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Leading venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) players in the Philippines have come together to create an investment industry association that will act as a unified voice representing professional and institutional investors in the Philippines.

(L-R) VCAP founding members Juan Carlos Camara, Associate at Navegar; Jennifer Alcabao, Director at ICCP SBI  Venture Partners; Dan Ichikawa Siazon, Senior Vice-president & Treasurer at Kickstart Ventures; Honorio “Nori” Poblador, Managing Partner at Navegar; Gladys Enhaynes, Director at ICCP SBI Venture Partners; William “Billy” Valtos Jr., Senior Managing Director at ICCP SBI Venture Partners; Minette Navarrete, President & Vice-Chairman at Kickstart Ventures; and Manny Ayala, Managing Director at Endeavor Philippines. (Supplied photo/PR)

Called the Venture Capital and Private Equity Association of the Philippines (VCAP), this non-stock, non-profit corporation was the brainchild of ICCP SBI Venture Partners, Navegar, Endeavor Philippines, and Kickstart Ventures, Inc. with support from Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura, Sayoc & de los Angeles Law.

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“VCAP is the first of its kind in the Philippines. It is a forum to promote a greater understanding of the roles VC and PE play in economic growth, to foster the growth of entrepreneurship and innovation, to encourage foreign investments into the VC and PE sectors in the Philippines, as well as to facilitate interaction and collaboration amongst its members,” said William Valtos Jr., VCAP Chairman and President and ICCP SBI Venture Partners Senior Managing Director.

VCAP’s mandate includes building linkages with similar associations in other countries, raising the profile of the VC and PE asset classes, and promoting professional development of the member firms and employees.

The formation of VCAP will give local and foreign investors an accessible forum for sharing market information, according to Honorio Poblador IV, VCAP Treasurer and Navegar Managing Partner.

To this, Kickstart Ventures SVP and co-Founder and VCAP Charter Member and Trustee, Dan I. Siazon added that “the long-term vision of VCAP is to help establish a mature and sophisticated market for venture and private equity investments in the Philippines commensurate to it being the second most populous market in Southeast Asia with an already well-established world-class talent pool.”  

Siazon also invites all VC and PE practitioners as well as industry service providers interested in the Philippine market to join VCAP as members or associate members by emailing info@vcap.ph.  (PR)

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