Kaya Founders

✅ We're registered to attend Founders Launchpad's 2024 Demo Day—have you? 🇵🇭 Join in on the action this November 12 to get a glimpse into some of the most exciting early stage startups in the Philippines! 🏆 We can't wait to see our portfolio company OneLot, alongside Clout Kitchen, Dehusk, MedsGo, Motorento, and Skyway Airlines Inc take center stage. Register your slot here 👉 https://lu.ma/8h2q4gj1

We recently hosted a much-anticipated workshop in collaboration with Nishimura & Asahi and Bayfront Law LLC, who flew in their team in from Singapore, as well as Sy & Partners (Member Firm of Nishimura & Asahi) from the Philippines to provide our startup founders with invaluable insights into the legal processes surrounding their early-stage ventures. ⚖️ This deep dive equipped our founders with the knowledge they need to navigate the complexities of business law, ensuring they’re better prepared to grow and scale with confidence. 🚀 A big thank you to the N&A, Sy and Partners, and N&A Bayfront Law team for going the extra mile to support our founders on their journey to success! 🙌

📣 Calling all angels and VCs! Join us for another pitch night next week featuring Cohen Harris of portfolio company TechUp: the Philippines’ first tech-enabled, asset-lite hardware as a service (HaaS) platform. 💻 RSVP here: https://lu.ma/eymnppdo

We are beyond thrilled to have participated in OneLot's pre-seed funding round alongside 468 Capital, Crestone Venture Capital, 21yield, Founders Launchpad and others as OneLot works to empower the $8 billion secondhand car market in the Philippines. Today, the country is home to one of the fastest-growing used car markets in the world, fueled by rising incomes and limited public transportation options. However, dealership businesses face major barriers in accessing financing solutions from traditional lenders. We believe that OneLot's approach, an AI-driven loan underwriting platform and dealer management system tailored to used car dealers, helps to address this critical dealer pain point by optimizing for speed and flexibility. The early results are promising. Since their launch earlier this year, OneLot has financed over 200 vehicles and experienced a 10X in revenue over Q2 and Q3. A warm congratulations to Harm-Julian Schumacher, Tommy Campos, and Subramaniam Srinivasan, and the rest of the team on this milestone and the early traction, and we are excited to continue to support them on their journey ahead.

Our partners at Founders Launchpad are gearing up for Demo Day in November to showcase the incredible work of their portcos to date. The Kaya team will be there to support—founders, fellow investors, and ecosystem friends, come say hi! 👋 Taking the stage are: 🍳 Clout Kitchen 🥥 Dehusk 💊 MedsGo 🛵 Motorento 🚗 OneLot 🛩️ Skyway Airlines Inc Sign up here: https://lu.ma/8h2q4gj1

🎉We recently joined Ateneo Management Engineering Association's Nexpo where we got to introduce Kaya and meet a lot of students! 🎓 Safe to say the next generation is in good hands and we at Kaya are looking forward to it. 🚀 #internship #nextgen #MEA #nexpo

Building Your First GenAI Product? 🚀 If you’ve got a GenAI use case or you’re working on getting your first GenAI product to production but hitting some bumps along the way, this might be the perfect opportunity for you! We’re hosting a follow-up session to the Intro to GenAI with Amazon Web Services (AWS) — but this time, we’re going deeper. This technical session is for teams with engineering staff and a GenAI project in mind who could benefit from a hands-on day with AWS experts to get that first production version off the ground. 🗓 When: 9am-5pm on Wednesday, October 16 📍 Where: Makati (Register to See Address) Interested? Register below to reserve your spot. Let’s get building! 💻🔧 https://lu.ma/ehaz3fhq

🌟 What an incredible success! 🌟 A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for Digital Horizons: The Future of Philippine Education, held in collaboration with the Department of Education - Philippines. The event provided a fantastic platform to explore how technology can shape the future of education in the Philippines. We were honored to host Secretary of Education Sonny Angara alongside inspiring leaders in education and technology like Rangga Husnaprawira, Geraldine Acuña-Sunshine, Lisa Gokongwei-Cheng, Arianne Kader-Cu, and Peter Maquera, who all delivered thought-provoking presentations. The discussions were rich, and the ideas shared will certainly drive change in the education space. A special shout-out to Paolo Vera, Kaya’s Entrepreneur in Residence, for organizing and hosting the event and for moderating an insightful panel discussion. Thank you to our amazing sponsors for making this event possible: Metrobank Foundation, Inc. Empowering Brilliant Minds Foundation Inc. Far Eastern University Thynker Tech Fintech Alliance PH Microsoft Philippines D&L Industries, Inc. RCBC Cambridge Children's Learning and Development Inc. McDonald's Philippines (Golden Arches Development Corporation) To the educators, innovators, and policymakers who attended—your participation was key to the success of this event. Let’s continue working together to harness technology to improve education for all students across the Philippines! 💡

🚨 Last Call for Nominations! 🚨 Nomination Ends: October 3, 2024 👉 www.kmcstartupawards.com We’re partnering with KMC Solutions, Ideaspace Ventures, QBO Innovation, Uniquecorn Strategies and Web3 Philippines in celebrating the most trailblazing startups across 10 exciting categories! 🌟 🏆 Startup of the Year 🏆 Best Newcomer Award 🏆 Customer Excellence Award 🏆 Emerging Leader of the Year 🏆 Growth Champion 🏆 Innovation in Marketing 🏆 Innovative Product of the Year 🏆 Social Impact Award 🏆 Sustainability Award 🏆 Tech Innovator Don’t miss your chance to shine! Nominate your startup now for a shot at winning and joining our exclusive awards night.

Are you ready for this year's KMC Solutions Startup Awards? 🚀🏆 We're teaming up again with Ideaspace Ventures, QBO Innovation, Uniquecorn Strategies, and Web3 Philippines to celebrate the most innovative and inspiring startups in the country on November 15, 2024 at KMC One Ayala. We’re recognizing trailblazing companies across 10 exciting categories: 🏆 Start-Up of the Year 🏆 Best Newcomer Award 🏆 Customer Excellence Award 🏆 Emerging Leader of the year 🏆 Growth Champion 🏆 Innovation in Marketing Award 🏆 Innovative Product of the year 🏆 Social Impact Award 🏆 Sustainability Award 🏆 Tech Innovator 🗓 Submit your nominations by October 3, 2024 here: www.kmcstartupawards.com Tag your favorite start-ups in the comments! 👇