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Philippines Business Acceleration Mission
Connect your technology with the real needs of the Philippines.

A week to accelerate your company's market entry, validate opportunities, and generate business in AgriTech, renewable energy, infrastructure, and smart cities.

B2B meetings, technical visits, institutional access, matchmaking, strategic preparation, and follow-up, managed from a local operational base in Metro Manila.

5 workdays        Manila and strategic hubs       Customized B2B planners       90-Day Roadmap

Understand

Market, regulation, and demand

Connect

Buyers, partners, and institutions

Validate

Fit, taillights, and entry-level model

Activate

Pipeline, agreements, and next steps  

THE CONTEXT  
The Philippines needs technology, investment, and international partners.

Population growth, urban expansion, agricultural modernization, the energy transition, and infrastructure development are generating demand for solutions, engineering, and knowledge.

The opportunity lies not only in the size of the market but also in the structural needs the country must address over the coming years.

Explore opportunities
PRIORITY NEEDS  
Three transformations that are redefining the country

The mission connects international capabilities with specific needs of the Philippine market.

Agricultural modernization

Improve productivity, mechanization, irrigation, storage, the cold chain, digitalization, and food security.

  • Irrigation and micro-irrigation.
  • Postharvest and refrigeration.
  • Precision agriculture.
  • Machinery and automation.

Energy transition

Reduce costs, expand capacity, modernize networks, and provide energy for islands, cities, and industry.

  • Solar, wind and geothermal.
  • Storage and microgrids.
  • Smart grids and efficiency.
  • Development and financing.

Cities and infrastructure

Respond to urbanization with better systems for mobility, water, construction, connectivity, and urban management.

  • Mobility and infrastructure.
  • Water, sanitation, and waste.
  • IoT and urban platforms.
  • Smart buildings and services.
MISSION OBJECTIVE  
Turning a week in the Philippines into a genuine market entry process.

Each activity must address a commercial, technological, institutional, or investment objective.

Understand

Economics, regulation, incentives, contracting, corporate culture, channels, and implementation models.

Meeting actors

Companies, developers, distributors, institutions, investors, engineering firms, and operators.

Validate

Fit, adaptation, price, regulation, buyers, partners, and pilot viability.

Generate business

Distribution, contracts, proofs of concept, representation, joint ventures, investment, and industrial collaborations.

Define the roadmap

Prioritized contacts, opportunities, next steps, initial pipeline, and 90-day follow-up plan.

THREE STRATEGIC VERTICALS
Technology for agriculture, energy, and the cities of the future
AGRITECH

Agricultural modernization

Technology to improve production, efficiency, traceability, logistics, and food safety.

  • Irrigation and mechanization.
  • Cold chain and post-harvest.
  • Sensors, drones, and IoT.
  • Software and precision agriculture.
  • Bio-inputs and crop protection.
ENERGY & GREENTECH

Energy and green technology

Solutions for generation, storage, grids, efficiency, and project financing.

  • Solar, wind, and geothermal.
  • Storage and microgrids.
  • Smart grids and energy software.
  • EPC, engineering and operation.
  • Investment and asset development.
SMART CITIES

Infrastructure and cities

Technology and engineering to build more efficient, connected, and resilient urban environments.

  • Water, mobility, and waste.
  • IoT and urban platforms.
  • Smart lighting and security.
  • Digital twins and urban analytics.
  • Buildings and data centers.
TARGET AUDIENCE  
Organizations prepared to develop real opportunities

AgriTech companies

Irrigation, machinery, sensors, automation, cold chain, software, drones, traceability, and bio-inputs.

Energy companies

Developers, manufacturers, engineering firms, EPCs, storage, efficiency, and investors.

Smart cities and infrastructure

Engineering, mobility, water, construction, IoT, telecommunications, PropTech, and urban services.

Corporations

To locate projects, partners, technologies, pilots, tenders, investments, and joint ventures.

Startups and scaleups

Projects featuring validated technology, adaptability, internationalization, and pilot implementation.

Investors and institutions

Funds, agencies, clusters, universities, and technology centers interested in cooperation.

FIVE WORKDAYS  
An agenda to understand, connect, and activate

The program will take place primarily in Metro Manila and may incorporate Clark, Pampanga, Bulacan, or Nueva Ecija.

