The Gobi-Core Philippine Fund was established in 2018 as a result of a joint venture between founding partners Jason Gaisano, Ken Ngo, and Carlo Chen-Delantar with Pan-Asian VC, Gobi Partners. Headquartered in Manila, Philippines and now serving as Gobi’s official Philippine office, the Gobi-Core Philippine Fund strategically invests in technology and technology-enabled startups across the country. Gobi-Core has invested in some of the country’s leading startups such as Tier One Entertainment, Kumu, Etaily, and CloudEats through our multi-investment stack approach building market leaders in the Philippines to ASEAN. Gobi-Core is well-positioned to guide and springboard its local champions across Gobi Partners’ 15 countries’ Asian presence and track record of performance with the majority of its portfolio having expanded regionally. As of 2023, Gobi-Core was officially accredited as the first Co-Investment Partner of the Philippine government’s Startup Venture Fund (SVF). Per the Innovative Startup Act (RA 11337), the SVF can be used to match investments by selected investors in startups of varying stages based in the Philippines. The SVF is a joint effort by the Department of Trade and Industry and the National Development Companto to fuel investments and innovation in the Philippine startup ecosystem.