Uniquely at the nexus of venture capital, corporate, and 100X Peak Performance
-- igniting all we touch to their greatest growth and impact.
Uniquely at the nexus of venture capital, corporate, and 100X Peak Performance-- igniting all we touch to their greatest growth and impact.
VC is our 100X lab, talent supply & demand our 100X market and mission
ANDRE YAP
CEO, Ignite House of Innovation
You've never met anyone like us. Because our day job is early-stage VC, the greatest and often only asset we're funding is human capital that must perform at superhuman levels to hurdle 100X ROI targets.
You've never met anyone like us. Because our day job is early-stage VC, the greatest and often only asset we're funding is human capital that must perform at superhuman levels to hurdle 100X ROI targets.
This is the unique skill set we bring: VC is the business of investing in people and empowering their inner superhero--that 100X Ethos. In the past decade, we've invested hundreds of millions PhP in people who make the impossible happen everyday: people who create vastly better (100X) tomorrows by building vastly high-performing (100X) teams and culture today.
This is the only way we make money. In VC, if we fail to operationalize peak performance in the people we're invested in, our companies don't survive. We lose our money.
From our world of VC and startups, to corporate and academe-- wherever we find Filipino talent at scale. We bring 100X performance: data-driven, battle-tested, relentlessly honed best practices that have helped us operationalize innovation (problem solving at scale) and a culture of customer ownership (intelligent malasakit!), which are the backbones of 100X performance
This is what it means to Ignite: individuals, teams and organizations to their greatest growth and impact.
JOANA ALBERTO
Managing Partner, Ignite Centre for Peak Performance
Who, What, How we're 100Xing right now
1
We 100X by 10X.
As VC, we partner with our portfolio companies to drive 100X ROI by 10Xing Customer Impact.
Where “X” means Multiple. The proof of the pudding is in the multiplying.
Here’s the math: 100X Multiples derive from capacity to deliver 10X Customer Impact @Scale; which derives from 100X Culture & Operating System that demands from and empowers each individual/team to keep 10Xing their Customer Impact @Scale.
3
We 100X as First Principle Platforms.
First Principle means the customer problems we're solving cannot be further reduced to a more basic root cause. Thus, our solution is foundational— and therefore...
Platform means many other parties (people, teams, organizations) build on top of our first principle solution in order to run their stack of 2nd/3rd/4th principle solutions.
4
We100X as a Nexus.
Each cohort includes deep partnerships with fellow VCs, startups (beyond our 8 portcos), power institutions (business, government, academe), and super talent.
Our KPI is to max win-win synergies and collabs across our nexus. We are the 100X tide that lifts all boats.
5
We 100X with Exponential Tech & AI-First
Straight from Silicon Valley— we’ve assembled the avengers of AI/tech so we can go full-tilt AI-First in all we do.
AI-First when we build product/tech. AI-First when we build channels and customer acquisition. AI-First when we build revenue and lifetime value. AI-First when we build operations and every aspect of back-end and org infrastructure.
And AI-First for our entire nexus: from our portcos, to our institutional partners (corporate, gov, academe), to super talent we are nurturing. We will make AI-First accessible and easy to implement for all of you.
How our 100X VC drives 100X Operating Systems for all of you
WHY 5VC
Data does not lie. Based on our prior decade of pushing extreme (100X) peak performance (particularly innovation-driven quantum leaps) in both corporate and startup settings, we’ve found that the highest performing individuals and teams consistently use a kind of Virtuous Cycle that powers all kinds of breakthrough (100X) growth.
This Virtuous Cycle holds true for giant corporations as much as for startups, the key difference being velocity and time to impact (big companies take much more time).
HOW IT WORKS
Specifically, peak performers utilize 5 distinct, but interconnected cycles of Virtuous Capital (beyond just financial capital), where each cycle of capital builds on and then builds up the other cycles.
In so doing, these 5 Cycles of Virtuous Capital (5VC) enable the highest levels of (100X) peak performance— a virtuous cycle of growth and success, specifically when measured in financial returns (both personal and corporate ROI), market impact, and unrivaled team morale.
MEET THE 5VC
Feel free to take a quick diagnostic of where you're at with each cycle of capital.
Where I’m at with my Self Capital: 0-10 Where I’m at with my Self Capital: 0-10 Where I’m at with my Self Capital: 0-10 Where I’m at with my Network Capital: 0-10 Where I’m at with my Self Capital: 0-10 Where I’m at with my Human Capital: 0-10 Where I’m at with my Self Capital: 0-10 Where I’m at with my Success Capital: 0-10 Where I’m at with my Self Capital: 0-10Capacity to continuously grow and build on my personal sense of joy, meaning, impact and fulfillment– this is ultimately what we want in life. When we reflect on the prior 4 cycles of capital, this is where all roads lead. From Self Capital, to Network and Human Capital, to Success Capital– everything we do comes down to how rich we are in joy, meaning, impact and fulfillment. Where I’m at with my Life Capital: 0-10
Learn how to grow your virtuous capitals in 3-month sprints
How to bring 100X Peak Performance to your circles
You are a person of influence, that's why you're part of our Ignite nexus. Help us bring 5VC and 100X Peak Performance to every corner of Filipino society-- especially where we find Filipino talent by the hundreds or thousands.
