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Tech startup Farmvocacy was awarded the grand prize of 1 million pesos at the Shell LiveWIRE 2023 Final Pitch Day on October 12. Founded in 2019, Farmvocacy develops innovative solutions for rice farmers.
For this year, Shell LiveWIRE once again recognized tech startups and community enterprises during the Final Pitch Day last October 12 in Makati City, with the tech startup “Farmvocacy”, winning a funding grant worth 1 million pesos. Shown here are John Andrew Gangat of Lycan, Elanor Olegario of Lithos, and Vincent Roy Mendoza of Farmvocacy present their startups to the judges during the Final Pitch Day of Shell LiveWIRE 2023.Farmvocacy, a Mindoro Island-based social climate fintech startup running a circular inclusive business model to support climate-smart rice farming, environment-friendly, and high-yielding farming system, bagged one million pesos after impressing the judges during the Final Pitch Day.
The other two finalists include LITHOS Manufacturing OPC, a producer, trader of industrial and feed-grade minerals, such as calcium carbonate, zeolite, and bentonite, and Lycan Motorcycles, a Filipino motorcycle and technology startup that is developing two-wheeled electric motorcycles and smart products.Banking on the goals of empowering communities, six community enterprises who became part of the Acceleration Program were also recognized during the Final Pitch Day.