6 interesting startups from Echelon’s Philippines satellite

The Echelon 2014 Philippines Satellite event took place this weekend at Meridian International College in Taguig City where it showcased 11 startups from across the Philippines.

We’ve picked out six that caught our eye from the pitching competition. These are startups that we’re seeing for the first time, along with some we covered before that now have new developments:

Galleon.ph

Galleon is an ecommerce site focused on selling items from the US to Philippine customers. It aims to help locals who want to purchase items from sellers in the US but who might be hindered by things like making payments in dollars. The items on Galleon are inclusive of extra costs like mailing and taxes. There are more than 100,000 items in stock right now.

Four Eyes

Tech in Asia met the Four Eyes team last July, when they explained how their startup is trying to revolutionize the way people buy glasses in the Philippines. The online store started with a home try-on service where glasses are delivered to the customer’s house for a fitting. Now it has a virtual try-on system in place using a webcam or saved photos in the computer.

Four Eyes has an average of 10,000 unique monthly visitors on its site. It has already sold around 2,500 to 3,000 pairs of glasses, amounting to an estimated Php 1.5 million (US$33,600) in sales revenue.

Medix

Medix, a cloud-based management tool for dentists in the Philippines, does away with the manual record-keeping approach of most dentist clinics. It allows them to keep their records online instead, safe from disasters such as fires and floods.

Through its platform, dentists will have their own dashboard and other tools such as digital tooth charts for patients’ records. It offers a freemium service where dentists can keep up to 15 patient records. Medix monetizes through its subscription model where dentists can keep 5,000 records for Php 1,199 (US$27), and 10,000 for Php 1,999 (US$45). Currently, it has more than 500 users and around 7,700 patient records in its system. The startup’s goal this year is to have more subscriptions on board.

(See: 5 startups to watch from Thailand’s Echelon Satellite)

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