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

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

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.