded Demo Day on June 25, 2024, at the Blue Leaf Pavilion, Taguig City.
