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    Kickstart Ventures

    Makati, PhilippinesFounded 2012

    Kickstart Ventures is a wholly-owned corporate venture capital firm of Globe Telecom, based in Makati, Philippines. It manages the Philippines' largest technology venture capital funds, including the $180M Ayala Corporation Technology Innovation Venture (ACTIVE) Fund, investing globally in early- to growth-stage tech startups.

    Deal activity decreased year-over-year (1 deals in the last 12 months vs 5 prior). Average disclosed round size is $17.4M (across 45 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    39

    Fund Size

    $180M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    2

    Team

    Ramanan Raghavendran

    Ramanan Raghavendran

    Co-founder & Managing Partner, Amasia

    Dan Siazon

    Dan Siazon

    Founder & Managing Partner

    Minette Navarrete

    Minette Navarrete

    President & Managing Partner

    Joan Yao

    Joan Yao

    General Partner

    Mike Maté

    Mike Maté

    General Partner

    Bit Santos

    Bit Santos

    Partner, Portfolio Operations

    Jecky Pelaez

    Jecky Pelaez

    Partner, Legal and Compliance

    Carmina Reapor

    Carmina Reapor

    Financial Planning and Accounting Director

    Jerome Zapata

    Jerome Zapata

    Human Resources Director

    Marrione Camacho

    Marrione Camacho

    Strategic Partnerships Director

    Mick Aguirre

    Mick Aguirre

    Principal, Strategy & Sustainability

    Jan Kendrick Ong

    Jan Kendrick Ong

    Investment Senior Associate

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    47 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Eezee logoEezeeSeries B$5MFeb 2026
    Quickture logoQuickturePre-Seed$1.9MJan 2026
    GGestalt DiagnosticsSeries A$7.5MApr 2025
    Rad AI logoRad AISeries C$60MJan 2025
    ChargeZoom logoChargeZoomSeries A$11.5MDec 2024
    Data Quality Co-op logoData Quality Co-opSeed$1.3MOct 2024
    Monogoto logoMonogotoSeries A$27MOct 2024
    Rad AI logoRad AISeries B$50MApr 2024
    Carputty logoCarputtyGrowth$5MMar 2024
    edamama logoedamamaSeries A$35MNov 2023
    Spiff logoSpiffSeries C$50MMay 2023
    TTranscelestialSeries A$10MFeb 2023
    Kadence logoKadenceSeed$10MDec 2022
    Qwick logoQwickSeries B$40MNov 2022
    Claravine logoClaravineSeries B$16MMay 2022
    Donde logoDondeSeed$3.3MMar 2022
    Yofi logoYofiSeedMar 2022
    Nomad logoNomadSeries A$20MFeb 2022
    Angel Studios logoAngel StudiosSeries B$47MJan 2022
    Rad AI logoRad AISeries A$25MNov 2021
    Pomp logoPompUnknown$1.5MAug 2021
    Bandwango logoBandwangoSeed$3.1MApr 2021
    ZZencastrSeed$4.6MFeb 2021
    Kumu logoKumuSeries CJan 2021
    Chargeback logoChargebackSeries A$6.6MJun 2020
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    Last updated: 8 September 2026