TECH PLANTER in the Philippines 2025

ABOUT

Purpose

The TECH PLANTER in the Philippines 2025 is a pitching competition joined by teams of researchers and/or deep technology startups with a passion to bring change and impact to the world. However, the pitching competition itself is just one aspect of the whole initiative, as Leave a Nest also pushes the collaboration between ventures and big companies to create new businesses.

This program has been running in Japan since 2014, and it will be the 9th year to implement it in the Philippines this 2025.

Target

Pre-startup researchers in the different science and technology fields, even if they only have the idea so far.
Early stage startups, research teams or individuals in real tech field.
Mature startups or SMEs seeking collaborators, even if they are close to mass production or PMF establishment.
Visionaries that aim to change the world and/or their own country to a better place using science- and technology-based seeds.
Those who are interested in the Japanese market or collaboration with Japanese corporations.

Categories of the TECH

Bio, Eco, Life (Med), Food, Agri, Marine, Deep

Application Period

2024/12/1(Sun)-2025/2/21(Fri)

Judging Criteria

A panel of judges consisting of Leave a Nest and its partners will evaluate each of the following items.

01NOVELTY
02PRACTICABILITY
03IMPACT TO
THE WORLD
04PASSION

Awards

Grand Winner: Php 50,000
Leave a Nest Award
and more Corporate Awards (monetary and non-monetary)
(Monetary amount TBA)

SCHEDULE

11/12[WED]: Entry open

Please register from here and fill out the web form to apply.
We also hold information sessions at each university and on an individual to encourage your full registration to tell you how to prepare documents. Please feel free to contact us for more information.

2/21[FRI]: Application deadline & 1st selection

After our closing the application window, a panel of judges consisting of Leave a Nest and its partners will review the applications.
Applicants will be asked to submit information about their team, technology, passion, and future vision via web form.
All applicants will be notified of the results of the screening process and will receive feedback on their applications.
In addition, online individual interviews will be held for those who wish to participate in the presentation review.

Apr: Announcement of finalists

Selected Finalists will be announced in the middle of April.
For applicants who pass the selection, interviews will be held to brush up their presentations for the final DEMO DAY.
In addition, it is possible to set up interviews with partner companies for the purpose of business consultation and to develop collaboration projects.

5/17[SAT]: DEMO DAY in the Philippines

The 9 finalist teams that passed our selection will be judged on their presentations.

May-: Supporting period

Even after the DEMO DAY, the contact point between teams and Leave a Nest remains open, allowing discussions to develop their business..
We are responding to a wide range of start-up issues, from incorporation to prototype development, financing, and R&D.
In addition, collaboration between teams and partner companies is becoming more popular in this period to support business development.