Amianan Ventures, Baguio City (2026)

05/06/2026

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗜𝗖𝗧 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀.

The DICT-CAR Digital Transformation Center is at Post Office Loop, Upper Session Road, Baguio City. A second Tech4ED Center runs at the DICT Benguet Provincial Office along Session Road. In Pilar, Abra, a center at Nagcanasan Elementary School brings digital access to remote communities. In Flora, Apayao, an award-winning LGU-DICT partnership built one of CAR's best community digital centers.

Digital Bayanihan partnerships are active in Benguet, Abra, Mountain Province, and Kalinga. 498 free Wi-Fi sites are running across the region. 13,768 Bayanihan SIM cards have been distributed to 102 schools.

All of it free. All of it open.

Read the full feature 👉 https://amiananventures.org/news/the-cordillera-has-free-ict-training-centers-operating-across-its-provinces-dict-cars-tech4ed-network-is-built-to-reach-every-community-the-market-cannot

04/06/2026

𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝟭𝟭 𝗠𝗦𝗠𝗘𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀. 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁.

Third consecutive year at IFEX Philippines. 11 MSMEs on the floor at the World Trade Center. Nutridense, Eldica Seafood, JB Bernal Bagoong, Anjo Farms, Abundance Organica, and six more enterprises from across Pangasinan, competing in front of international buyers from across the globe.

Some of them are already selling in Europe, Australia, and Canada. Two more are ready to enter additional international markets. Governor Mon-Mon Guico III visited their booths personally. The Provincial Government covered the booth rental. DTI handled the business matching, market promotion, and export compliance guidance.

And the Governor is already thinking about what comes next: a dedicated local product center in Manaoag, with fresh produce alongside packaged goods, built for the tourist traffic the town already draws.

Pangasinan's food enterprises are not waiting for the market to come to them. They are showing up where the buyers are.

Read the full story 👉 https://amiananventures.org/news/pangasinan-brought-11-msmes-to-the-biggest-food-exhibition-in-the-philippines-two-of-them-are-already-ready-for-export

04/06/2026

𝗔 𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮, 𝗜𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗼𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗳. 𝗗𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻. 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴.

Before: ₱200,000–₱250,000 per month in electricity.
After 181 solar panels installed through DOST SETUP: ₱100,000–₱150,000 per month.
Result: Rice prices dropped ₱10–₱20 per bag for buyers.
Next step: A second rice mill facility with an additional 99-kilowatt solar system already in the pipeline.

YILDUN Enterprises Inc. owner Angelito Dela Cruz did not just cut his electricity bill. He changed the economics of his entire operation, passed the savings on to his customers, and is now building his next facility around the same model.

The DOST SETUP program made the first solar investment viable. The results made the second one obvious.

For rice millers, food processors, and agro-enterprise owners across Northern Luzon facing the same energy cost pressures: the support is available. The technology works. The economics are compelling.

Read the full story 👉 https://amiananventures.org/news/a-rice-mill-in-solsona-ilocos-norte-cut-its-electricity-bill-in-half-using-solar-power-dost-helped-make-it-happen-now-the-owner-is-expanding

03/06/2026

𝗕𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗼'𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆. 𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲.

CEPMO Officer Rhenan Diwas named it directly: "Water security now directly affects public health, environmental stability, tourism, disaster resilience, economic growth, and the future livability of Baguio City."

Inspections of city tributaries are consistently revealing illegal discharge of untreated wastewater, improper septic systems, and illegal dumping. Rivers and creeks are being contaminated. The sewage treatment plants need rehabilitation. El Niño is approaching.

The technical work is done. City engineers and the ADB have completed the feasibility studies for sewage treatment plant rehabilitation. The BRIDGE project with the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation, backed by Global Affairs Canada, is building the integrated water governance framework the city needs.

What comes next is funding mobilization. And the recognition that for a city whose identity depends on being clean, green, and livable, this investment is not optional.

Read the full story 👉 https://amiananventures.org/news/baguios-water-problem-is-no-longer-just-about-supply-it-is-about-whether-the-city-remains-livable

03/06/2026

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄. 👇

Nobody talks about the stage where you are still building and the idea is not yet a product. Or the stage where you have customers but no one outside your circle knows your name yet. Or the stage where you have pivoted so many times that the original idea is unrecognizable but you are still in the game.

The startup journey in Northern Luzon does not always look like a pitch deck or a press release. Sometimes it looks like a founder in Baguio working from a coffee shop at 11PM. A first-time entrepreneur in Pangasinan who just filed their DTI registration and is figuring out the next step. A tech builder in the Cordillera with no local mentor to call yet.

That is exactly why this space exists.

Amianan Ventures is here for every stage of that journey, not just the highlight reel. We cover the builders before they are big. We connect the ideas before they are funded. We document the ecosystem while it is still forming.

Because the founders who build in the North are not behind. They are early.

Drop your reaction and tell us where you are right now. If you are at the 😢 stage, especially, we want to hear from you. 👇

We build here. We believe here. 🏔️
𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘓𝘶𝘻𝘰𝘯. 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥.

02/06/2026

𝗠𝗠𝗦𝗨'𝘀 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿 𝗧𝗕𝗜 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗼𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻'𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗽𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲.

