We invest in start-ups that are globally scalable, have high growth potential, address large markets, have strong competitive advantages, clear IP ownership, entrepreneurial management and the potential to generate high capital gains.

We expect each startup to have developed a Minimum Viable Product (MVP), from which they have generated a reasonable amount of traction (product build, clients, revenues, or users) that gives confidence that product/market fit has been found.

MAIN uses the following criteria to evaluate investment opportunities:

  • Quality Founders and Team

  • Exciting Market Opportunity / Building a Solution to Identifiable Pain Point

  • Scalable / Growth Potential

  • Competitive Advantage / Defensibility

  • Evidence of Early Stage Income / Customer Sales Traction / Roadmap

  • Credible Ask / Use of Proceeds / Budget

  • Realistic, Aligned Exit Strategy

Application Process

  • 1. Quality Founders and Team

    Awareness via individual member networks

  • 2. Nomination

    Recommendation to Screening Committees

  • 3. Desktop Review

    Review & Committee Agreement to Commence Screening Process

  • 4. Demo Screening

  • 5. Selection of Top 3

    Selection of the Highest Rated Investment Opportunities to present to Membership for Syndication

  • 6. Quarterly Member Meeting

  • 7. Investment

Invested Companies

The fastest growing livestream social network in the PH.

Automating routine and complex accounting processes, driving productivity, engagement and lower costs from corporate accounting

Coolers made from coconuts. Designed with fishing communities in the PH to keep food fresh, incomes high and oceans healthy.

Comprehensive real estate solutions for brokers and property developers

The private and secure social tech fabric bringing Catholic communities closer (churches, groups and organisations)

The Philippines’ #1 online flower store and is aiming to be the largest gifting e-commerce company in Southeast Asia

A tech enabled exporting company providing a one stop end-to-end exporting platform to help Filipino businesses go global.

Best online tax tool for freelancers, self-employed professionals and business owners

An international peer-to-peer payment app that allows US users to send money and phone load to Philippine users

The smart calendar management and in-email scheduling solution for sales teams

e-Consulation and clinical informatics platform for medical specialists in emerging markets

A one-stop platform for fitness trainers to grow and manage their business as well as a marketplace where vendors and consumers can discover, connect and transact

Technology to connect nurses with opportunities

An award-winning Venture Studio of inclusive fintech for underserved markets, building the next generation of companies for financial inclusion.

A membership subscription letting you claim exclusive member offers from 4000 partners.

A campus ERP with AI-driven technology to optimize resources.

A regtech startup that integrates decades worth of top legal and innovation expertise to make business clearer, more convenient, and cost-efficient

A media and tech platform that offers on-demand audio content and the biggest podcast network in Southeast Asia.

1o creates embeddable checkouts that turn any content into a storefront.

A circular economy startup. We help businesses bring back their IT office assets and aging & excess electronics into circularity, maximising revenue from items in any condition.

The Philippines’ most trusted platform for programming education. 

An AI-powered early warning tool for unwanted employee resignations.

Be a part of our growing portfolio

For interested startups, fill up the application form in the button link below.