Not far from one of Apple’s sprawling campuses in this region in northern California which is touted as the world’s tech capital, there’s an office called Plug and Play Tech Center.
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After that, the company’s Filipino co-founder Jojo Flores gave us a briefing. This was done virtually because he was in Manila at the time of our visit. But despite this, he is optimistic on the prospects of growth, especially with Plug and Play’s partnership with DTI to help Filipino startups.At the launch of the National Startup Accelerator program last month, Trade Secretary Alfredo Pascual announced the partnership. Plug and Play, he said, would connect startups with large corporations and help them attract equity funding.The target is to have at least 40 startups per year that will go through the acceleration program.
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