MANILA, Philippines, January 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Brave Connective Holdings Inc. (BCHI) has entered into a strategic partnership with Plug and Play, one of the world’s largest innovation platforms. This collaboration marks an important milestone in Brave Connective’s roadmap to evolve its digital ecosystem across advertising, data, communications and loyalty through global startup and technology co-creation.
As part of this partnership, Plug and Play will co-develop a strategic innovation roadmap to accelerate Brave Connective’s multi-brand growth and regional expansion. This commitment will also allow Brave Connective and its portfolio companies to connect to the global Plug and Play network of more than 550 partner companies, 100,000 startups and 60 innovation hubs around the world.
“Brave Connective hopes to integrate the strengths of its portfolio companies – m360 for omnichannel communications, AdSpark for data-driven marketing and advertising, Inquiro for privacy-driven analytics and insights, and Rush for customer loyalty and engagement – to help Philippine businesses evolve in the digital economy,” said Nikko Acosta, group president and CEO of Brave Connective Holdings Inc. “Our partnership with Plug and Play helps us to fulfill this mission by giving us access to global innovation practices and startup ecosystems, as well as opening up new perspectives. collaboration opportunities with multiple markets,” adds Acosta.
Through this commitment, Brave will have access to Playbook, Plug and Play innovation platform, startup presentations, participate in the APAC Summit and other global industry exhibitions. This will help Brave recognize and test promising technologies and establish strategic relationships aimed at strengthening its capabilities in AI, MarTech, AdTech and CPaaS.
“Plug and Play is excited to welcome Brave Connective to our global innovation community,” said Jupe Tan, Managing Partner, Plug and Play APAC. “Brave’s digital business ecosystem is a good example of how business creation can drive transformation. Together, we aim to co-create new pathways for digital industries and markets in the Philippines and Southeast Asia to thrive in a broader innovation landscape.
This partnership is part of Brave’s broader strategy to institutionalize innovative technologies within its growing portfolio of companies, strengthen its position in the Philippines market and expand its regional opportunities. It also reflects Globe and 917Ventures’ shared vision to strengthen the country’s participation in the global innovation economy by linking business challenges with world-class startup capabilities.
About Brave Connective Holdings Inc.
Brave Connective Holdings Inc. (BCHI) is an omnitech solutions provider and a wholly owned subsidiary of Globe Capital Ventures Holdings, Inc. Its portfolio integrates communications (m360), digital advertising (AdSpark), data technology (Inquiro) and customer engagement solutions (Rush) to power AI-driven customer engagement, privacy-driven personalization and scalable business transformation. BCHI serves partner companies throughout Southeast Asia.
https://www.braveconnective.ph/
About Plug and Play
Plug and Play is the leading innovation platform connecting startups, enterprises, venture capitalists, universities and government agencies. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, we operate in more than 60 locations across five continents. We deliver corporate innovation programs and support our partner companies at every stage of their innovation journey, from training to execution. We also run startup accelerator programs and have created internal venture capital to drive innovation across multiple industries, where we have invested in hundreds of successful companies, including Dropbox, Guardant Health, Honey, Lending Club, N26, PayPal and Rappi.
Our Asia Pacific headquarters launched in Singapore in 2010 and we now operate in five cities across Southeast Asia with additional locations in China, Japan, Korea and India. We work closely with the public and private sectors with programs, innovation initiatives and early-stage investments across the region.
For more information, visit https://www.plugandplayapac.com
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