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Core Capital

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Core Capital

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About Core Capital

Core Capital is a Manila-based venture capital firm founded in 2018 by partners Jason Gaisano, Ken Ngo, and Carlo Chen-Delantar, with five partners and nine or more confirmed investments to date. Its flagship investment vehicle, the Gobi-Core Philippine Fund, is co-managed jointly with Pan-Asian VC firm Gobi Partners — already a separate entry in this directory — which makes Core Capital the Philippine general partner behind that joint fund rather than a fully independent, unconnected firm.

Confirmed portfolio includes Humble Sustainability, a circular-economy/sustainability company, and Edukasyon.ph, a Philippine education-and-careers platform.

Investment Thesis

Core Capital backs early-stage Filipino technology founders, primarily through its joint Gobi-Core Philippine Fund vehicle with Gobi Partners — the two firms share sourcing, capital, and portfolio support for Philippine deals rather than operating as fully separate funds in this market. Sector interest documented across its confirmed deals spans sustainability/circular-economy businesses and education technology, consistent with Gobi-Core's own broader stated mandate (healthcare, edtech, consumer, fintech, and related sectors). Founders should understand that engaging with Core Capital and engaging with Gobi-Core Philippine Fund are, for most practical purposes, the same relationship, not two independent options.

Portfolio Companies

Humble Sustainability, Edukasyon.ph

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