Ideaspace Ventures is a Manila based VC investing in early-stage startups in the Philippines.It is the only Philippine based VC backed by the largest network of strategic businesses that include mobility, healthcare, logistics, fintech, energy, digital infrastructure, and media.Through flagship initiatives like the Ideaspace Accelerator Program, the HALO Fund, and the evergreen LEGACY Fund, Ideaspace Ventures provides comprehensive support with funding, resources, and strategic partnerships. These holistic and specialized capabilities enable startups to thrive and scale in Southeast Asia's fastest-growing digital economy.Ideaspace Ventures is part of the Metro-Pacific and MVP group of companies, one of the Philippines' largest business conglomerates. Our mission is to find and fuel innovative ventures that fit into the MPIC and MVP Group ecosystem.  This offers our portfolio startups the unique opportunity to strengthen their success journey through strategic partnerships and investments by some of the country's leading enterprises.

Transforming organizations and ecosystems into engines of innovation. QBO Innovation is a division of Ideaspace that consults for, and engages with government agencies, academic institutions, international development agencies, and private sector enterprises in driving digital transformation strategies, developing innovation ecosystems, and accelerating technology startup growth.Since 2016, QBO has been at the forefront of strengthening the Philippine startup ecosystem, bringing together government agencies, academic institutions, and the private sector to create a culture of innovation that would fuel new sources of economic growth.Today, QBO is recognized as the leader in developing and implementing innovation programs across industry sectors through Startup Acceleration Programs, Incubator Training and Development, Capacity Building, International Market Immersion & Soft-Landing Programs, and Enterprise Innovation Programs.

PROUDCLOUD is a full-stack development firm that has provided agile engineering teams to startups, scaleups, and tech-enabled enterprises since 2009. The company serves clients in the United States, Canada, Hong Kong, Australia, and the Philippines. As founder and CEO, Jay has successfully built an evolving agile development team and process that established the company as the country's leading Ruby on Rails development firm. Currently, Proudcloud's technology stack primarily builds on Node.js, Ruby on Rails, React.js, React Native, Express.js, Vue.js, Typescript, MongoDB, GraphQL, and the AWS Toolset.at PROUDCLOUD, Jay has been responsible for: • implementing the company's agile workflow that follows a hybrid SCRUM/XP methodology, pair programming, peer code reviews, automated testing and continuous integration, and automated deployment;• developing a full stack workforce that produces engineers that can overlap, in varying degrees, their front-end development, back-end development, UI/UX design, and DevOps competencies; • continuous training and development for the company's human resources in all departments, including production operations, finance, administration, and the rest of the organization; • encouraged the active participation of the company in the technology and startup communities such as Startup Weekend, JSConf Manila, RubyConf Manila/Bangkok, and other communities, resulting in high-value brand equity for the company and its team in these circles.

Hey Roomie is a fan engagement platform that enables Content Creators to harness the power of their fans. Solves social media chaos for today's digital superstars by helping consolidate, access, and manage their fans, social media channels, brand recos and events in one place.

Konnektiv is a Berlin-based agency consulting and conducting cooperation projects thematically orientated around information and communication technology (ICT) in international development. Konnektiv focuses on new innovative approaches in development cooperation, the adoption of digital media, and the use of new and open technologies in development contexts.In March of 2020, Jay was a principal consultant in a GIZ (German Agency for International Cooperation) commissioned study of the South East Asian Innovation Ecosystem in the Philippines (Manila, Cebu), Indonesia (Djakarta, Medan), Vietnam (Ho Chi MInh City, Da Nang), and Sri Lanka (Colombo). The purpose of the study was to identify which aspects of each ecosystem require and would benefit from developmental support from the agency in the coming years. After conducting visits, meetings, and workshops with the local actors and stakeholders of each innovation ecosystem, the project team delivered a report of its initial findings, assessment, and recommendations.

