SM Supermalls, together with She Loves Tech, QBO Innovation Hub and Ideaspace Ventures Inc. empowered 10 Filipina-led tech startups to showcase their innovative and impactful business models in the Philippine finals of She Loves Tech 2024, held at SM Aura’s Samsung Hall on Aug. 2, 2024.
A Singapore-based startup accelerator also led and founded by three women, She Loves Tech has made supporting and launching women-led businesses its main focus since 2015.
This advocacy brought along the establishment of the world’s largest startup competition for women and tech with the same name.
She Loves Tech 2024 Philippines winners Unprude and Farmtri will represent the country in the competition’s regional finals in Singapore, competing against other women-founded startups from Southeast Asia. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
This year’s finalists come from varying industries, including agri-tech, health and wellness, PWD communications, among others.
From this selection of outstanding businesses, Unprude and Farmtri were chosen to represent the Philippines in the regional finals, which will be held in Singapore later this year.
The grand winner, Unprude, is an app that encourages self-reflection to help users navigate sexual and life challenges, fostering deeper self-understanding, better relationships, and greater compassion for others.
In second place, Farmtri is a B2B digital platform that is innovating the food value chain. They utilize artificial intelligence to predict market trends that help food businesses and farmers minimize losses and food waste.
SM Supermalls shares in She Loves Tech’s vision, as one of the largest supporters of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and projects that empower women.
SM Cyberzone is also celebrating Cyber Month this August, which means a larger focus on all things tech and how it can help level up anyone’s lifestyle, including through tech-powered job creation and tech-integrated business practices that address sustainability and community-building.
