Asian Institute of Management –
Dado Banatao Incubator
Asian Institute of Management –
Dado Banatao Incubator
Scale-up your startup
Launched in 2017, the Asian Institute of Management – Dado Banatao Incubator (AIM-DBI) was created to address the Philippines’ lack of support programs for startup entrepreneurs. Since then, this program has helped launch over 61 startups from across the country and generated millions of jobs for Filipinos. Additionally, the program has garnered multiple awards and recognitions since its inception.
Our goal is to drive inclusive and long-term growth in the Philippines through technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship (TIE), providing solutions to current and emerging world problems, creating jobs, and distributing created wealth in a more equitable manner.
Innovation-driven entrepreneurs whose businesses have the potential to impact all of Asia’s sectors are encouraged to apply to the program. AIM-DBI takes on a hybrid mode of delivery to cater to the schedule of its students.
What We Offer
THINC AIM:
Acceleration, Incubation, Mentorship
Open for ideation to pre-early-stage startups
THINC SEED:
Seeding Entrepreneurial Education and Development
For technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship
THINC X:
Incubator for Incubator Program
For HEI and community-based incubator programs
Join the next cohort of Asian Institute of Management – Dado Banatao Incubator THINCOHORT program
We provide our startup founders with the opportunity to learn from industry leaders who are shaping Asia. With the guidance of Asian Institute of Management – Dado Banatao Incubator (AIM-DBI) incubation partners and mentors, startup founders are given updated, grounded, experience-based knowledge, tools, and guidance they need for scalability, profitability, and sustainability.
In this 12-month progressive development program, startup founders will deep dive into their startup founder’s identity, branding, finance and business, legal and corporate compliance, technology, business model innovation, data and artificial intelligence, people and culture, intellectual property, business investment readiness, fund-raising, and sustainability and impact.
How to be part of the Asian Institute of Management – Dado Banatao Incubator
The Asian Institute of Management – Dado Banatao Incubator (AIM-DBI) THINCOHORT Program is a twelve-month progressive development track for qualified pre- to early-stage startups.
Minimum Requirement:
Teams and founders with a strong and technical business background that pass AIM-DBI’s assessments.
Mode of Delivery:
Hybrid (Mostly Onsite)
Application Procedure:
- Download the application form.
- Save the file in PDF format with the file name “Startup Name – AIM-DBI THINCOHORT 2024-2025 Program Application”.
- Send to aimdbi@aim.edu, psantos@aim.edu, and rbenedicto@aim.edu with the email subject “AIM-DBI Startup Application”.
- Wait for a confirmation email from AIM-DBI Team regarding your submission and next steps.
Incubator Location:
AIM-Dado Banatao Incubator, AIM Conference Center Manila, corner Benavidez and Trasierra, Legaspi Village, Makati City, Philippines
Application for AIM-DBI THINCOHORT July 2025 to June 2026 Program
1 April to 30 May 2025
(Application Period)
2:00 PM, 30 May 2025 (Friday)
(Application Deadline)
May to June 2025
(Selection Process)
June 2025
(Announcement of Final Results and Onboarding)
Program Milestones
Start-Ups from across the Philippines
Multiple Awards and Recognitions (Local and International)
| One of the recipients of The Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) 2023 | Worth The Health CEO and founder Stephen Co for his contribution in the field of food technology innovation and entrepreneurship. |
| Runner-up at 2024 Wharton Business Plan Competition | Property management tech startup PropSuite |
| Second Placer at Roiquants International Pre-Seed Pitching Competition 2023 | Legal tech startup Digest |
| Named the 2023 Breakthrough Maverick by Glenfiddich’s Where Next Club Program | Agri-fisheries tech startup Mayani |
| One of the 2023 Philippines’ Top 30 Leaders of LinkedIn | FHMoms’ CEO and Founder MK Bertulfo |
| Won a PHP1,000,000 Grant from Startup QC Grant Program 2023 | AI health tech startup Indigo Research |
| Won the 2023 ASEAN Business Awards for Net Zero Leader Category in Indonesia | Farm-to-table agricultural technology startup Agrabah |
| Won the Emerging Market Solutions Award at the Asian Technology Entrepreneurship Conference (ATEC) 2023 Startup Competition | Agri-fisheries tech platform Mayani |
| Tatler Asia’s Gen.T List for 2023 | FHMom’s MK Bertulfo, Mayani’s JT Solis, and Worth The Health (WTH) Foods’ Stephen Co |
| Winner of the Katha Awards 2023 at the International Food Exhibition Philippines 2023 | Foodtech WTH Foods |
| Top 5 Finalists of the Scale it Up Innovation Challenge 2023 by Buhler, Cargill, and Givaudan in Singapore | Foodtech Worth The Health (WTH) Foods |
| Two PHP2,500,000 grants from the USAID TB Platform’s INNOVA[T]ION LA[B] 2022-2023 | Healthtech, SeeYouDoc, and Agritech Agbeam Farms |
| Alibaba Cloud’s AsiaStart 10×10 Impact Awardee 2022 | Agritech startup Agrabah |
| Esquire Philippines’ Trailblazer List of Startup Movers and Shakers in 2023 | Agritech and Agrabah |
| Grand Prize Winner + USD100,000 venture capital investment from SaaScon Philippines’ Impact 2023 Challenge | Fintech: Olivia |
| Impact Awardee, Cartier Women’s Initiative 2022 | Edutech startup InvestEd Founder and CEO Carmina Bayombong |
| One of the Vegpreneur Organization’s Founder to Watch Out in 2022 | Foodtech: Worth The Health (WTH) Foods Founder and CEO Stephen Michael Co |
| World Health Organization’s Western Pacific Innovation Challenge Winner – Innovation for the Future of Public Health 2022 | Govtech: AI4GOV |
| One of the Best Web Application Companies in Southeast Asia by BestStartup.Asia for 2022 | Healthtech: SeeYouDoc |
| Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia List for 2021 | AIM-DBI Startup Founders (InvestEd, Eskwelabs, Kumu) |
| 2021 Best Incubator Startup Program | Recognized by DOST-PCIEERD |
| Received Multi-Million Grants from DOST (PHP) in 2021-2022 | Agrabah, SeeYouDoc, Burket, eCFULFILL, Olivia |
| Received Multi-Million Investments (USD) in 2021-2022 | InvestEd, CocoPallet, Worth The Health (WTH) Foods, Kumu |
Asian Institute of Management – Dado Banatao Incubator Startups
