Manila-based startup Teko provides convenience and job opportunities amid pandemic
Three years after its launch in 2017, local startup Teko steps into the limelight post-lockdown, stronger and even more committed to provide convenience and job opportunities to Filipinos than ever before. It started with a broken fridge In 2017, Teko’s CEO and co-founder Farah Barre just moved to the Philippines from the United States and noticed that there is an opportunity to create an online platform that lets homeowners and businesses conveniently request for appliance repairs. “Our fridge needed repairs at that time and was surprised that for a country full of heavy internet-users, there were no online appliance repair services available” Barre recalled. “Being the entrepreneur that I am, I thought that if I cannot get a service that allows me to easily book online a reliable technician, I might as well create one. And that’s basically Teko’s origin story,” added Barre. By June, Barre launched Teko with only $30,000 capital using his Credit Card. After gaining initial tracti
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