Here are the Philippine startups that raised funding in 2015

The Philippines has an ambitious target for its startup ecosystem. By 2020, the country aims to have 500 startups that have raised total funding of US$200 million from investors and raked in a valuation of US$2 billion. It’s got a long way to go, but it’s making good progress. This year, we’ve listed at least 17 Philippine startups that earned investors’ vote of confidence. Here they are:

Paynamics

In January, internet payment solutions provider Paynamics raised an undisclosed amount of series A funding from Tokyo-based Beenos, a global internet and ecommerce startup incubator. Paynamics said it would mainly use the money to get more merchants to sign up.

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Salarium

Salarium, an end-to-end payroll system providing time and attendance keeping, payroll and expense processing, and salary disbursement, took home the much-coveted equity investment worth US$500,000 from Seedstars World (SSW) in February after winning the global startup competition. Salarium bested nine other finalists that pitched their business ideas in front of an international and prestigious jury at the SSW event in Geneva, Switzerland.

Read the story here.

ZipMatch

Real estate marketplace ZipMatch closed a US$2.5 million series A round sometime in March and it’s using the money to develop more products for homebuyers and brokers, and to expand across the Philippines and Southeast Asia. Singapore­-based venture capital firm Monk’s Hill Ventures led the round. Existing investor 500 Startups participated as well.

Read the story here.

Cogito

Medix

Pouch

TaskUs

Mobkard

LoanSolutions

Partyphile

Lifetrack

Rappler

Lenddo

Squadzip

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