SCALE NCR
SCALE NCR (Strategic and Collaborative Alliance for Leveraging Ecosystems of Startups – National Capital Region) is a DOST-backed consortium of university and private technology business incubators in Metro Manila, working to grow technology startups across the region's 17 cities.
Philippines
What they focus on
- SCALE NCR is a consortium of technology business incubators established by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) to accelerate startup growth in Metro Manila.
- Its members include QBO Innovation, DLSU Animo Labs, the Miriam College Technology Business Incubator, Adamson University AdUNest, Mapúa Think & Tinker Laboratory, UST TomasInno Center, UP Diliman UPSCALE and TIP NITRO.
- Under DOST's ReSEED program, SCALE NCR is building a five-year Startup Development Roadmap for Metro Manila, starting with a mapping of all 17 NCR cities.
- Its work covers mapping the startup landscape, training incubator staff, building an investor network and bringing incubation to more schools.
- With DOST-NCR, SCALE NCR helps set up new academe-based incubators, such as one at the Colegio de Muntinlupa.
Programs
- Metro Manila Startup Development Roadmap. Five-year roadmap and 17-city ecosystem mapping under DOST ReSEED
On SEA Bridge
- SEA Bridge Exchanges Five MoUs to Open a Thailand-Philippines Innovation Corridor
- 2nd Thailand-Philippines Business Forum
Sources
Last checked
November 7, 2026
SEA Bridge and SCALE NCR exchanged an MoU at the 2nd Thailand-Philippines Business Forum in Manila in July 2026, on startup cooperation between Metro Manila and Thailand.