The Finalists of the Philippine Rice bowl start-up awards are officially revealed today. The inaugural Philippine Rice Bowl Start-up Awards will take place at the A SPACE Gallery in Makati City on July 15, 2016
This is part of an international awards program to celebrate entrepreneurship that will culminate at an ASEAN awards ceremony in Manila this September, and a Global awards gala this November in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Founder of A SPACE Philippines, Matthew Morrison shares, “The Philippines’ start-up eco system continues to expand and gain global recognition, and A SPACE is honored to celebrate the good work in partnerhsip with the Rice Bowl Awards. Giving Filipino start-ups the opportunity to win the National Awards in July, progress to the Regional finals in September - also being held in the Philippines - and then potentially go on to success at the Global Awards in Kuala Lumpur, in November - that’s just one big happy WOW Philippines!”
The official Finalists of the PHILIPPINES RICE BOWL START-UP AWARDS 2016:
Startup Journalist of the year:
Oliver Segovia for Harvard Business Review,
Chris Schabel for Rappler,
Beverly Tan for e27 Philippines,
Ezra Ferraz
Best Professional Investor of the year:
Katalyst PH (Founder, Joe Maristela),
IMJ Partners (Representative, Morgan Miyazaki),
Kickstart Ventures (Co-Founder, Minette Navarete + Christian Besler),
Hatch'd Digital (Representative, Marilen Tantamco),
Developer Hero:
Jason Torres of ProudCloud,
Paolo Samontez,
Rachel De Villa,
Tim Duhaylungsod Jr. of Lifebit,
Best Newcomer:
Croo (CEO/Founder, Ralph Chua),
Cropital (CEO/Founder, Ruel Amparo),
Wifi Interactive Network or WIN (Co-Founder, Jasen Co + Philip Zulueta),
OneWatt (Co-Founder, Kristine Quirante),
Campaign of the year:
Satoshi Citadel Industries (Co-Founder, John Bailon),
iVolunteer Philippines (Co-Founder, JB Tan),
ZipMatch (Co-Founder, Chow Paredes),
Zalora Philippines (Co-Founder, Paolo Campos III),
Best Social Media Influencer:
Muni PH (Founder, Jen Horn),
When In Manila,
Rappler (CEO, Maria Ressa),
Rosario Juan
Best Social Enterprise:
Bagosphere,
The Spark Project,
Cropital,
Edukasyon.ph,
Start-up Enabler of the year:
Manila Workshop (Representative, Ginger Arboleda),
The Spark Project (Co-Founder, Patrick Dulay),
IdeaSpace (Representative, Diane Estaquio),
Endeavor (Co - Founder + Representative: Manny Ayala)
Best Disrupter/Game Changer:
ZipMatch,
PawnHero,
Zalora Philippines,
Satoshi Citadel Industries,
Start-up of the year:
SkyEye Inc. (Co-Founder, Matthew Cua),
TimeFree Innovations (Co-Founder, Chino Atilano),
PawnHero (Co-Founder, David Margendoff),
FlySpaces (Founder, Mario Berta),
Founder of the year:
Chow Paredes of Zipmatch,
David Margendoff of Pawn Hero,
Mario Berta of Fly Spaces,
Gabby Dizon of Altitude Games
On June 15, 2016 at A SPACE Greenbelt, the nominations for the Philippine Rice Bowl Start-up Awards - under categories such as Journalist of the Year, Founder of the Year, Startup of the Year - were vetted and shortlisted by national ambassadors from sectors such as advertising, investment, technology and the arts.
The shortlisted nominations then went through a final judging round held later that same day at the A SPACE Greenbelt ROCKSTAR Room. Winners will be announced at the Awards night ceremony on July 15th, taking place at the A SPACE Greenbelt Gallery, 110 Legazpi Street, Makati City.
NB. Judges signed declarations to ensure conflict of interests were made known and votes were not tallied when such a conflict, or potential conflict, manifested.
Their main objective is to celebrate the ASEAN startups that will successfully push new frontiers into the global digital technology arena.
For more information on the the Rice Bowl Asean Start-up Awards, please visit ricebowlawards.com or visit visit: aspacemanila.com/media
