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Gobi-Core Philippine Fund
Venture capital · Manila, Philippines · Asia Pacific
Gobi-Core Philippine Fund is a Manila-based venture fund formed in 2018 as a joint venture between Jason Gaisano, Ken Ngo, Carlo Chen-Delantar and Gobi Partners, and serves as Gobi's official Philippine office. It invests in technology and technology-enabled startups in the Philippines and became the first co-investment partner of the Philippine government's Startup Venture Fund in 2023.
Invests inE-commerce & Marketplaces
In its own wordstechnologyecommerceesportsedtechhealthtechsoutheast asia
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Or find every investor that fitsGobi-Core Philippine Fund lists 5 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are E-commerce & Marketplaces (43%), Consumer (14%) and Space & Defense (14%). 60% of its companies are based in Philippines. It invests most often alongside Gobi Partners, IdeaSpace Ventures and A-Star Partners.
No funding round on record names Gobi-Core Philippine Fund yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 4th | 5 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 77th | 43% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 58th | 3 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers5100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 43% | 6% |
| Consumer | 14% | 3% |
| Space & Defense | 14% | 3% |
| Education | 14% | 7% |
| Food & Agriculture | 14% | 3% |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Gobi-Core Philippine Fund head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
5 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edukasyon provides learning and training programs for Filipino youth | Education | Portfolio page | ||
| Etaily provides e-commerce enabling and retail services to brands | E-commerce & MarketplacesConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| The company delivers specially crafted flower bouquets and gift boxes to customers in the Philippines. | E-commerce & MarketplacesFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Humble Sustainability brings IT equipment back into circularity by helping businesses securely dispose of unused equipment and connecting buyers with quality-tested electronics | Space & DefenseE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- gobicore.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 5
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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