10 Chapters of our Vision Story.
Help us write (and win!) Chapters 4-6...
IGNITE 100X: From NUKE NOW to END GAME
How to power 100X ROI & Impact in Filipino VC/Startups-- and from there scale 100X Peak Performance into an O/S that powers millions of individuals, teams, and organizations globally.
01
100X VC, 100X STARTUPS
Invest in super talent and drive 100X ROI & Impact.
Real Labs: VC Portfolio (extreme sports, multiple startups, diverse fields) accelerates Ignite's 100X R&D and cross-pollination of what really works to drive real 100X Peak Performance.
02
100X FOR HUMANS: FROM VC TO 5VC (VIRTUOUS CAPITAL)
Humanize 100X: address whole spectrum/hierarchy of human needs/wants (not just performance).
5VC is Ignite's humanistic whole-person model applicable to/by individuals, teams, orgs: (1) Self-Capital; (2) Network Capital; (3) Human Capital; (4) Success (Value Creation & Capture) Capital; (5) Life Capital.
03
100X O/S: IGNITE CENTRE FOR PEAK PERFORMANCE
Run dedicated platform to power 100X O/S @Scale.
Add/Integrate: Fitness Metaphor & Mechanics (Content/Workouts x Frequency x Continuity); Data; Science; Art; Media; Tech & AI. Thus, IGNITE 100X O/S relentlessly gets better (deeper, more scale, greater impact) everyday, forever.
04
100X WORK: IGNITE O/S FOR BIZ & GOVT (EMPLOYERS)
Ignite 100X O/S to power Filipino talent @Scale (Demand/Employers).
Early Adopter Focus. Biz/Gov orgs that employ Filipino talent by the hundreds/thousands-- ROI as powerful incentives to adopt 100X O/S.
05
100X STUDENT LEADERS: YOUNG FELLOWS IIR
Ignite 100X O/S to power Filipino talent @Scale (Supply/Talent).
Early Adopter Focus. Full scholarship 100X-In-Residence Fellowships for college student leaders who already demo 2X behavior/instincts. Show 10X win-win for Talent Demand-Supply. YF-IIR also creates For-Students, By-Students presence in 100s of campuses.
06
100X COLLEGES: THE GUILD 100 FINISHING SCHOOL
Scale I00X O/S to power 100,000s of graduates annually. (Supply/Talent).
100X O/S doesn't replace school-- students still take their majors and classes. Instead, 100X O/S complements-- like a finishing school that bridges graduates to be 100X Peak Performers in the real world.
07
100X TALENT MARKETPLACE: SKILLING, CREDENTIALING
De facto we would radically transform PH Talent Marketplace-- in the way talent supply is 100X skilled and credentialed and in the way employers demand 100X skills and credentials.
To drive this new Talent Marketplace 2.0 will require new signaling mechanisms @Scale-- to replace School/Major/GPA/etc with more 100X-credible signals.
08
100X CLASS: ARMY OF FILIPINO 100X INNOVATORS
In so doing we would birth a new class of Filipino Citizen Innovators, who can solve systemic problems @Scale.
Innovation does not happen without Innovators. 100X Peak Performance (ROI, Impact, Scale) does not happen without 100X Peak Performers.
09
100X PH: ATTACK WICKED PROBLEMS @SCALE
100X impact on poverty, health, education, livelihood................
Name the wicked problem-- finally we have an army of Filipino Innovators who learned and trained 100X in context-- in their own locales where these wicked problems persist. Who better to solve these systemic problems @Scale.
10
100X WORLD: FILIPINO IMPACT AT GLOBAL SCALE
The above* are not uniquely Filipino: they are global problems that persist in every nation and society. In Ignite 100X O/S, do we have a shot at being the first Filipino venture that impacts humanity at a global scale?
*In essence: education/skilling systems ill-fitted to innovation, thus wicked problems persist and remain unaddressed.
Meet our resident 100Xers
Andre Yap
CEO and Founder
Ignite House of Innovation
I lead Ignite’s venture capital activities, from sourcing and evaluating investments, to actively supporting investees in their road to 100X ROI and impact. We’re often among a founder’s first investors so I get the full monty of what it takes to 100X. It’s my lifelong obsession— to R&D, test and iterate the very best methods (what really works) to help teams achieve 100X Peak Performance. I then channel 100X, not just to Ignite VC, but also to corporate, educational and government institutions— wherever we can 100X Filipino talent by the thousands. That’s the way we’re attacking wicked problems and moving 120 million Filipinos forward— by focusing on talent and performance. I was born and bred in Manila, educated by the Jesuits and Opus Dei, and have 3 degrees from the US (Yale, NYU, Fordham), where I lived 15 years and grew as a serial out-of-the-boxer. In 2009, the US government gave me US Permanent Residence on the Basis of Exceptional Ability in the National Interest, a formal designation relating to my pioneering work in innovation, including founding CUBED (“Cube Ed”), the Center for University-Based Enterprise & Development. I came home to Manila in 2011 and have been pursuing my lifelong mission to power 100X through Ignite House of Innovation, Home of Innovators. 100X will always be about people, people, people.
