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Planting the Seeds of Innovation: MinSU i-BIBES hosts 2nd InnoBIDAtion Festival

Witness the seeds of innovation as they bud out at the 𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐁𝐈𝐃𝐀𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 held on December 10 at the MinSU Main Campus Auditorium.

Mindoro State University’s flagship project, MinSU i-BIBES (Innovative Business Incubator for Biosystems Solutions) successfully hosted the 2nd InnoBIDAtion Festival held on December 10, 2025 at the MinSU Main Campus Auditorium.

With the theme, “Bridging Ideas, Driving Advancement: Transcending Towards Sustainable Innovation,” 17 incubatees geared up for their five-minute pitch presentations that introduce their innovative projects that answer real-world problems.

Evaluating and scrutinizing each presentation were the panel of judges, coming from their respectable fields: Mr. Armand Mañibo, CEO and Founder of Armful OPC; Engr. Joseph Amiel A. Camingal, ECE, CEO of Hive Energy PH; and Ar. Francis Neil B. Quijano, Lead Agritek, AGRITEKTURA Enterprises.

Together with Engr. Randy A. Joco, the University’s Director for Innovation, the judges also gathered for a collaborative discussion and forum, “From Idea to MVP: The 5 Essential Truths of Launching and Validating Your Startup Without Angel Money,” wherein participants were allowed to ask questions from the experts and ask for tips and advices on how to properly manage their businesses and startup projects.

After the 5-minute pitch presentations, the judges picked seven (7) incubatees to undergo the Pag-Ukob Program - a mentorship program of MinSU i-BIBES that provides full-scale mentorship, access to facilities, product development support and funding linkaging, among others.

The seven (7) remarkable incubatees that proved their worth are as follows:

1. Egginear Poultry Solutions
2. Team DOCS
3. Pangs Chocolate Mango
4. Jemell's Gourmet Catfish in Oil
5. AsiatiGuard
6. Pamalakaya
7. Tracesmart Rabbit Jerky

Mr. Leonel C. Mendoza, OIC-Vice President for Research, Innovation, Technology and Extension (RITE) also shared stories of successful innovations that came from small ideas, and encouraged the incubatees on their startup projects.

“There will be many ways to support you; you are not alone. MinSU and i-BIBES are here to help you with your brilliant ideas to be converted into something useful, and can be converted into a product that could be of help to our community,” he said.

With the right support and linkaging strategies, we shall see these innovations bloom and act as game-changers in their respective fields and industries. The MinSU i-BIBES continues to hone potentials and mold ideas to actualize into community solutions.

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