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Philippines
Manila
The Philippines' startup and fintech capital runs on two connected central business districts — BGC and Makati — plus the country's original IT-BPO cyberpark out in Quezon City. Manila's ecosystem counts roughly 1,200 startups, 65 incubators and $2.4 billion in VC funding since 2020.
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Manila Central Business Corridor
Metro Manila's twin premier CBDs — Bonifacio Global City and Makati — linked by the Kalayaan Bridge and jointly forming the country's densest concentration of corporate, fintech and startup activity.
Bonifacio Global City (BGC)
A former military base in Taguig, redeveloped since the 1990s into Metro Manila's newest CBD. Global corporations and fintech firms cluster around BGC's tech incubators and accelerators, alongside academic anchors like the University of the Philippines BGC campus.
Makati CBD
The Philippines' longest-established business district. Major banks, multinational corporations and government offices anchor Makati's established corporate base, supported by a wide range of coworking price points.
Eastwood City & Quezon City IT-BPO Corridor
The Philippines' original cyberpark — the first PEZA-accredited IT park in the country, dating to 1997 — anchoring a wider Quezon City BPO corridor built on proximity to UP Diliman and Ateneo.
Eastwood City Cyberpark
Megaworld's pioneering "live-work-play" township, home to around 85,000 BPO workers across tenants including IBM, Accenture, NTT Data and Concentrix.
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UP Techno Hub & QC BPO Corridor
A wider Quezon City corridor spanning Eastwood, Araneta City and the Quezon Avenue strip, drawing on graduate talent from UP Diliman and Ateneo de Manila.
Tech Ecosystems in the Philippines
The Philippines built the modern IT-BPM industry, and it still shows: this atlas covers three of its biggest knowledge-services hubs.