Joana Alberto
Co Founder & Managing Partner
100X: Ignite Centre for Peak Performance
I am the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of 100X: Ignite Center for Peak Performance, where I empower individuals to achieve 100X peak performance. With nearly three decades of experience at two leading airlines, both locally and abroad, I played a pivotal role in revolutionizing premium inflight service and managing performance while training leaders from over a hundred nationalities in an Innovation Academy. Today, I am at the forefront of adapting the 100X methodology—proven through application, testing, and validation with startups—for effective implementation in schools and corporations. As a proud graduate of the University of the Philippines, I am committed to uplifting my fellow countrymen and contributing to national progress by cultivating superhero innovators at scale.
Meet some of the 100Xers we are privileged
to support in their 100X ventures
DAVID FOOTE
Founder & CEO, ZENNYA HEALTH
Healthtech - Programatic Health
REBECCA KERSCH
Founder & CEO, TANGGAPP
Fintech - Relational Fund Transfer
CLARRY HERRERA
Founder & CEO, AGENIX
Martech - Agentic AI
NEL LAYGO
Founder & CEO, PEDDLR
ERP/Fintech - MSME Mobile Solutions
Carmina Bayombong
Founder & CEO, InvestEd
Ed/Fintech
VAIBHAV SRIVASTAVA
Founder & CEO, MOTORENTO
Logisticstech - Last Mile Goods & Services
ADITI KAPOOR
Co-founder & CMO, MOTORENTO
Logisticstech - Last Mile Goods & Services
KIERAN MARTIN
Co-founder & CFO, MOTORENTO
Logisticstech - Last Mile Goods & Services
CARLO SILVA
Founder & CEO, SHOPPABLE
B2B Ecommerce
CHRIS BLANQUERA
Co-founder & CTO, SHOPPABLE
B2B Ecommerce
SAM BLANQUERA
Co-founder & COO, SHOPPABLE
B2B Ecommerce
MARK REYES
Co-founder & CRO, SHOPPABLE
B2B Ecommerce
GERALD ORIGENES
Co-Founder & Director, GUILD100
Edu/HRtech
SHAHAB SHABIBI
Founder & CEO, MACHINE VENTURES
Venture Builder
FAROUK MERALLI
Founder & CEO, SwipeRx/mClinica
Healthtech - Pharmacy Solutions
TONY MELOTO
Founder, PARAISO BUE ZONE
Sustainable Agri, Food, Health
PAULO CAMPOS
Founding General Managing Partner, KAYA FOUNDERS
Venture Capital
RAY ALIMURUNG
General Partner, KAYA FOUNDERS
Venture Capital
Meet Ignite's rAIn-makers: 100Xers supporting 100Xers.
The most important thing in PH VC is what we do after we write the check.
rAIn:io
RAINESSANCE ca2025
What would the great renaissance look like in our age of AI?
Welcome to a 100X Collaborative of Ignite House of Innovations
rAIn-makers we're working with
KENDRICK KHO
Co-Founder & General Partner,
Fourth Realm VC
Pioneered use of ML in early-stage VC; 85 portfolio investments, 20% in AI apps and infrastructure.
Stanford MS Management Science & Engineering
Stanford BS Science, Tech & Society
Stanford, BS Earth Systems.
ROB COSGRIFF
Senior Software Engineer,
WAYMO
Deep Tech Expertise & Builds: Self-Driving Cars & Trucks; Machine Learning & Computer Vision; Control Systems for Quantum Mechanics; Neural Networks; Video Search & Recommendation; Robotic Manipulation;
Teach: Stanford Control Theory; Machine Learning; Computer Vision
Stanford MS, Elecrtrical Engineering
Penn State BS, Electrical Engineering
CARLO ALMENDRAL
Founder & CEO,
Artificial Intelligence, Inc.
Started VC-backed companies in games, financial inclusion tech, e-commerce, education, and data science. 30+ tech solutions launched with millions of users.
UN Innovation Council, World Food Programme; Board roles in animation, cybersecurity, cryptocurrency, data science companies.
Taught Data Science at Berkeley and social entrepreneurship at San Francisco State and University of San Francisco.
Modeled after the Florentine nexus of polymaths (renaissance men and women) whose sublime belief in the human spirit and boundless problem-solving fueled the Renaissance quantum leaps in science, math, engineering, architecture, art, literature, and above all, in learning.
At rAIn:io we are polymaths and friends who integrate first principles strategics, product-market fit, growth hacking, elite performance culture, and deep doses of tech & AI.
We combine forces to solve hyper-focused, high-impact gaps/opportunities in partnership with very select VCs, startups, and large organizations.
As VCs, we fund with our financial capital. More critically, we invest our polymath capital— often the elusive fuel most needed to 100X our markets.
