PCIEERD FUNDING PROGRAMS FOR

STARTUPS AND SOCIAL

ENTERPRISES

ENGR. EDWARD PAUL H. APIGO

MSc in Business and Innovation
Senior Science Research Specialist, PCIEERD
DOST PROGRAM FRAMEWORK
 DOST STARTUP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Mission: To build an integrated, inclusive and sustainable Philippine Startup Ecosystem

For TBIs to
Funding for the
establish a
establishment
A structured formal regional
and operations
For innovative For women-led preparatory and startup
of Technology
startups to conduct social enterprises capacity building consortium
Business
research and to support their program for HEIs
Incubator (TBI).
development community who want to
(R&D) establish a TBI
P182.5M P53M P220M P13.5M
funding
funding funding funding P26M
funding
STARTUP GRANT FUND (SGF) PROGRAM
 SGF UPDATES
BIZKIT

49 P182.5M
Startups Approved Funding
Approved
 SGF ACCOMPLISHMENTS

455 97.4 647 280.7

Jobs Created Capital/Investment Clients Acquired Revenues Generated
Raised

Cumulative Accomplishments
(2018-2022)
200M

97.5M
150M
97.4M Total Capital /
8.9M Investment Raised
75M
5.5M
100M 280.7M
29.8M 193.8M
29.2M Total Revenues
Total Funding Generated
50M 43.4M
55.8M
66M 67.5M 60.3M
3.8M
29.1M

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Funding Capital/Investment Raised Revenues Generated

 PROGRAM COMPONENTS

WHWise Customized Funding Support for

Incubation Program Women-Led Social
WOMEN-HELPING-WOMEN: for Women-Led Social Enterprises
INNOVATING SOCIAL Enterprises
ENTERPRISE PROGRAM
MISSION: To help 10 women led
entrepreneurs yearly
WOMEN-HELPING-WOMEN INNOVATING
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE (WHWISE) PROGRAM
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CATEGORY

❖ Prototype to Market-ready Product - provide support on

developing the minimum viable product for startups and startup
teams. The output of this assistance is a marketable and validated
products or services.

MAXIMUM GRANT CAP: P5 MILLION

QUALIFICATIONS
● Legally registered with the DTI or Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a
minimum of one (1) year to a maximum of seven (7) years provided that the
business model has not been established.

● Has legal personality to issue an Official Receipt for the receipt of grants-in-aid;

● Have an early-stage prototype or proof of concept for the product or service. Ideas or
mere concepts are not allowed;

● Has demonstrated capability to conduct R&D and differentiate research from their
regular business operations;

● Must not have pending administrative or criminal case involving financial transactions
or must not have been previously found guilty or convicted with finality in case/s of
similar nature.
The following will automatically be disapproved:
1. Proposals from Organizations that are not qualified to submit
during this Call.
2. Proposals outside the Priority Areas of the Call.
3. Proposals submitted to any other Call route/s and/or Council/s.
4. Proposals not submitted through DPMIS.
5. Proposals from Startups that are not yet DTI/SEC registered for a
minimum of one (1) year and maximum of seven (7) years.
6. Proposals with no proof of concept (idea stage).
7. Proposals that exceeds the budget limit.
IN WRITING
A PROPOSAL
RATIONALE
WHY are you requesting for financial assistance?

○ Description of the startup and the founders

○ History of the technology
○ Problem-solution fit
○ The proposed tech/product and value proposition
○ User story
○ R&D Roadblocks
○ Output, outcomes and social benefit
LITERATURE

WHAT are the information available to justify your proposed

research?

○ Target market and size

○ Your competition and competitive advantage
○ Intellectual property applications
○ Standards and regulatory compliance
○ FOR WHW proposals: information regarding your community
OBJECTIVES & WORK PLAN
WHAT are the activities you can do in the project?
○ Objectives
■ scope of the proposed research
■ what will you do under the project
■ what do you want to accomplish

○ R&D Activities: Acceptable R&D are

■ Prototyping, fabrication or building the proposed product,
■ Market testing and validating,
■ modification of the design,
■ Data gathering and analysis
■ user tests, feedback and improvement, and deployment.
■ Purely procurement and putting things together are not considered R&D.
■ FOR WHW proposals: how the technical assistance will be carried out

○ Focus of the proposal

■ Development of the technology and not the business of the startup.
■ Focus on the improving the novelty of the system, as opposed to simply setting up an online business
■ Development of device as opposed to trial marketing of the device to users
 OBJECTIVES & WORK PLAN
PROBLEM
Real World Problem
Small vessel captains used only
radio to report their location
manually resulting to collisions
and accidents at sea
Solutions available:
Large ship automatic
identifications systems,
expensive
OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT
Increase range of transponders more
than 200 km utilizing an enhanced
MESH NETWORK
Existing prototype:
Transponders with a range 50km
Need to sustain power for extended
use
ACTIVITIES/ METHODOLOGY
1. Increase the range of our transponders from
the existing 50km to 200km.
2. Enhance battery efficiency
3. Established actual maritime traffic and data for
an entire year that can be used for analysis
4. Install transponders on boats for monitoring
and tracking
5. Enhance existing User Interface of the platform
to include gauges and interactive graphs.
OUTPUT
Direct Project output
• Affordable transponders
designed for small maritime
vessels
• Long Range of more than 200
km and uses radio to send
data and information on
location and status of small
vessel and easing search and
rescue in case of accidents
• At least 10 small vessels
equipped with transponders
Social Benefit:
Technology made available to
reduce small vessel collision
accidents at sea
METHODOLOGY
Tips on drafting methodologies

○ Detailed methodology
■ Provide details of activities, timelines, partners needed, location, etc

○ Researching for the product design should be done before proposing

■ There should already be a proposed design in the proposal
● which you seek to build, test, modify and deploy
■ Budget being requested is estimated based on a proposed design
■ Modification of the design may be part of the R&D

○ Include target clients as either cooperators or validators in the project

■ if the team targets to sell the product to LGUS, pls invite at least 1 LGU to use and provide
feedback on the product.
■ if the product is consumer-based, please include in the methodology how will user validation be
undertaken and the system in which to gather feedback.

○ Sales and marketing are not qualified market validation studies