AsiaBerlin, an initiative of the Berlin Government (Berlin Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises), forms the collective platform that brings together communities within the startup ecosystems across Asia and Berlin through various activities such as events and delegation trips throughout the year. Here is a look at the major pillars of AsiaBerlin - Connecting Startup Ecosystems:-AsiaBerlin Summit- AsiaBerlin Delegation Trips - AsiaBerlin Events-Female Entrepreneurship in Berlin and India (FEBI)-SmartChange-AsiaBerlin Ambassadors ​​- Asia-Pacific Forum Berlin (APFB)

Indigo Research is an applied AI research company currently focusing on natural language processing, predictive analytics, and educational technology. Jay serves on the Board of Directors, lending his experience and advise to support the management team's vision, product roadmap, and initiatives.

Routinr is a marketplace where people can download free or paid routines from people of influence. Unlike other platforms we have a unique way that content is distributed with our calendar style routine builder allowing users to easily adopt plans, routines and daily activities to their calendar. Routinr is home to amazing programs and routines within fitness, food, wellness, lifestyle, travel, family and more! From at home workouts, meditation challenges, meal plans and more, we encourage content creators to showcase their expertise and get paid for it!

MEDIFI delivers remote healthcare solutions by providing a cloud based platform that connects patients to medical professionals regardless of location. Patients have access to video consultations, messaging, medical imaging, and a personal health profile that allows location independent medical consultations from the convenience of their own homes or offices.Starting with face to face sessions over our proprietary video calling features, Medifi will soon integrate with commercially available biometric devices delivering a more accurate and comprehensive diagnostic experience online.

PAWNEC is a pet-tech startup harnessing digital technology to bring us a more pet-inclusive environment where our pets can thrive, keep safe, and stay healthy. It has created a digital ecosystem of accessories smart collars, location tracking, and pet identification solutions that serve as your pet's passport to a pet-friendly world.

Launchgarage is a co-working and tech innovation hub in Manila that provides a venue for open collaboration, knowledge sharing, events, acceleration, and a landing pad for global startups and investors that connect with the Philippine startup ecosystem. With its key relationships with global innovation hubs such as Plug and Play in Silicon Valley, Launchgarage is also sought after by local innovation drivers such as UP Enterprise UPSCALE, the Department of Trade and Industry, the Department of ICT, and the Department of Science and Technology, for guidance and support.Launchgarage has over 25 tech startups under its advisory portfolio and has guided a good number of these startups by connecting them with strategic partners, investors, and mentors. It also serves as innovation advisors to number of large corporate partners through its Corporate Innovation Programs.

Formally established in 1988, the PJ Lhuillier Group of Companies (PJLGC) is a dynamic, multi-industry company that owns and operates businesses dealing with financial services such as pawning, remittance, microinsurance, micro savings, and business to business micro loan solutions. They have also ventured into other industries such as retail, hotel and restaurant management, IT, sports management, and real estate.As one of two external members of the committee, Jay advises the board and management teams of the conglomerate in its digital transformation roadmap, impacting operations, its personnel, and the evolution of products and services. Specifically, the role also involves:1. Developing a systematic, measurable and continuous digital transformation strategy of the company.2. Making sound recommendations on where the business should go in terms of technologies that can be adopted to maintain sustainability and competitiveness.3. Reviewing all digitalization projects to makes sure that these projects are aligned with the industry standards, and the company's digital business strategy.

Jojo is a two-sided app based marketplace that connects B2C and B2B customers with a community of couriers that can deliver packages in Metro Manila and surrounding provinces. The app is available for both iOS and Android and can be downloaded from myjojo.com.Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, Jay assists with developing, communicating, executing, and sustaining the company’s strategic initiatives. He helped materialise the collective vision and goals of the CEO, the board, and the key officers, into actual and actionable milestones, strategies, and contingencies to help achieve successful outcomes. In line with this, Jay was responsible for formalizing the company’s strategic-planning processes, leading the development of the strategy, translating it for people across functions and business units, drive organizational change forging new working relationships and synergies across the organization, and establishing greater transparency and accountability for those people carrying out the company’s strategy. In line with his role as CSO, Jay strives to be continuously attuned to situations that required agile shifts in strategic or tactical direction, alerting the key management team to these situations, orchestrate sensible analysis, and rally them to respond in an effective way.

