ALPHA Hub

09/09/2026

Happy Birthday Ms Indo!

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗠𝘀. 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗼! Cristina Lazaro Ibanez

From Dr. Mae Llamas and the entire Bacolod City D-LEDIP team, thank you for your visionary leadership at SCALE NCR and Miriam College - TBI. Your steadfast support for startup ecosystems—including ALPHA Hub—continues to drive inclusive growth and open doors for innovation.

May your year ahead be filled with good health, continued success, and new milestones! 🥂✨

12/08/2026

10/07/2026

𝗔𝗟𝗣𝗛𝗔 𝗛𝗨𝗕 𝗝𝗢𝗜𝗡𝗦 𝗚𝗢 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗛𝗬 𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗢𝗩𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗘.

The ALPHA Hub team, led by its Project Manager and D-LEDIP Head Dr. Mae Llamas, joins the Go Healthy Innovation Challenge Roadshow-Visayas Leg in Bacolod City today. This event is organized by SCALE NCR and Taiwan Excellence, in collaboration with DOST TUPV HIVE, BUGLAS NIR, and Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation (NWTF).

ALPHA Hub’s very own homegrown startup, Plantsville Health, is also present to take part in the roadshow.

The event aims to prep Visayas-based innovators for the Go Healthy with Taiwan 2026 Global Competition, and will provide expert mentoring and pitch coaching for students, startups, and professionals across healthcare, tech, and fitness.

10/07/2026

07/07/2026

𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗬 𝗕𝗜𝗥𝗧𝗛𝗗𝗔𝗬, 𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗥. 𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗔𝗦! 🎉

Today, we are sending the warmest birthday wishes to Engr. Ian Solas of IF Green Technologies, a valued member of our Alpha Accelerator Hub family! 🚀🌱

Engr. Ian, thank you for bringing innovation and sustainable energy to our startup ecosystem. We are incredibly proud to support your journey and celebrate your growth.

Wishing you an amazing day and another year of breaking barriers and scaling new heights! 🥂✨

Leave a comment below to wish Ian a fantastic year ahead! 👇

07/07/2026

𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗢𝗚𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 | 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘀 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻!

Last Friday, July 3, change-makers, ecosystem builders, and industry leaders gathered at Citadines Bacolod City for the BUGLAS NIR Stakeholders’ Meeting! 🚀✨ This landmark gathering officially aligned regional support to elevate innovation, technology, and homegrown entrepreneurship across the newly established Negros Island Region.

As a vital ecosystem partner, Alpha Accelerator Hub—represented by our very own Dr. Mae Ferrer-Llamas (Head of Bacolod City D-LEDIP/ ALPHA Hub Project Manager )—joined forces with a powerhouse cast of national government agencies, academe, and private sector giants to build a synchronized launchpad for our local startup community! 💼💡

Key Highlights from the Meeting:

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗣𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲:
Engr. Edward H. Apigo (DOST-PCIEERD) mapped out the HEIRIT ReSEED Program, highlighting how collaborative networks empower regional startup ecosystems.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱:
BUGLAS NIR Project Leader Engr. Jovel V. Young showcased the consortium's strategic path, milestones, and major priority initiatives for NIR.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲:
Key ecosystem players shared their parallel programs, including Wadhwani Foundation, DICT-NIR, DOST-NIR, DTI-NIR, NWTF, MBCCI, and Alpha Hub!

From forward-looking initiative pitches to selecting the official visual identity for BUGLAS NIR out of the Top 5 finalists, the room was absolutely buzzing with momentum! ⚡🎨🏆

Alpha Accelerator Hub is proud to drive this transformation. We are engineering a new economic era where strategic partnership is our baseline and local tech innovation moves from surviving to setting the standard! 💡⚡

06/07/2026

𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗔𝗬𝗔𝗦 | Have an innovative idea that can improve healthcare and wellness? Win PHP 10,000 with it!

𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗟𝗘𝗙𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗥𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥!

The Go Healthy with Taiwan Innovation Challenge Roadshow invites students, researchers, entrepreneurs, startups, innovators, and professionals to present technology-driven solutions that address real healthcare and wellness challenges.

Designed to be accessible to aspiring innovators, the competition requires only three simple steps: develop an innovative healthcare or wellness concept, integrate it with any product, technology, or solution featured on the Taiwan Excellence website, and submit the completed Go Healthy with Taiwan registration form. No thesis, prototype, business plan, or pilot implementation is required.

Join the roadshow on July 10, 2026, at the Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation Inc., Bacolod City. Interested participants are encouraged to register on or before July 7, 2026 by scanning the QR code on the poster or click the link below

https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSdX6omXDAjEDJ.../viewform
https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSdX6omXDAjEDJ.../viewform
https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSdX6omXDAjEDJ.../viewform

Selected participants will receive expert feedback, compete for a PHP 10,000 cash prize, and earn the opportunity to advance to the next stage of the competition.

Transform your innovative idea into a solution that can make a meaningful impact on healthcare. Register today and take the first step toward bringing your innovation to life.