NVSU Strengthens Research-to-Market Pipeline Through Intellectual Property Masterclass
Sep 4, 2026
Philippine Startup Challenge XI Opens New Pathways for Student Innovators
Sep 3, 2026
Baguio Innovation Leaders Explore Collaboration to Strengthen the Local Startup Ecosystem
Sep 3, 2026
The Department of Trade and Industry Region 2 is set to hold the first session of its Competitiveness Forum Series on September 8, 2026, bringing together Local Government Units in Cagayan Valley to explore how artificial intelligence, digital tools, and emerging technologies can improve public services, government operations, and local competitiveness.
Sep 2, 2026
43 Baguio MSMEs Complete 3-Day Innovation Journey From Ideas to Market-Ready Products
Sep 2, 2026
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An open directory of startups, programs, and organizations across Northern Luzon. Updated by the community.
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10
Universities & HEIs
Knowledge institutions
8
Programs & TBIs
Incubators & accelerators
11
Government Agencies
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6
Communities
Groups & networks
BadgerMint
EdTech
Pangasinan
Vidad Food Processing
Agriculture & Food Innovation
Banna, Ilocos Norte
Disenyo Digitals
Creative Industries & Digital Media
Baguio City
Runn
Gaming & Interactive Media
Baguio City
Alam Mo Ba Baguio
Creative Industries & Digital Media
Baguio City
Abiakak
Creative Industries & Digital Media
Baguio City
ICT Industry Development - DICT Cordillera
Government
Baguio City
CIEERDeC
Community
La Trinidad
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Baguio Innovation Leaders Explore Collaboration to Strengthen the Local Startup Ecosystem
Incubator Baguio brought together representatives from government, academe, and other innovation institutions for a Quadruple Helix Ecosystem Meeting, exploring how collaboration, shared resources, and stronger connections can create better pathways for startups, researchers, MSMEs, students, and innovators in Baguio City.
The Department of Trade and Industry Region 2 is set to hold the first session of its Competitiveness Forum Series on September 8, 2026, bringing together Local Government Units in Cagayan Valley to explore how artificial intelligence, digital tools, and emerging technologies can improve public services, government operations, and local competitiveness.
The Department of Trade and Industry Region 2 is set to hold the first session of its Competitiveness Forum Series on September 8, 2026, bringing together Local Government Units in Cagayan Valley to explore how artificial intelligence, digital tools, and emerging technologies can improve public services, government operations, and local competitiveness.
43 Baguio MSMEs Complete 3-Day Innovation Journey From Ideas to Market-Ready Products
Forty-three Baguio MSMEs completed a three-day Design Thinking for MSME Green Economy Transition and Product Development Workshop, moving from business ideas to prototypes, product presentations, and startup-style pitching. The program highlighted how design thinking, sustainability, business modeling, mentorship, and market feedback can help local enterprises become more innovative and competitive.
Padday na Lima Webshop 2.0 Expands Digital Market Access for Cagayan Valley MSMEs
DTI Region 2 relaunched the Padday na Lima Webshop 2.0 on August 24, 2026, creating a year-round digital marketplace that gives Cagayan Valley MSMEs an opportunity to reach customers beyond the annual regional trade fair and strengthen their presence in the digital economy.
StartUp Now CORDILLERA Opens a Gateway for Aspiring Entrepreneurs and Innovators
DOST-CAR, through its iHub Program, is inviting aspiring entrepreneurs, innovators, and startup enthusiasts to StartUp Now CORDILLERA on September 2, 2026, offering participants an opportunity to explore programs and support available to help turn early-stage ideas into potential ventures.
Isabela Pushes Digital Transformation to Create Jobs, Innovation, and Stronger Local Industries
Isabela is strengthening its digital ecosystem through a multi-stakeholder initiative connecting government, academe, industry, and the private sector. The two-day TRAIN Isabela 2026 focused on digital careers, emerging technologies, innovation, and opportunities to help local communities and industries participate in the digital economy.
She Planted Cacao During the Pandemic With No Plan and No Guarantee. Five Years Later, She Left a 26-Year Corporate Career to Go All In.
Judy Oracion Baucas of Tsokolat OLY Food Products planted her first cacao trees during the uncertainty of the pandemic with nothing but land, time, and faith. Those trees are now the foundation of a tree-to-bar chocolate enterprise producing tablea, cacao tea, and unadulterated chocolate bars, and on June 1, 2026, she took early retirement after 26 years in corporate to build it full time.
Jun 13, 2026
Lou Beltran Is Building EV Charging Infrastructure in Baguio Before the Market Forces Anyone To. That Is Exactly the Point.
AddaVolt founder Lou Beltran turned his own frustration as an EV driver in Baguio into a capital-light charging network now operating across ten sites in Northern and Central Luzon, with 232 registered drivers, 35 partner organizations, triple DOE accreditation, and a provincial government pipeline that includes 200+ charging points supporting Pangasinan's ambulance electrification program.
Jun 8, 2026
She Built SPC Juice to Help Her Cousin. Her Cousin Did Not Live to See How Far It Has Come.
The founder of Vidad Food Processing, Darizel C. Vidad of Brgy. Binacag, Banna, Ilocos Norte, developed a sweet potato with calamansi juice from a college feasibility study, transforming it from a product with a 2-day shelf life to one with a 2-month shelf life at room temperature and up to 5 months when refrigerated, into an FDA-eLTO-approved food enterprise, and representing Region 1 at the National Young Farmers Challenge Season 5 in April 2026. The people who inspired her most did not make it to that stage, but she kept going anyway.
May 18, 2026
Destined to Hustle, Designed to Deliver. How Disenyo Digitals Is Closing the Creative Gap in Northern Luzon.
Jennifer Fuentes Castro of Destine Events and Disenyo Digitals started with a single creative gathering during a transition period after working overseas. What grew from it is a creative and digital solutions platform now working with LGUs, training young creatives, and building the kind of regional creative economy that Northern Luzon has always had the talent for but not always the infrastructure to support.
May 12, 2026
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Perspectives, lessons, and field insights from founders, students, researchers, and builders shaping innovation across Northern Luzon.
June 28, 2026
Before You Look for Investors, Look for Customers
Before founders raise capital, they need evidence that they are solving a real problem. This article explores the case for customer validation before fundraising, the strengths and limitations of bootstrapping, and how founders can choose the right type of capital at the right stage of their journey.
Leandro Gepila
Founder / Co-founder, Inv8 Studio
June 11, 2026
Why Innovation and Entrepreneurship Are Not the Same Thing
Most startup ecosystems treat innovation and entrepreneurship as the same thing. They are not. Innovation creates new value. Entrepreneurship captures and scales it. This piece breaks down the distinction with real examples and applies it directly to founders, MSMEs, and ecosystem builders in Northern Luzon. You do not need to invent something unprecedented to start building.
Leandro Gepila
Founder / Co-founder, Inv8 Studio
June 9, 2026
How to Start a Startup as a Student
I joined my first startup competition as a college student with no prototype, no revenue, and no real idea of what I was doing. What I had was a problem I cared about, a rough pitch, and enough nerve to submit an application. That decision shaped how I think about building startups far more than any classroom did. This is what I learned and what I wish someone had told me before I started.
Leandro Gepila
Founder / Co-founder, Inv8 Studio
June 6, 2026
What Is Innovation? (It Is Not Just Technology)
Most people think innovation means building an app. It does not. This piece redefines innovation using real examples from Northern Luzon, covers four types of innovation, and explains why the biggest opportunities in this region are coordination and distribution problems, not technology problems.
Leandro Gepila
Founder / Co-founder, Inv8 Studio