GAMEWORKS is an expansive token-centric ecosystem that provides game publishers, game developers, players, items, and merchandise with a framework for monetization, security, and licensing thru its 3 key components. Its technology and business roadmap will eventually integrate real-world gaming experiences that will enable online to offline opportunities.GAMEWORKS is an expansive token-centric ecosystem that provides game publishers, game developers, players, items, and merchandise with a framework for monetization, security, and licensing. With its 4 key modules; Gamecentral (gamecentral.gameworks.io), GWX Wallet (gwxwallet.com), GWX Token Depot (depot.gameworks.io), and the Gameworks Service Stack (GSS) API, the platform makes use of the GWX token to drive the economic flow between publishers, games, merchants, and players.At Gameworks, Jay is responsible for: Designed and created the business model and engineering architecture powering the entire Gameworks ecosystem. Designed and executed the Private Sale purchase and disbursment infrastructure of the GWX token to certified early buyers of the GWX token using the Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Nem cryptocurrencies.Together with the Chief Legal Officer, helped develop and execute the legal compliance roadmap for the various Gameworks business units and jurisdictions with regards to gaming and cryptocurrency.

MEDIFI delivers remote healthcare solutions by providing a cloud based platform that connects patients to medical professionals regardless of location. Patients have access to video consultations, messaging, medical imaging, and a personal health profile that allows location independent medical consultations from the convenience of their own homes or offices.Starting with face to face sessions over our proprietary video calling features, Medifi will soon integrate with commercially available biometric devices delivering a more accurate and comprehensive diagnostic experience online.As the CTO of MEDIFI, Jay is responsible for, • building the company's engineering team to its current size of 8 developers and ui/ux designers support the product development roadmap; • designing the architecture and technology stack for the MVP and current version of the platform that is built on Ruby on Rails, Javascript, MongoDB, WebRTC, and utilizes Amazon EC2/S3 for staging and production deployments; • designing and currently leading the development of the paltform's next iteration which will heavily be designed to support a microservices architecture and migration towards a more robust WebRTC and signalling implementation, in order to properly scale; • play a major role in the agile product development path, including feature design scheduling, and roll out; • represented the company in various tech startup and health tech conventions, events, and pitching events around the world, selected as an Angel's Choice awardee at the 2015 Websummit in Dublin, Ireland, and winning best startup at the 2016 APEC O2O Forum in Lima, Peru.

As an international network and NGO we aim to create meaningful connections between innovators and have a positive impact on the policies and frameworks for grassroot innovation.GIG enables cooperation and international exchange between innovators and social innovation spaces, in order to support their work and share best practices.We support hub sustainability and peer-capacity development between members.GIG aims to contribute to the creation and use of open, inclusive and sustainable technologies. GIG support the collaborative creation of sustainable development and open, fair and inclusive technologies.GIG support the international reach and adaption of of sustainable, open technologies for ecological and social innovation, andGIG promote dialogue and foster exchange on digital rights, inclusion and diversityGIG supports research in the field of innovation and development, digital rights and technology ecosystem questions carried out by local experts and international teams.GIG aims to promote better environments in developing countries as well as in countries that traditionally produce technology to be more sustainable and inclusive. GIG engages in policy dialogues and aims to support community members in lobbying their governments to create policy frameworks that foster innovation and grass-roots technology development.GIG aims to represent members interests by acting as an interface between governments, donors and innovation spaces. GIG provides a connection and entry point for partners, encouraging an open dialogue around developing suitable programs and support structures.

