We aim to uplift the innovation community by supporting and connecting all the stakeholders - from startups to corporates, and promote economic growth in the region.
Since 2016, TechShake has connected thousands of Startups, Investors and Corporates through our numerous programs and events. This has led to a broader understanding of startups locally, especially in the corporate and government sectors. As an integral part of the regional startup ecosystem, TechShake is uniquely positioned to support companies who are interested in the innovation space.
Our Partners
Are you a startup, investor or corporation? Or do you just enjoy talking about startups? There are many ways that you can work with TechShake.
We’d love to hear from you!
Kotaro Adachi
Kotaro Adachi is a Japanese entrepreneur based in the Philippines for over 12 years. He is currently involved in the management of several companies, including TechShake, AXIS Software Development, and Global Bridge Resources. Also, he is co-organizer of the IGNITE Conference, which is the biggest innovation conference based in the Philippines. Kotaro attained his MBA from IE Business School in Spain.
Fatima Yambao
Fatima is entrepreneur in the emerging Philippine startup industry where she has been active for more than 4 years. Her expertise is operations and user experience design. She is continuously exploring different facets of what it takes to build your own successful business.
Paolo Dominic Rentero
Paolo Rentero always brings out the entrepreneurial spirit in any startup team. A serial entrepreneur himself, he is the co-founder of the startup media company TechShake, Head of Business Development and Partnerships of Digiteer, a software development company, and a founding member of the Innovation Design firm, Vessel Group. He advises teams on how to start running, hire the right people, and create the best team culture for the growth of a company.
Gerry Dy
Gerry heads retail digital for one of the largest banks in the Philippines. Prior to her current role, she built fashion and lifestyle brands in New York. Since 2015, she has worked with local startups to define business models and go-to-market strategies. In particular, she specializes in accelerating customer growth for non-linear verticals through a systematic, sustainable approach to customer acquisition and retention. At TechShake, she works with startups on strategy development and investment advisory; key to solving growth problems across a range of business models.
Kazuo Koike
Kazuo has been in Dentsu for over 18 years with his dimensionalized capability across the communication field. Over the years, he has worked for lots of global brands which was originated in Japan such as Toyota, Kao, SONY, Canon, Asahi, Unicharm, helping those brands to drive their business locally and globally by traditional and non-traditional agency services.
After his role as Executive Director of dentsu X Philippines, he is now a Managing Director of dentsu X Thailand, a No.1 integrated agency combining best-in-class communication and media services, content creation, technology, data and behavioral insights.
Kazuo plans to make his company unique by having a platform that will differentiate themselves from other networks and agencies. One of the units is dXLab, an innovation unit to accelerate the development of Thailand and regional start-ups and harness new global technology to build new experiences connecting people and brands. And dX Commerce to provide an end-to-end solutions related to the e-commerce business of the clients.
Noriyasu Fujikura
Noriyasu is a Japanese serial entrepreneur. He co-founded Officebusters Co., Ltd, which is now the biggest office product supplier in Japan with annual revenue of US$120M. He is involved in the management of various companies, including Active and Companies, Kyoen(Venture Capital), WILLs(former Director, TSE:4482), Tsunagu, AXIS, and GBR.