Investors
Angel networks, development finance institutions, financial institutions, private equity and venture capital firms deploying capital through a gender-smart lens.
The Gender-Smart Investing Map
A directory of investors, accelerators, startups, advisors, and policy bodies shaping the market for women-led businesses in the Philippines.
What We Mean by Gender-Smart Investing
Gender-smart investing means making intentional investment decisions that positively impact women as leaders, entrepreneurs, employees, and consumers.
- Entrepreneurship
- Leadership
- Employment
- Consumers
The standard we use
We use the 2X Criteria as a reference point when assessing whether an organisation demonstrates an intentional gender lens.
Learn more about 2X Global → 2xglobal.orgWhat we are building
A living directory of Gender-Smart Investing
Every actor in the Philippines' gender-smart investing ecosystem:
verified, searchable, and connected.
Startups
Startups using innovation and technology that are women-owned, women-led or providing products and services that positively impact women as leaders, entrepreneurs, employees, and consumers.
Ecosystem
Accelerators, incubators, programmes, and intermediaries that actively back women founders and gender-smart enterprises.
Policy
Government agencies, universities, research institutions and advocates shaping the enabling environment.
Corporations
Companies and institutions advancing genuine gender balance in capital, procurement, and leadership.
The state of gender-smart investing in the Philippines
The Philippines is one of the most active gender-smart investing markets in Southeast Asia — but its activity has never been mapped in one place. The figures below come from the most recent regional analysis commissioned by Investing in Women.
#2
in Southeast Asia by impact deal volume — 66 deals in 2020–22, behind only Indonesia
80%
of all Southeast Asian gender-lens deals are concentrated in just three countries, including the Philippines
80%
of the country's explicit gender-lens deals were made by Philippine-based investors
Gender-lens deals in Southeast Asia (count, 3-year totals)
Gender-lens capital deployed in the region rose roughly seven-fold over the same period, to about USD 2.5 billion.
By capital deployed the Philippines ranks fifth (USD 649M), reflecting a market built on smaller, earlier-stage tickets — about three-quarters of deals are under USD 5M.
The Gender-Smart Investing Map is the Philippines' first verified, publicly accessible directory of gender-smart investors, funds, and ecosystem actors.
Who built and maintains the Gender-Smart Investing Map?
The map is built and maintained by Kerubin Capital and supported by Investing in Women, an initiative of the Australian Government. Investing in Women uses innovative approaches, including gender lens investing, to catalyse women's economic participation across Southeast Asia.
How often is the directory updated?
Submissions are open year-round. Each listing is reviewed against public sources before it is approved.
Listings are reviewed on a quarterly cycle. Inactive organisations can be flagged or removed, and out-of-date information is corrected where possible.
The directory is free to use and free to be listed in.
About Kerubin Capital
Kerubin Capital was founded in 2021 with support from Investing in Women. Its mission is to fund and develop early-stage, women-led companies in the Philippines through investment, mentorship, and strategic connections. The gender-smart investing map is a resource to make the ecosystem more visible and connected.
About Investing in Women
Investing in Women, an initiative of the Australian Government, works to advance women's economic equality and drive inclusive economic growth across Southeast Asia. Through partnerships with a diverse range of stakeholders, we support women to thrive in the workplace and succeed in business. Investing in Women uses innovative approaches to catalyse women's economic participation through four workstreams: Workplace Gender Equality, Enabling Policy Reform, Campaigns and Communities of Practice, and Gender Lens Investing.
Partners & Supporters
Built and backed by people who believe in this work
The Gender-Smart Investing Map is a collaboration between organisations committed to advancing gender-smart capital in Southeast Asia.
Be part of it
Five ways to join the Gender-Smart Investing Map Philippines
List your organisation — free
If your fund, enterprise, accelerator, foundation, or government body applies a gender lens in the Philippines, you belong on the map. Submit at genderlens.kerubincapital.com. Every listing is verified within five business days at no cost.
Be a founding partner
If your organisation is committed to building a gender-smart economy in Southeast Asia, through gender-lens or impact investing; or your organisation practices genuine gender balance in capital, procurement and leadership, we want to build this with you.
Lead the conversation
We're bringing together founders, investors, development finance institutions, policy makers and women enterprise leaders in the Philippines and across Southeast Asia through this map. Sponsor our launches and events and lead the conversation.
Contribute your data and expertise
The Gender-Smart Investing Map is built on verified research. If your organisation holds data on gender lens investing in the Philippines or Southeast Asia — deal flow, portfolio companies, programme outcomes — we welcome your contribution to the most comprehensive picture of the ecosystem ever assembled.
Tell the story
The Gender-Smart Investing Map Philippines is a first-of-its-kind platform for Southeast Asia's fastest-growing impact investing market. If you are a journalist, editor, or content creator working at the intersection of finance, gender, and economic development — we want to brief you and give you access to the platform and conversations.
Collaborators
Tina Di Cicco
CEO, Kerubin Capital · Chair, Gender-Lens Investing Committee, MAIN
Tina Di Cicco is the CEO of Kerubin Capital and the architect of the Gender-Smart Investing Map. She chairs the Gender-Lens Investing Committee at the Manila Angel Investors Network (MAIN), the largest and most active angel network in the Philippines. Before Kerubin, she helped start two airlines in Asia, and co-founded I-Quest Corporation, the first provider of internet in hotel rooms in Asia, valued at USD 1 billion pre-IPO.
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Eleanor Keppelman
Impact Investing Director, Investing in Women
Eleanor Keppelman is the Impact Investing Director at Investing in Women, an initiative of the Australian Government advancing gender-smart investing across Southeast Asia. She leads Investing in Women's work with capital providers — building the community of limited partners and fund managers who bring a gender-smart lens to their investments — and represents the initiative across partnerships with 2X Global and the Global Private Capital Association. She holds a master's degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and is based in Australia.
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Patricia Ella Garcia
Markets & Partnerships Director, Kerubin Capital · Technical Lead, Gender-Smart Investing Map
Patricia Ella Garcia is the Markets and Partnerships Director at Kerubin Capital and the technical lead behind the Gender-Smart Investing Map. She is active in the Gender-Lens Investing Committee at the Manila Angel Investors Network (MAIN), and has been a practitioner and instructor in AI across Singapore, Madrid, and Manila. Before Kerubin, she was at Google where she built AI and technical strategies for some of Southeast Asia's largest companies.
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Whether you are submitting an organisation, exploring a partnership, or just getting oriented — start here.