{"id":544,"date":"2023-07-05T10:37:25","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T02:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sofcpartners.com\/?p=544"},"modified":"2023-07-05T10:42:12","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T02:42:12","slug":"startup-scene-value-of-manilas-startup-ecosystem-surges-to-usd3-5b-kaya-founders-raises-usd12m-in-fresh-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sofcpartners.com\/startup-scene-value-of-manilas-startup-ecosystem-surges-to-usd3-5b-kaya-founders-raises-usd12m-in-fresh-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the Philippines: July 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"entry-summary\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-summary-title\">Here&#8217;s what you need to know:<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"entry-summary-items\">\n<li><a href=\"#macro-movements-gdp-growth-projections-upgraded-and-new-central-bank-chief-named\">Macro Movements: GDP growth projections upgraded and new central bank chief named<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#industry-insight-fresh-asset-infusions-to-boost-local-real-estate-investment-trust-reit-portfolios\">Industry Insight: Fresh asset infusions to boost local real estate investment trust (REIT) portfolios<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#startup-scene-value-of-manilas-startup-ecosystem-surges-to-usd3-5b-kaya-founders-raises-usd12m-in-fresh-funds\">Startup Scene: Value of Manila\u2019s startup ecosystem surges to USD3.5B; Kaya Founders raises USD12M in fresh funds<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<h2 id=\"macro-movements-gdp-growth-projections-upgraded-and-new-central-bank-chief-named\">Macro Movements: GDP growth projections upgraded and new central bank chief named<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>World Bank raises its Philippine GDP growth forecast for 2023 to 6%<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Philippine central bank signals rate pause until yearend, gets new chief<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"industry-insight-fresh-asset-infusions-to-boost-local-real-estate-investment-trust-reit-portfolios\">Industry Insight: Fresh asset infusions to boost local real estate investment trust (REIT) portfolios<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>AREIT to acquire five properties worth USD410M in swap deal<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>MREIT to acquire seven office buildings, banks on the sustained growth of the IT-BPM sector<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"startup-scene-value-of-manilas-startup-ecosystem-surges-to-usd3-5b-kaya-founders-raises-usd12m-in-fresh-funds\">Startup Scene: Value of Manila\u2019s startup ecosystem surges to USD3.5B; Kaya Founders raises USD12M in fresh funds<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>Manila\u2019s startup ecosystem valued at USD3.5B in 2022, ranks 10 th in affordable talent in Asia<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Kaya Founders secures USD12M to invest in tech startups in Southeast Asia<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/sofcpartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/SofCap-ITP-202307.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download the full report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s what you need to know: Macro Movements: GDP growth projections upgraded and new central bank chief named Industry Insight: Fresh asset infusions to boost local real estate investment trust (REIT) portfolios Startup Scene: Value of Manila\u2019s startup ecosystem surges to USD3.5B; Kaya Founders raises USD12M in fresh funds Macro Movements: GDP growth projections upgraded [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sofcpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sofcpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sofcpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sofcpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sofcpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sofcpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":549,"href":"https:\/\/sofcpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544\/revisions\/549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sofcpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sofcpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sofcpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}