Launchgarage team up with MDEC and UnionBank to EXPAND Philippines Program

Launchgarage teamed up with the Malaysian Digital Economy Corporation and UnionBank for EXPAND Philippines program.

Launchgarage team up with MDEC and UnionBank to EXPAND Philippines Program

Launchgarage's EXPAND Philippines Program

All the participants of EXPAND Philippines 2019

EXPAND Philippines is the company's 3-week market access program for Malaysian companies looking to test and validate their products in the Philippines. MDEC and UnionBank collaborated with the company to host the event which featured 6 Malaysian companies.

Now in its 2nd year, this year's participants are seasoned entrepreneurs that are running late-stage companies.

The selection process took a while month with an intensive week of web seminar sessions about the Philippines' local ecosystem, online intro to key stakeholders in different industries, and an on-site immersion event that includes deal flow facilitation between them and potential investors, clients, and partners in the country.

The participants include:

• Persuasion Technologies - A business intelligence and marketing analytics servicing platform
• CK Group - An Integrated Property Marketing Agency in digital design solutions
• Sometime by Asian Designers - An e-commerce bag and accessories company
• NexPlatform - A data-driven Proptecg company providing smart marketing solutions
• Accendo - A talent experience platform to help with deep people analytics
• SonicBoom - An All-in-One open payment terminal for parking, vending machines, and retail stores

Jojo Flores, COO of Launchgarage, also announced a 5-year partnership deal with MDEC that enables seamless cross-border collaboration as their exclusive partners running various market access programs.