PHILIPPINES

Mindanao TECH PLANTER 2025

Discovering and nurturing Real Tech seeds
and entrepreneurs in the Mindanao Island of the Philippines!
ABOUT
Purpose
Mindanao TECH PLANTER 2025 Demo Day is a pitching competition joined exclusively by innovative teams of Mindanao-based researchers and/or deep technology startups with a passion to bring change and impact to the Island Region and to the World. However, the pitching competition itself is just one aspect of the whole initiative, as Leave a Nest also pushes the collaboration between ventures and big companies to create new businesses after the Demo Day.

The TECH PLANTER program has been running in Japan since 2014. Despite the national TECH PLANTER in the Philippines being on its 9th annual implementation this 2025, the Mindanao TECH PLANTER 2025 program stands on its inaugural program implementation this 2025!
Target
  • Pre-startup researchers in the different science and technology fields, even if they only have the idea so far.
  • Early stage startups, research teams or individuals in real tech field.
  • Mature startups or SMEs seeking collaborators, even if they are close to mass production or PMF establishment.
  • Visionaries that aim to change the world and/or their own country to a better place using science- and technology-based seeds.
  • Those who are interested in the Japanese market or collaboration with Japanese corporations.
Categories of the TECH
Bio, Eco, Med, Food, Agri, Marine, Deep
Application Period
2024/4/2(Tue)-2024/5/17(Fri)
Judging Criteria
A panel of judges consisting of Leave a Nest and its program partners will evaluate each of the following items.
  1. 01NOVELTY
  2. 02PRACTICABILITY
  3. 03IMPACT TO
    THE WORLD
  4. 04PASSION
Awards
Grand Winner: Php 30,000
Leave a Nest Award
and more Corporate Awards (monetary and non-monetary)
*Monetary amount will be announced
ASSET
  1. ASSET01Leave a Nest Communicator
  2. ASSET02Japanese Partner Companies
  3. ASSET03Local Partners
  4. ASSET04
SUPPORT
  1. SUPPORT01Organizing the vision your business
  2. SUPPORT02Brushing up your Presentation
  3. SUPPORT03Opportunities for collaboration with Japanese corporates
  4. SUPPORT04Support for R&D and Prototype Development
  5. SUPPORT05Support for Knowledge and IP Strategies
  6. SUPPORT06Investment and Support for Finance
DEMO DAY
Name of the DEMO DAY
Mindanao TECH PLANTER 2025
Place
Garden Oases Convention Center, The Ritz Hotel at Garden Oases, Porras St, Cor Ignacio Villamor St, Barrio Obrero, Davao City
Date & Time
2024/7/19 (Fri)13:00-18:00 in Philippine Time
Application Period
2024/4/2(Tue)-2024/5/17(Fri)
Eligible Participants
Invited Mindanao-based Deep Tech Startups and Research Teams
Organizer
Leave a Nest Philippines
Timeline
@Philippine Time
12:30~13:00
Registration
13:00~13:25
Opening Ceremony
13:25~16:20
Finalist Pitching Presentations
16:20~16:50
Lightning Talk Presentations (Closed-Door Judge Deliberations ongoing)
16:50~17:20
Poster Session
17:20~18:00
Awarding Ceremony & Official Photo Session
FINALIST
  • Capilli Trading Inc.
    Zuein Guantero (Co-Founder & Chief Operations Officer)
    Upcycling human waste hair waste into felted technology mainly for oil/chemical spills and other industries

    Theme:
    Upcycling human waste hair waste into felted technology mainly for oil/chemical spills and other industries

  • FiberForms Creatives Co.
    Julienne Stephanie Fabie Agapin (Founder)
    Cacaban Leather - Developing plant-based bioleather from agricultural byproducts

    Theme:
    Cacaban Leather - Developing plant-based bioleather from agricultural byproducts

  • Greenewables
    Mr. Erickson Tacda (Chief Operations Officer)
    Converting agricultural biomass waste into low-emission bio-briquettes

    Theme:
    Converting agricultural biomass waste into low-emission bio-briquettes

  • Shiftech Marine
    Engr. Diogenes Pascua
    Sustainable, affordable, and marine-grade battery packs for fisherfolks

    Theme:
    Sustainable, affordable, and marine-grade battery packs for fisherfolks

  • QE-Dyn Research and Development on Engineering
    Joel Gallardo Paramo (Founder)
    Development of an environmentally-sustainable and reliable energy device that addresses the intermittency of current solar PV and BESS systems

    Theme:
    Development of an environmentally-sustainable and reliable energy device that addresses the intermittency of current solar PV and BESS systems

  • Mustard Industrial Sales Corp.
    Mr. Julius C. Llera (President)
    Durabrick - a high-strength, high insulation and eco-friendly alternative brick to improve the Philippine brick & construction industry

    Theme:
    Durabrick - a high-strength, high insulation and eco-friendly alternative brick to improve the Philippine brick & construction industry

  • Waste4Good Technologies
    Engr. Lorilyn Pablo-Daquioag (Chief Executive Officer)
    AI-driven solutions for agricultural waste and farm management

    Theme:
    AI-driven solutions for agricultural waste and farm management

  • BrewTab
    Mr. Jose Amado Torreda
    Sustainable and convenient coffee tabs reducing plastic waste

    Theme:
    Sustainable and convenient coffee tabs reducing plastic waste

  • Pic-A-Talk
    Ms. Uma Louise Roa (Chief Executive Officer)
    Empowering communication for children with speech disorders

    Theme:
    Empowering communication for children with speech disorders

NEWS
PHILIPPINES7/19
Applications
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