The first HEIRIT-TBI in Region I. Funded by DOST-PCIEERD at P12.7 million. Launched at MMSU in 2023. First batch of graduates in 2025. MOAs signed with Ilocos Norte food startups Tasty Treats and Snack Stop. RIMAT Caravans reaching farmers, pottery owners, bamboo processors, and out-of-school youth across Ilocos Norte towns. A second TBI for agri-fishery enterprises now in development with P7.18 million from the Department of Agriculture.

Bannuar means "light" in Ilocano. What MMSU is building under that name is the infrastructure that makes startup development accessible to founders and enterprise owners in Northern Luzon without requiring them to leave their region for support.

Read the full feature 👉 https://amiananventures.org/news/mmsus-bannuar-tbi-is-building-the-ilocos-regions-technology-startup-pipeline-from-a-p127-million-launch-to-its-first-graduates-here-is-what-it-has-built-so-far

02/06/2026

𝗗𝗧𝗜 𝗜𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗼𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗦𝗠𝗘𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗽𝘁 𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱. 𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝗶𝘁.

57 MSMEs are enrolled in this year's first batch of Kapatid Mentor ME in the Ilocos Region. They are getting 10 modules of mentorship, coaching sessions to build their Business Improvement Plans, and direct access to DOST, DOLE, BIR, IPO, and Small Business Corp in a single forum.

DTI-1 Director Merlie Membrere named the pressures directly: changing consumer behavior, rising costs, global competition. Those are not hypothetical challenges for Ilocos Region MSMEs. They are the conditions small businesses are operating in right now.

The government support infrastructure is in place. The mentorship programme is running. The agencies are in the room. The question is whether MSME owners in Northern Luzon choose to engage with it.

"Let's keep training big, and the DTI is here to assist you." That is the commitment on the table.

Read the full story 👉 https://amiananventures.org/news/dti-ilocos-region-is-telling-msmes-to-adapt-or-fall-behind-it-is-also-handing-them-the-tools-to-do-it

01/06/2026

𝗟𝗮𝗴𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗻, 𝗔𝗯𝗿𝗮 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹. 𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗼-𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝘃𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆.

As the pilot LGU for DOST's Smart and Sustainable Community Program in Abra, Lagayan's Mayor Edmarc Crisologo traveled to Manila with DOST-Abra to benchmark three institutions before deploying e-mobility technology in the municipality: UP Diliman's EEE Institute for the fast-charging science, CHRG Electric Vehicle Technologies for e-trike charging systems, and Tojo Motors Corporation for proudly Filipino electric vehicles.

This is not a study tour. It is preparation for a real deployment in a municipality that has decided its path to becoming Abra's tourism capital runs through clean, smart, locally made transport.

Coming right after the MOVE Apayao launch, Lagayan's initiative signals something bigger: the Cordillera is building an electric mobility ecosystem, one municipality at a time, with Filipino technology at its center.

Read the full story 👉 https://amiananventures.org/news/lagayan-abra-is-becoming-a-tourism-capital-it-is-doing-it-with-filipino-made-electric-vehicles-and-smart-mobility-technology

01/06/2026

We have been mapping Baguio's startup ecosystem since 2018. Here is everything the data says after 7 years. 📊

Five mapping exercises. Three administrations. Hundreds of founders, enablers, mentors, and government partners who showed up for this city.

This is not a hype post. It is an honest analysis of where we are, what we built, what we failed to fix, and what needs to happen next.

Here is the short version before you swipe:

✅ The wins are real. Baguio moved from Level 1: Nascent to Level 2: Foundational between 2020 and 2022. Our talent pipeline is rated Level 4: Established, the highest score in our entire assessment. Session Groceries, IOL Inc., and When In Baguio have proven that Baguio founders can compete nationally.

⚠️ The gaps are also real. Capital has been rated Level 1: Nascent across every single mapping period since 2018. Not improving. Not moving. Unchanged. There is still no organized angel investor network in this city. Founders still travel to Manila to pitch.

That is where we are.

I put together this report because I believe Baguio has everything it needs to become the first provincial startup ecosystem outside Metro Manila worth benchmarking. But it will not get there without deliberate action from the right people.

👉 If you are a founder, keep building here.
👉 If you are a business leader, consider writing the first local check.
👉 If you are in government, implement what the ordinance already mandates.
👉 If you are an educator, redesign one program around what founders actually need.

Read the full report here 👇
https://www.amiananventures.org/ecosystem-pulse/baguio-city-startup-ecosystem-mapping-analysis-report-2018-2025

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01/06/2026

𝗕𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗼 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗦𝗠𝗘 𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿. 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗠𝗦𝗠𝗘 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱.

May 29 and 30. University of the Cordilleras Theater. Free entry for all MSMEs. 16 national government agencies. The City Government of Baguio. UC, UP Baguio, and SLU. Alibaba, GCash, Globe, Smart, Landbank, BPI, Grab, FoodPanda, and 30-plus other partners. Breakout sessions on Technology, Circular Economy, Digital Innovation, and IP Protection. Business matching. Government servicing. Financing consultations.

All of it. Two days. No registration fee.

The theme was "NextGen MSMEs: Innovating for Impact." Not survival. Impact. That is the level of ambition Baguio's enterprise ecosystem is choosing to operate at.

MSMEs are not just part of the economy. They are the economy. The summit was built on that conviction, and so is everything being built around them in Baguio City.

Read the full story 👉 https://amiananventures.org/news/baguio-just-held-its-biggest-msme-gathering-of-the-year-here-is-what-the-2026-msme-innovation-summit-delivered

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