TECH PLANTER
in the Philippines

Through its 10 years of implementation, the TECH PLANTER program has housed promising deep technology startups founded by passionate researchers, entrepreneurs and individuals aiming to solve deep issues. With the goal of continuously finding local homegrown deep technology builders, the TECH PLANTER has been implemented in the Philippines since 2017. However, due to the country's archipelagic nature, support for deep technology in the farther reaches of the Philippines is unfortunately significantly less than what is provided in the metropolitan areas. Because of this, like in Japan, it is important to create decentralized models of support - and for this to happen, local players need to be more involved. Due to these realizations, Leave a Nest has initiated the 1st regional implementation of Tech Planter outside of Japan in 2024 - the first VISAYAS TECH PLANTER, which was held in Iloilo City. Now in it's 2nd year of implementation in Cebu, we are again looking forward to the passionate teams and their technologies that can create impact both in the Visayas group of islands, and nationwide in the Philippines.