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MANILA – Good news for the country’s startup ecosystem.
The Philippine Startup Week (PHSW) 2025 returns today, November 11 to 14 to champion Filipino innovation and empower startups to expand beyond local borders.
PHSW 2025’s press conference to open the event was originally scheduled for November 10 but moved to November 11 because of Super Typhoon Uwan which barreled through a wide swath of the country, virtually the whole archipelago.
Revolving around the theme “Scaling Filipino Innovation: Start Local, Go Global”, the country’s premier startup gathering, feature insights on the world-class nature of local startups and how they can seize opportunities to broaden their impact globally.
The triumvirate of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), and Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has been organizing the PHSW for the past six years. In 2024, the three government agencies united to form the Innovation Startup Act (ISA) Steering Committee, bolstering the government’s support for startups and innovations in the country. This year’s conference, with the National Development Company (NDC) — in collaboration with the Strategic and Collaborative Alliance for Leveraging Ecosystems of Startups – National Capital Region (SCALE NCR), will take a bolder approach to help local startups thrive on the global stage.
For the ISA Committee, Undersecretary for Research & Development Dr. Leah J. Buendia will represent the DOST, Assistant Secretary for Special Concerns Atty. Celine Melanie A. Dee for DICT, and Assistant Secretary for Competitiveness Group Nylah Rizza D. Bautista, DTI.
The festivities celebrating Filipino ingenuity extend beyond talks and panels. Philippine Startup Week 2025’s main conferences will be in the newly opened Philippine Innovation Hub at the Marikina Enterprise Center, Metro Manila. Within those five floors, delegates will find multiple conference stages, community events, a startup expo, and partners’ booths.
The week-long celebration is anchored on five signature tracks that define the Philippine Startup Week experience:
- (1) Discover – exploring technopreneurship, the local startup ecosystem, and how to launch a venture;
- (2) Collaborate – working with key stakeholders to amplify innovation and growth;
- (3) Develop – strengthening ideas through mentorship and support to scale;
- (4) Showcase – highlighting tech startups through nationwide pitching opportunities; and
- (5) Invest – fueling breakthrough ventures that shape the future.
Attendees can hear from the ISA on upcoming initiatives to strengthen the country’s startup ecosystem, and network with prominent startup enablers, champions, venture capital (VC) firms, and top startups of the country.
Philippine Startup Week 2025 is the country’s largest startup conference, dedicated to showcasing Filipino innovators who create solutions for local and global challenges. It’s the space for collaboration, connection, and inspiration.
Organizers have invited founders, investors, advocates, and anyone interested in exploring the Philippine startup community to come. (/)
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Visit http://www.phstartupweek.com for all things Philippine Startup Week 2025 — from participant registration to exhibitor, partner, and community event oppo