🧢 Paul Pajo

Helped raise 62.3M PHP (~ $1.1M) in equity-free government funding since March 2023 for 14 Philippine startups in my role as Director & TBI (Technology Business Incubator) Manager for Benilde HIFI DOST TBI

📍 Philippines🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 7 years investing🗓 Last invested Mar 2021
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Board Member
Jun 2020
Plentina gives emerging market consumers and businesses the tools they need to grow their financial wellness. We leverage artificial intelligence and corporate partnerships to unlock more financial services to more creditworthy consumers.
Co-Founder & Founding Board Member
Nov 2019
The Embiggen Group is an award-winning international growth & transformation company. We help forward thinking organizations achieve exponential growth & transformation wherever they are in their innovation journey by building an innovation operating system and technology stack to become a resilient organization.
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2021
Limited Partner
Mar 2021
At Behind Genius Ventures, we believe in the business value of storytelling. We prioritize founders who demonstrate strong storytelling capabilities. We take a people-oriented approach to investing and the evaluation of founders. We maintain a proudly generalist investing thesis in order to stay flexible and adapt as the market changes, allowing us to back the best and brightest founders. As a firm with a solo GP, we want to feel strong conviction in the founder’s problem-solution. We value autonomy in our decision-making process, and hope our investment becomes a signal to other investors. If there’s one X factor the companies we back share in common, it’s that design and beauty are valued alongside functional products. Paige Finn Doherty is the Managing Partner of Behind Genius Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm that leans into the power of storytelling to back timeless companies building the future of work and play. Previously, Paige spent time at WorkOS as a Developer Success Engineer and TVC Capital, a B2B software-focused growth equity firm. She has written a children’s book about venture capital called Seed to Harvest, and now hosts a podcast by the same name. One of the youngest female solo GPs in the world, she was the 2022 Forbes Under 30 Standout for Venture Capital.
2020
Board Member
Jun 2020
Plentina gives emerging market consumers and businesses the tools they need to grow their financial wellness. We leverage artificial intelligence and corporate partnerships to unlock more financial services to more creditworthy consumers.
2019
Co-Founder & Founding Board Member
Nov 2019
The Embiggen Group is an award-winning international growth & transformation company. We help forward thinking organizations achieve exponential growth & transformation wherever they are in their innovation journey by building an innovation operating system and technology stack to become a resilient organization.
2011
Developer Evangelist (PRiSM, Partner Management, Developer Relations)
Dec 2011
Smart Communications Inc. is a wholly-owned wireless communications and digital services subsidiary of PLDT, Inc., the Philippines’ largest and only integrated telecommunications company. Smart serves approximately 96% of the country’s cities and municipalities with its combined 2G, 3G, 4G LTE, and 5G network*, providing mobile communications services, high-speed internet connectivity, and access to digital services and content to over 71.8 million Filipinos*, supporting the country’s growing digital economy, and providing the best customer experience for an increasingly digital Filipino lifestyle. Wearing multiple hats in telecommunications, multimedia and technology, we are one of the biggest, most diverse and profitable companies in the country. We continuously aim to innovate market-shaping products that are relevant to our customers’ evolving needs and lifestyle. At Smart, we have built an organization with a mindset biased for action, innovation and constant change. Our goal – to come out with market shaping services that are relevant to the needs of our customers. OUR PURPOSE: We are a Filipino company inspiring innovation and meaningful connections through generations. OUR VISION: We aspire to be a happy space using technology to empower and build bridges of collaboration across sectors and and communities towards a sustainable future. OUR MISSION: We promise that our people will deliver meaningful connections and experiences for our customers to live a fuller life OUR VALUES: The Customer is our North Star We trust each other to do the right thing We are One Our People are Our Family Malasakit is our Strength Together We can do great things at speed Joining the countrys #1 mobile network is not just a job—its an adventure, a learning experience, and a rewarding opportunity, all rolled into one exciting package. Be in a career like never before! Career Opportunities: https://careers.pldt.com.ph/SMART/go/Smart-Careers/5257110/
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