Day 1 · Manila

Market, strategy and preparation

Visión aplicada del entorno económico, regulatorio y empresarial.

  • Economic and sectoral briefing.
  • Regulation and incentives.
  • Public procurement and contracting.
  • Cultura y procesos de decisión.
  • Meeting preparation.

Resultado: una visión clara del mercado, riesgos y oportunidades.

Day 2 · AgriTech

Agricultural modernization

Technology for productivity, efficiency, and food safety.

  • Irrigation and mechanization.
  • Post-harvest and cold chain.
  • Precision agriculture.
  • Distributors and operators.
  • B2B visits and meetings.

Potential actors: agricultural organizations, distributors, cooperatives, and agribusiness.

Day 3 · Energy

Renewables and green technology

Energy development, financing, and collaboration.

  • Solar, wind, and geothermal.
  • Storage and microgrids.
  • Smart grids and efficiency.
  • Developers and investors.
  • Meetings and joint ventures.

Result: prioritized projects, partners, and collaboration models.

Day 4 · Clark / Pampanga

Smart cities and infrastructure

Urbanization, mobility, industry, and new infrastructure.

  • Water, mobility, and urban planning.
  • Buildings and smart lighting.
  • Telecommunications and data centers.
  • Developers and authorities.
  • Visits and matchmaking.

Focus: urban, logistics, industrial, and technological projects.

Day 5 · Manila

BUSINESS, INVESTMENT, AND ROADMAP

The final session transforms the meetings into an activation plan.

  • Follow-up meetings.
  • Meetings with investors.
  • Pipeline prioritization.
  • Identification of partners.
  • Definition of next steps.

Bottom line

Each company leaves with a roadmap, prioritized contacts and a 90-day plan.

PRELIMINARY PREPARATION  
The mission begins before the journey.

Productive meetings require research, message adaptation, qualification, and preparation by each participant.

  • Internationalization diagnosis.
  • Review of the value proposition.
  • Market analysis.
  • Identification of target companies.
  • Regulatory review.
  • Pitch adaptation.
  • Preparation of materials.
  • Selection of partner profile.
  • Lead qualification.
  • Meeting confirmation.

Each company will receive information regarding the stakeholders, meetings, regulatory context, and agenda objectives.

CUSTOM B2B PLANNERS  
Each company needs different points of contact.

The mission combines a shared component with individual meetings tailored to the sector, technology and objectives.

Joint program

  • Institutional sessions.
  • Sector briefings.
  • Workshops.
  • Technical visits.
  • Networking.
  • Group presentations.

Individual schedule

  • Clients and buyers.
  • Distributors and importers.
  • Industrial partners.
  • Investors.
  • Engineering firms and integrators.
  • Organizations and universities.
COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT
Before, during, and after the mission

The program does not begin at the airport, nor does it end when the final meeting concludes.

Before

  • Initial diagnosis.
  • Fit analysis.
  • Market briefing.
  • Identification of stakeholders.
  • Adapting the pitch.
  • Cultural preparation.
  • Planner design.

During

  • Local coordination.
  • Accompaniment.
  • B2B meetings.
  • Visits and events.
  • Daily briefings.
  • Contact log.
  • Incident management.

After

  • Individual report.
  • Pipeline and opportunities.
  • Recommendations.
  • 30, 60, and 90-day plan. 
  • Meeting follow-up.
  • Support with proposals.
  • Implementation and negotiation.
MetHodologY
Every meeting must serve a purpose.
01

Scouting

We identify the organizations, projects, and stakeholders that are the best fit.

02

Qualification

We evaluate need, interest, capacity, decision, and horizon.

03

Preparation  

Fact sheets, messages, briefings, materials, agenda, and objectives.

04

Execution

Meetings, visits, events, presentations, and networking.

05

Follow-up

Next steps, proposals, pilots, agreements, and pipeline.

EXPECTED RESULTS  
What a participating company should gain

The results will depend on the fit, preparation, maturity, and execution capability of each organization.

Real knowledge

Market, regulation, competition, channels, culture, and processes.

Feedback

Validation of the solution, adaptations, and local perception.

Qualified leads

Meetings with key stakeholders and decision-makers.

Partners and opportunities

Potential distributors, buyers, integrators, or partners.

