# Ayala

> Ayala is a VC fund in Makati backing Financial Services and Finance. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Makati, Philippines
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 29%
- Fund size: $180M
- Last fund: Oct 2020
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ayala-corporation/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ayala_1834
- Website: http://www.ayala.com.ph/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AyalaCorporation/

Ayala is a VC fund in Makati focused on Financial Services and Finance. Since 1834, they at Ayala have been the country’s long standing partner in its pursuit for progress and nation building. They have been developing businesses that transform industries, challenging the status quo, and bringing innovations here in the Philippines and abroad that contribute to the nation’s social and economic agenda.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 3 | 21% |
| Finance | 2 | 14% |
| Software | 2 | 14% |
| Agriculture | 2 | 14% |
| Enterprise Software | 2 | 14% |

36 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Secondary Market | 3 | 21% |
| Series B | 2 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 14% |
| Private Equity | 2 | 14% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 14% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Philippines | 4 | 29% |
| United States | 4 | 29% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 7% |
| Singapore | 1 | 7% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 7% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fernando Zobel De Ayala | President & COO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fernando-zobel-de-ayala |
| joshua casin | Co-Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joshua-casin |
| TG Limcaoco | CFO & Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tg-limcaoco |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| GCash | GCash (Mynt - Globe Fintech Innovations, Inc.) operates as a mobile payments service. It offers a platform where users can turn their mobile phones into a virtual wallet. Through the GCash app, users can send money, pay for items, and conduct other financial transactions quickly and conveniently. The company is part of the financial servicesindustry and has a workforce of around 2000 employees. It aims to realize a vision of a cashless society, making finance more accessible for all. |  | Private Equity | Apr 03, 2025 |  |
| iPeople | iPeople is an investment company that offers financial services to educational institutions and invests in research. | $6M | Secondary Market | Dec 10, 2024 |  |
| Mynt | Mynt is a partnership between Globe Telecom, the Ayala Corporation, and Ant Financial. Mynt's five key services include payments, remittances, loans, business solutions, and platforms. Mynt invents new solutions to solve important problems, perfecting those solutions, and delighting its customers. | $787.5M | Secondary Market | Aug 01, 2024 |  |
| Roslin Technologies | Roslin Tech is on a mission to improve protein production through disruptive technologies. Our core capability is in animal stem cells; we have developed the world’s perpetually self-renewing, pluripotent stem cells for animals (iPS cells) which will accelerate the development of cultivated meat for the consumer market. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 16, 2023 |  |
| KarmanEdge | KarmanEdge operates data centers in philippine, was formed as a JV from Globe, ST Telemedia and Ayala. | $175M | Secondary Market | Mar 02, 2022 |  |
| Mynt | Mynt is a partnership between Globe Telecom, the Ayala Corporation, and Ant Financial. Mynt's five key services include payments, remittances, loans, business solutions, and platforms. Mynt invents new solutions to solve important problems, perfecting those solutions, and delighting its customers. | $300M | Private Equity | Nov 02, 2021 |  |
| Mynt | Mynt is a partnership between Globe Telecom, the Ayala Corporation, and Ant Financial. Mynt's five key services include payments, remittances, loans, business solutions, and platforms. Mynt invents new solutions to solve important problems, perfecting those solutions, and delighting its customers. | $300M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 02, 2021 |  |
| SlashNext | SlashNext is the phishing authority and leading the fight to protect the world's internet users from phishing anywhere. SlashNext end-to-end phishing protection services utilize our patented SEER technology to detect zero-hour phishing threats by performing dynamic run-time analysis on billions of URLs a day through virtual browsers andmachine learning. Take advantage of SlashNext's services using mobile apps, browser extensions, and APIs that integrate with leading mobile endpoint management and IR tools. The company is headquartered in Pleasanton, California. | $23.5M | Series B | Oct 28, 2021 |  |
| SlashNext | SlashNext is the phishing authority and leading the fight to protect the world's internet users from phishing anywhere. SlashNext end-to-end phishing protection services utilize our patented SEER technology to detect zero-hour phishing threats by performing dynamic run-time analysis on billions of URLs a day through virtual browsers andmachine learning. Take advantage of SlashNext's services using mobile apps, browser extensions, and APIs that integrate with leading mobile endpoint management and IR tools. The company is headquartered in Pleasanton, California. | $26M | Series B | Aug 16, 2021 |  |
| ObvioHealth | ObvioHealth is a global digital health organization providing real-world digital clinical trials that deliver better data.Our mobile clinical study application allows for site-less trial design, allowing subjects to use their smartphones to participate in remote monitoring clinical trials from the comfort of their homes. For studies designed toinclude site visits, our application allows for continuous data collection in between visits to the clinic.By bringing the trial directly to the mobile device of each participant, our study team engages subjects daily using text message and chatbot features. This interaction allows for open communication and helps subjects feel involved during virtual clinical trials.The result: robust data collection, increased compliance, faster recruitment and improved time to completion.To assist with collecting real world data in clinical trials, our app can easy link to various health devices. They include Apple watches, Fitbits and activity trackers, along with Bluetooth scales, blood pressure monitors, and smart health apps.Participants can also use the app to schedule lab visits, or connect it with their PayPal account to receive compensation for decentralized clinical trials. And if the study team needs to talk with the participant during mobile clinical trials, the app allows for easy communication through chat or video.Visit Obviohealth.com to learn more about how our technology can help with observational clinical trials and virtual clinical trials. | $17M | Series A | Apr 14, 2020 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alter Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alter-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Amplo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amplo) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bow Wave Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bow-wave-capital-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Globe Telecom](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/globe-telecom) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ICCP Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iccp-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Insight Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/insight-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Ayala invest in?

Ayala invests primarily in Financial Services, Finance and Software startups, most often at Secondary Market and Series B stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Philippines. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Ayala?

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### Who are the partners at Ayala?

The team at Ayala includes Fernando Zobel De Ayala (President & COO), joshua casin (Co-Founder) and TG Limcaoco (CFO & Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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