Mark your calendars: Echelon Philippines 2025 is happening this September 2 and 3, bringing together its Innovation Showcase Partner, the Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP), and the country’s top tech disruptors in Manila. Be part of the movement!
Photo: Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP)
Southeast Asia’s startup ecosystem is one of the fastest-growing in the world, with the Philippines emerging as a hotspot for innovation, investment, and digital adoption. Thai companies, known for their ingenuity in sectors such as healthcare, fintech, and transport, are increasingly looking abroad for opportunities to scale. Yet while the demand for cross-border collaboration grows, many startups still struggle with the challenge of finding the right partners and investors to accelerate their international expansion.
The Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP), under Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce, through Thai Trade Center Manila, recognises this gap and has stepped forward to support Thai startups in bridging it. By connecting young companies with investors and ecosystem leaders in the Philippines, DITP is not only helping individual firms thrive but also strengthening regional trade and innovation ties. Get to know them at Echelon Philippines 2025!
Addressing common challenges in startup growth
For many early-stage and growth-stage startups, exposure is often limited to their home markets. Without access to international networks, scaling efforts can stall. In Thailand, this has meant that many promising businesses have seen strong success locally but have lacked meaningful opportunities to break into neighbouring markets.
As our Innovation Showcase Partner, DITP’s participation at Echelon Philippines 2025 directly responds to this challenge. By curating a delegation of 14 Thai startups under the Thailand Pavilion, the agency is providing a platform for these companies to showcase their products and services to Philippine investors, corporates, and government agencies. This first-time participation also marks an important step for DITP as it explores new ways to promote and support Thailand’s startup ecosystem internationally.
Meeting DITP at Echelon Philippines 2025 offers attendees the chance to engage directly with these startups, discover innovative solutions, and explore collaborative opportunities that extend beyond borders.
Thai startups at the Echelon Philippines 2025 Pavilion
- 3DS (PAM) provides real time marketing automation. It turns customer data into meaningful journeys, simplifies complex processes, and helps brands connect with customers.
- Ample Work researches, develops, and manufactures biodegradable plastics from Thai farm-sourced starch to replace single-use packaging.
- Appointment Anywhere (AApoint) is an online appointment booking platform for service SMEs such as restaurants and clinics, integrated with Reserve with Google to allow customers to book directly through Google Search and Maps.
- Awakern (HarJod) provides crowdsourced parking intelligence. They gather and share real-time parking information to make finding parking easier.
- Buzzebees helps brands collect and unify customer data from online and offline channels, using AI for analytics, loyalty programs, receipt uploads, surveys, and e-commerce.
- Daywork is an on-demand staffing platform that connects employers with nearby job seekers. It uses AI to create shortlists quickly and a two-way scoring system to improve worker and job quality.
- Horganice is a property management platform that combines smart management tools, IoT devices, payment systems, and services.
- Megenius (AIYA) provides AI-powered location-based marketing tools and AI chatbots, Messenger broadcasting, and live-stream sales management. AiBeacon detects nearby customers and sends promotions via the LINE app.
- Prain Fintech (ChillPay) provides a payment gateway that connects merchants to over 30 payment channels on one platform. It is the only provider in Thailand offering next-business-day settlements for all payment methods.
- QueueQ is a mobile app that lets customers book a queue spot from up to 2 kilometres away, with real-time updates and alerts when their turn is near.
- Student Care is a school management platform that helps schools manage academics, student well-being, communication, and administration. Features include AI insights, instant parent communication, cashless payments, and digital document and dormitory management.
- System Stone (Factorium) is a maintenance management app and contractor management system. Supports preventive and corrective maintenance, spare part tracking, and warehouse management.
- Thai Marine Protection makes construction materials like anodes, special coatings, and epoxies for corrosion protection in steel and concrete structures.
- Via Group provides a Mobility-as-a-Service platform for fixed-route transport. Products include a real-time transit app, smart stop signage, and a transit management system for operators and regulators.
DITP: leading the way in trade promotion and startup support
The DITP has long played a pivotal role in advancing Thailand’s global trade presence. Tasked with providing information to foreign buyers and facilitating international trade relations, DITP is represented globally by Thai Trade Centres, including the Thai Trade Center Manila.
With its mission to connect Thai startups to Philippine investors, DITP is going beyond traditional export promotion. Its involvement in Echelon Philippines is not only about showcasing products but also about fostering long-term partnerships that contribute to the growth of Thai businesses in international markets. The Thailand Pavilion’s participation highlights DITP’s proactive approach to aligning with emerging industries and creating meaningful exposure for startups.
DITP is joining the movement at Echelon Philippines 2025
Echelon Philippines 2025, e27’s premier event, organised by Brainsparks, is a two-day conference on 2–3 September 2025 at Hall 4, SMX Convention Center Manila. It brings together the region’s leading founders, investors, corporates, and policymakers for a powerful convergence of ideas and action.
Echelon is a platform designed to empower startups, scale-ups, SMEs, government agencies, and ecosystem enablers with the insights, connections, and tools needed to drive sustainable growth. As the Philippines moves beyond early-stage momentum, Echelon Philippines 2025 focuses on capital readiness, ecosystem-wide collaboration, and actionable playbooks for high-growth sectors.
Expect dedicated content stages, exhibitions, panel discussions, and dynamic knowledge-sharing activities — all crafted to equip you with practical strategies, open new market pathways, and elevate your brand’s visibility. Participants will also gain access to growth and market access programmes, a curated digital solution marketplace, and invaluable peer-to-peer learning.
Whether you’re looking to scale your company, tap into emerging opportunities, or present your innovations to a global audience, Echelon Philippines 2025 offers an unmatched experience to connect, innovate, and grow.
