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4 start-up firms sign up with Negros First Cyber Centre
- Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=775479
- Tuesday, June 23, 2015
- (PNA), RMA/NLG/PR
BACOLOD CITY, June 23 (PNA) -- Four start-ups have joined the Technology Business Incubation Center (TBIC) of the Negros First Cyber Centre in Bacolod City.
Founders of SwapRose, Simplex Gamelabs, Audacity Studio, and Aardvark signed an application agreement to be part of the TBIC program and avail of the facility, equipment, and mentorship support provided under the program in rites held Monday witnessed by Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr.
The start-ups are companies in their initial stage of organization and are composed of students, young entrepreneurs, and mentors. To be accepted at the TBIC, the start-ups must be engaged in developing business models that utilize and incorporate information and communications technology (ICT).
The TBIC start-up program was a concept of the Bacolod-Negros Occidental Federation for Information and Communications Technology (BNEFIT), recognized by the ICT Council of the National ICT Confederation of the Philippines (NICP), led by Bacolod City Councilor Jocelle Batapa-Sigue.
BNEFIT is recognized to promote the competitive advantages and the growth potential of the Province of Negros, including the City of Bacolod in the Philippines’ IT-BPO industry, and created as corporate entity under the Security and Exchange Commission (SC) with an equal composition of government, business and private sector, academe and training sector, and industry.
BNEFIT also partnered with the Department Of Science and Technology (DOST) Region 6 for the development of startups under the program “ICT Startups Equipment Support (ISES)” program to unite under the vision of scaling up the province’s potential for ICT to encourage the development of start-up companies and entrepreneurs by assisting in programs, projects, and activities such as but not limited to start-up fora, ICT entrepreneurship trainings, and development of technology incubation programs.
The start-ups will receive mentoring from successful business owners and managers, and will be required to participate in seminars, information meetings, and other such activities sponsored by organizations related to improving their business marketing and management skills. The TBIC will tap available various local business leaders and operators to volunteer in mentoring.