by PhilStar Lifestyle Business Our Youth Entrepreneurship Summit 2019 was a successful one, attended by over 15,000 participants who joined us at the World Trade Center, Pasay City. It was simulcast in 10 schools and universities, and the summit provided valuable insights on digitalization for both students and entrepreneurs. It was also graced by…
by Tech Collective ‘Tech startup boom’ has become quite the buzz-phrase for Southeast Asia, with various global reports praising the region’s potential for foreign investment, startup viability, and economic growth as a whole. The Philippines is no exception and in many ways could be considered one of the pack leaders in the region’s tech startup…
by Hoai Chau, Startup Vietnam Calling for an investment of up to millions of dollars, Revolution Precrafted made a big splash when it became the Philippines’ first unicorn startup. On a last day of 2015, in a spacious office in Makati area, Manila, Philippines, after a series of assessments of prospects and risks, the name…
by Barbara Stewart, CFA The venture fund 500 Startups was named the “Most active global investor by VC deal count” in PitchBook’s 2018 Annual Global League Tables, a comprehensive ranking of global private equity and venture capital activity for the year. I recently interviewed 500 Startups’ innovation director Vera Futorjanski. Futorjanski has a diverse and fascinating background: In her early career,…
From more than 300 registered start-ups, the World Economic Forum on ASEAN (WEF ASEAN) 2018 selected 80 excellent start-ups to participate in the event. Here are the start-ups that are considered the most prominent at this WEF ASEAN.
by Zafirah Salim (vulcanpost.com) True to his startup’s name – Revolution Precrafted – Robbie Antonio believes that he’s starting a revolution with his property business. His startup mixes prefab homes and luxury branding to revolutionize the real estate industry – not just in the Philippines, but also around the world. Its innovativeness has made it…
by The Philippine Star Robbie Antonio, the founder and CEO of unicorn propertytech startup Revolution Pre-crafted, has been chosen as part of BuiltWorld’s first-ever Mavericks Report: “25 Pioneers Who’ve Transformed The Built Industry,” a recognition of the most influential movers and shakers in the fields of global architecture, engineering, construction (AEC) and re- industry (RE)…
From transport to video streaming services, to health and fitness aggregators, to fintech companies, Southeast Asia has witnessed the rise and growth of multiple startups, including the likes of GO-JEK, Grab, iflix and KFit.
by Cathy Yang and Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News MANILA – The founder of the Philippines first “unicorn” or $1 billion startup said he hoped his success would inspire more Filipino entrepreneurs to think out of the box. Revolution Precrafted, builder of designer modular homes, is led by Jose Roberto Antonio, one of the heirs of…
by Adelaida Salikha, SEASIA The Philippines has hit a huge milestone: it just got its first unicorn startup. Revolution Pre-crafted, a developer of prefabricated designer homes, has raised its series B round co-led by Singapore’s K2 VC, valuing the company at over US$1 billion, according to two sources familiar with the deal. That makes Revolution –…