UPSCALE Innovation Hub

AIM Dado Banatao Incubator

TOMASInno Center

933 Coworking Mnl

YellowPod Coworking Space

CoSpace Katipunan

Benilde HiFi

No Code Philippines

PayMaya

Salmon

BillEase

Sprout Solutions

The Company Cebu

Manila Area has 311 startups in our sample database. This represents about 62% of The Philippines’s startups. Manila Area is the highest-ranked startup ecosystem in The Philippines.

While Manila Area decreased by 11 spots in its global rank in the Global Startup Ecosystem Index of 2025, its ranking in The Philippines remained stable
      at 1 nationally since 2024.

Explore Manila Area’s startup ecosystem which ranks 1st in The Philippines and 112th globally. Discover startups, unicorns, and exits in Manila Area. Dive into Fintech, which is the best startup industry in Manila Area.

Startup Ecosystem of Manila Area | StartupBlink

Our startup ecosystem map for Manila Area includes a sample of 311 tech companies. We have identified as unicorns 2 startups that have passed the USD 1 billion valuations.
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With a large variety of initiatives, Manila Area's startup ecosystem stands out from other cities in South East Asia. Manila Area offers a number of funding opportunities for entrepreneurs and startups.
  Below is a list of Manila Area's most prominent support initiatives:

Within Manila Area there is an increased attraction for entrepreneurs
  to set up their startups in industries such as Fintech, Transportation, Edtech. These three industries represent about 16% of the startups
represented on the Startup Ecosystem Map of Manila Area. 

Manila Area is The Philippines' 1st best startup
  ecosystem and is ranked 6th in South East Asia. With a population of 0.1M - 0.5M people,
   Manila Area is ranked 112th in the world. The city has some notable startup success stories
   including PayMaya.

An inspiring ecosystem that is steadily due to its growing use of digital technologies, rapid urbanization and planned investments

WADAAG TECHNOLOGIES

Sostec

FGS Bill Tracker

Zaad

Wadaag Investment

A growing regional and global startup leader 

bitget.com

AscendEX

DeBank

Trip.com

Viki

A vibrant and strong startup hub attracting international recognition and investment

Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá

Founder Institute (FI) Bogota

RockStart Latam 

Calle 127a # 53a-45

Carrera 19 # 100 - 45

WeWork

Toastmasters Bogota

Picap

Autolab

Cubbo

Rappi

Addi

Bold

Carrera 11B # 99 - 25

Calle 81 #11-08

A leading regional startup hub owing its succes to the creative and innovative spirit of its people 

MiraKle Lab

VentureSquare

TIPS

Staion Neo

Samseong Station II

Gangnam Station

Seoul Business Agency

Contents First

Watcha

Lezhin Entertainment

OP.GG

SK Hynix

Bithumb

Fastfive Seocho 2

LocalStitch Yeongdeungpo

An innovative city with a global startup ecosystem

Nikkei

LIP. Yokohama (Life Innovation Platform Yokohama)

Project Ninja

THE BAYS

Hanzomon PREX North

Iceberg

Keio University, Hiyoshi Campus

RIKEN Yokohama Campus

YNU Yokohama National University

Locoguide

C Channel

note

PayPay

DM2C Studio

Timee

Regus - Tokyo, Kanda

OpenOffice - Tokyo, Nihonbashi Hakozaki (Open Office)

Regus - Tokyo, Ginza 3-Chome

One of the fastest growing ecosystems in Australia 

River City Labs

Buderim Meeting Rooms

The Boarding Office

INVEST Sunshine Coast

Delorean Project

Inform Ag

Coyo

NutWorks

Zitcha

Servatus

WOTSO

Inbox Workspace

A growing startup ecosystem owing to its workforce and industries.

Build2Scale Health

Queen's Startup Runway Incubation Program

Makerspace of Queen's University

Rose Innovation Hub

Queen’s University Rose Innovation Hub

Queen's Office of Partnerships and Innovation

Queen's University Smith School Of Business

Dunin-Deshpande Queen's Innovation Centre

Sparq Systems

FireRein

Green Graphite

IPG Photonics Canada

CMC Microsystems

Mosaic Manufacturing

Alon MedTech Ventures

Open Valley

Colab Square

Yokneam Municipality 

Startup Village Yokneam

Augmedics

ForSight Robotics

Rapid Medical

Chain Reaction

K2View

Pitch

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