Your end-to-end market entry partner — from entity setup and regulatory compliance to local partnerships, talent, and go-to-market execution.
Leaders in our network
Industries served
Typical soft landing sprint
Expansion pathway ready
The Philippines is one of Southeast Asia's fastest-growing digital economies. Yet foreign companies routinely lose 6–18 months to avoidable friction.
SEC, BIR, PEZA, BOI — navigating overlapping government agencies without a local guide adds months and legal exposure to any entry.
Business in the Philippines runs on relationships. Without warm introductions to the right decision-makers, pipeline-building stalls from day one.
Finding senior, mission-aligned talent in a new market — without the institutional networks that took years to build locally — is extremely costly.
Filipino business culture rewards trust, face-saving, and long-term reciprocity. Transactional Western approaches consistently misfire in the early stages.
Without a tested playbook, most new entrants spend the first year learning what works — burning runway before generating any meaningful revenue.
Physical presence signals seriousness to Philippine clients and regulators. A credible operational anchor accelerates trust and deal velocity dramatically.
"A structured, high-touch market entry system — not just consulting, but co-execution."
We've spent over a decade building institutional relationships across government, enterprise, and startup ecosystems in the Philippines and ASEAN. We put that entire network at your service from week one.
Request Program DetailsA structured, milestone-driven engagement — tailored to your industry, entity structure, and market window. Most clients are operational and generating pipeline within 90 days.
We map the competitive landscape, regulatory requirements, and ideal entry vehicle for your business — and define success metrics together.
Week 1–2Legal entity registration, BIR enrollment, bank account opening, and all statutory filings — handled in parallel with your operational planning.
Week 2–5Curated introductions to strategic partners, government stakeholders, potential clients, and talent — through warm, context-rich introductions from our network.
Week 3–6Co-execute your Philippine go-to-market: positioning, sales motion, first client outreach, and a market presence event that announces your arrival.
Week 5–10Ongoing advisory, governance support, and optional ASEAN expansion scoping — ensuring your Philippine operation becomes a durable growth engine.
Month 3–12+We work with organizations that have done their homework — and need a trusted, senior-level partner to execute.
SaaS, AI platforms, and deep-tech firms entering PH's fast-growing digital enterprise market.
Companies navigating FDA-PH, DOH partnerships, and the country's fragmented health distribution landscape.
Players targeting PH's 70M+ unbanked population and BSP's progressive digital banking regulatory environment.
Providers entering one of Asia's most English-proficient, digitally-hungry talent and consumer markets.
Firms targeting government digital transformation, DICT procurement, and critical infrastructure modernization.
Climate, circular economy, and impact-focused ventures aligned with ASEAN's green transition commitments.
Exoasia is not a traditional advisory firm. We are an active venture studio and innovation hub — which means we have skin in the game, live institutional relationships, and real operating infrastructure you can leverage from day one.
Active roles in GACPh, PSAC-DI, Cybersecurity Council PH, and the ASEAN AI Workstream — across government, enterprise, and multilateral bodies.
All market entry engagements are structured using evidence-based entrepreneurship and lean innovation principles — tested across 20+ industries over two decades.
With active hubs in Metro Manila and Penang, Malaysia — your Philippine soft landing can immediately connect to a broader ASEAN expansion strategy.
You engage directly with Mack Comandante and the Exoasia leadership team — not junior consultants. Every commitment is backed at the principal level.
A USD 400B+ economy, 115M consumers, and one of ASEAN's fastest-growing digital infrastructure buildouts — with a government actively incentivizing foreign investment.
Book a no-obligation Discovery Call with our team. We'll assess your readiness, map the fastest path to market, and show you exactly what a Soft Landing engagement looks like for your business.
Exoasia Innovation Hub · Metro Manila, Philippines · Penang, Malaysia
[email protected] · +63 917 505 2409