Initial pipeline

Prioritized contacts, projects, pilots, and opportunities.

Entry plan

Next steps and roadmap for the next 90 days.

What Might Arise  
From a meeting to a project

AgriTech

  • Distribution
  • Demonstration or pilot.
  • Technology sales.
  • Agreement with cooperatives.
  • Industrial partner.

Energy

  • Renewable energy project.
  • EPC Agreement.
  • Local partner.
  • Storage.
  • Microgrid or joint venture.

Smart cities

  • Proof of concept.
  • Urban project.
  • Engineering contract.
  • Technology partner.
  • Water or mobility.

Investment

  • Access to projects.
  • Co-investment.
  • Asset development.
  • Joint ventures.
  • Local partners.
WHY THIS MISSION IS DIFFERENT  
It is not designed to observe the market, but to act within it.

Conventional mission

  • Generic agenda.
  • Institutional visits.
  • Open networking.
  • Limited individual preparation.
  • Without structured follow-up.
  • Inspiration without a pipeline.

Acceleration program

  • Preliminary preparation.
  • Sectoral specialization.
  • Qualified B2B agenda.
  • Local operational presence.
  • Pilot guidance and agreements.
  • 90-day follow-up.
Continuity
The mission can become a comprehensive onboarding process.

Companies that identify opportunities will be able to continue developing them with local support.

Market intelligence

Studies, projects, tenders, regulation, and competitive information.

Commercial representation

Prospecting, follow-up, coordination, and pipeline management.

Partner search

Distributors, integrators, representatives, and industrial partners.

Soft landing

Incorporation, office, incentives, taxation, registration, and hiring.

Demand generation

Events, campaigns, content, telemarketing, and appointment setting.

Investment support

Introductions, meetings, documentation, and structuring.

LOCAL CAPACITY  

Presence, network, and operational experience in the Philippines

The mission is backed by a team with experience in business development, B2B marketing, events, technology and commercial activation.

Operational team in Metro Manila
PI

TEAM MEMBER IN THE PHILIPPINES 

Paul Ezekiel M. Inocencio

Strategic Industry Collaboration & Business Development

Local coordination, strategic development, business relationships, B2B technology, telecommunications, cloud, data centers and financial services.

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 LOCAL OFFICE

 INTERNATIONAL.ST

Marketing B2B, eventos, demand generation y soporte operativo

 Unit 8, ground floor. East of Galleria Building, Topaz Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City 1605, Philippines.

The institutions, companies, organizations, and conglomerates mentioned in the program represent ecosystem players or potential targets for meetings. They should not be presented as confirmed partners without express authorization.

PARTICIPATION CRITERIA  
We are looking for companies prepared to develop real opportunities.

The selection process makes it possible to build a cohort capable of making the most of the meetings and ensuring continuity for the opportunities.

  • Validated product or technology.
  • Internationalization capacity.
  • Possibility of adapting the proposal.
  • Resources for follow-up.
  • Ability to execute pilots. ​
  • Clear objectives in the Philippines.
  • Medium- and long-term vision.
  • Willingness to work with local partners.

Participation process

01
Application

The company fills out the initial form.

02
Evaluation

We assess the solution, maturity, objectives and fit.

03
Interview

Diagnostic meeting with the team.

04
Selection

Confirmation of participation and start of preparation.

05
Mission and follow-up

Execution in the Philippines and follow-up roadmap.

Frequently asked questions

Before applying for your spot

The program adapts to the cohort profile and the best-fit opportunities.

Business opportunities in the Philippines

No. It is an acceleration program featuring preparatory work, a B2B agenda, validation, and follow-up.

No. There are common activities, but individual meetings are tailored to the sector, solution, and objectives.

Yes. Depending on the cohort profile, Clark, Pampanga, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, or other hubs may be included.

No. The program facilitates access, validation, and opportunities. Results depend on fit, preparation, and execution capability.

A roadmap is provided, the pipeline is prioritized, and opportunities are tracked over the following 90 days.
BUSINESS ACCELERATION MISSION IN THE PHILIPPINES
A week to understand the market. A local network to access it. A process to turn contacts into opportunities.

Present your company, and we will evaluate the real potential for participation.

Request an evaluation for the mission.

We will analyze your solution, sector, stage of development, objectives, and capacity to execute opportunities in the Philippines.