Draper Startup House Manila, Philippines
The Draper Startup House Manila is considered the go-to-destination among Filipino entrepreneurs as the Draper Startup House furthers its vision of producing one (1) million entrepreneurs worldwide by the year 2030. The company aims to help Filipino entrepreneurs and startups bring their ideas to life and provide funding and technologies to deserving groups and individuals.
Draper Startup House is located at 5048 Burgos, Makati, 1210 Metro Manila Philippines. It is considered the home of a lot of entrepreneurs in the Central Business District of Makati.
It is the favorite venue of various community events involving technology, cryptocurrency, and Web3. Aside from being a favorite venue of various tech events in Manila, Draper House is also a hostel, they offer workspaces, offer access to their Public House and you can also learn through Draper University.
One of the most important projects of the Draper Startup House Manila is their incubation program dubbed Founders Launchpad, in coordination with the AHG Labs to empower Filipino entrepreneurs to bring their ideas to life.
Quick History of Draper Startup House:
Draper Startup House started in March 2018 and was founded by Vikram Bharati, the initiator of the popular Tribe Theory, a concept for digital nomads to have relaxed, productive, and community-strong workspaces in different cities around the world.
During the year 2019, Tribe Theory by Vikram Bharati joined forces with Draper Venture Network and coined the name Draper Startup House.
The rest is history as the brand and concept grew quickly, becoming a global entrepreneurial ecosystem with various locations worldwide sprouting gradually and offering traveling startup founders, digital nomads, and other remote workers a place to stay to call their home.
Draper Startup House Philippines:
In the Philippines, Draper Startup House Manila was founded by Cristian Munoz, a business development professional who leads the Draper Startup House in Latin America.
In the Philippines, he also founded Public House, which is also inside the Draper House Manila. The Public House was founded with a vision of reimagining food consumption across South East Asia by creating a network of tech-enabled shared kitchens.
During the pandemic, Celine Veloso, the General Manager of Draper Startup House Manila joined the team from being an assistant to Cristian into being the overall operations lead and general manager of the company here in the country.
Draper Startup House General Manager Celine Veloso:
Celine Veloso started her career at the Draper Startup House Manila during the pandemic but before that, she previously worked as a Business Development Director for Southeast Asia of Outbrain, a technology company powering the discovery feeds on various media, which was founded by Yaron Galai and Ori Lahav.
The Draper Startup Philippines general manager Celine Veloso was credited by Outbrain for providing multi-billion dollars in sales for the company. She expanded Outbrain’s partnerships with key media agencies in Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines.
Celine Veloso is also the founder of Flourx, a digital marketing and sales consultancy firm, and also worked as Chief of Staff for Cross Pacific Global. The general manager is also a Reiki practitioner at Reiki Wellness Inc., and a confessed advocate for holistic healing as a Reiki Master.
Milestones of Draper Startup House Manila:
In the Philippines, the Draper Startup House in Makati City is just one of the 30-plus locations worldwide providing opportunities for traveling startups, digital nomads, and creatives to connect to new opportunities as they go along the way and at the same time to inspire one another and execute and empower everybody with their various project in the ever-changing world of technology.
One of the most important milestones of the Draper Startup House Manila is the successful launching of the Founders Launchpad last March 2023 in coordination with the AHG Lab, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) as its official government partner and QBO Innovation Hub as its co-presenter.
Founders Launchpad is a 12-week program offering a unique opportunity for entrepreneurs to live and work inside Draper House also dubbed as the Sinigang Valley, the startup capital of the Philippines. Sinigang Valley Association is behind Sinigang Valley, it is an independent organization run by like-minded entrepreneurs in Metro Manila to foster a community of creative individuals.
The launchpad provides hands-on support from expert teams in tech, management, and marketing to help startups build their Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and prepare for pitch presentations to investors.
They offer startups an investment value of $50,000 USD in funding, services, and other benefits, as well as hotel accommodations at Draper Startup House Manila.
For more information about the Founders Launchpad visit their official website and for more information about the Draper Startup House Manila, you can also visit their official website.