No Talk. All Action. Launch a Startup in 54 hours.Startup Weekend is a global network of passionate leaders and entrepreneurs on a mission to inspire, educate, and empower individuals, teams and communities. Come share ideas, form teams, and launch startups.http://manila.startupweekend.org

Jay established the country’s first Wi-Fi hotspot operator eventually becoming the largest and most popular Wi-Fi network in the Philippines with over 600 hotspots throughout the country. While leading and growing the company from a management perspective, he also played the lead role in developing the product and brand as well as the technology architecture. As CEO, Jays role was to define the company’s vision, drive product development, act as chief strategist, while bearing P&L responsibilities.• Developed the company’s overall business plan encompassing Financial, Technological, Marketing, and Sales/Distribution concerns.• Developed the core technologies to support a secure and centralized authentication of subscribers through captive portal technology and RADIUS AAA.• Built and trained a team of engineers to support the company’s development and network management requirements in relation to the wireless hotspot business model.• Organized and directed the company’s management team through the start-up and succeeding day-to-day concerns.• Successfully initiated strategic partnerships with various wireless related firms to support the company’s network deployment as well as implement joint marketing activities and co-branding.• Successfully deployed over 600 wireless hotspots and hotzones around the country.• Expanded Wi-Fi hotspot operations to Nigeria, Thailand, and New Zealand.• Implemented Voice over IP capabilities over the entire network through Wi-Fi SIP phones and dual mode handsets.• Successfully established the company as a white label solutions provider for the country’s major carriers including PLDT, SMART, BayanTel, and Eastern Telecoms.

As Managing Director of Pacific Sun, Jay was in charge of building the company’s wholesale Voice-over-IP network with points-of-presence in Manila, Thailand, and Vietnam. He designed and implemented the company’s VOIP network operations that included redundant high speed IP links and fault tolerant data centers in Bangkok, Manila, and other remote sites throughout Asia. Jay also developed and executed the company’s business processes which included marketing strategies, billing and collection systems, QOS, and network operations. He also established strategic relationships with wholesale long distance carriers and telcos in the Philippines, Japan, and the United States. During his stint at Pacific Sun, the company’s VOIP network supported millions of long distance minutes per month.

At GDA, Fajardo designed and implemented the company’s VOIP network, data center, and business processes. The company’s VOIP network supported an average of 3 million minutes per month of long distance voice traffic into Vietnam.

Jay played a key role in developing and publishing what was to be the country’s first newspaper to establish a presence on the web. Aside from forming the technology foundation of the new media company, he developed various web based applications that would be integrated into the core web site, including a search engine of the newspaper archives and pioneered the use of Java and Javascript.He also led the orientation and implementation team for the Press Foundation of Asia’s NETCENTER project, a UNDP funded, internet based network of press organizations throughout Asia. He conducted on-site training, orientation, and execution of digital journalism at the various member press institutes in Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Kathmandu, New Delhi, and Dhaka, linking them to the NETCENTER network hub in Manila. As Technology Director, Jay was also responsible for:• directing the network and technology architecture that would support the organization's daily web publishing operations, and the peripheral digital products that would emerge over the life the company; • designed, developed, and implemented CODEX, the web search engine for the Businessworld online archives;

As president and lead software engineer at Synthesys, Fajardo and his team served the bespoke enterprise applications requirements of various companies in the Philippines which included, Compania de Filipinas (TABACALERA), and Unilever.

IGUE Systems was an early oursourced software engineering company that primarily support software development and engineering companies in Japan.At Igue Systems, Fajardo was part of a team that developed• the Basic Interpreter for the SHARP’s pocket computer platform;• platform that tracked the migratory behavior of Pawikan sea turtles for the the DENR.

As a member of the company’s IT group, Fajardo migrated the group’s entire software development and database environment from legacy Cobol to the xBase platform. His systems development work included applications to support the company’s General Ledger, Accounts Payable, and Accounts Receivable processing. Jay also headed a team that implemented an early wireless data communications network using Single Side Band frequencies connecting the company’s offices in Makati, Masbate, and Cebu.