NZ entrepreneurs
Magellan Fetalino
Acudeen, Founder and CEO
Magellan is the founder and CEO of Acudeen Technologies, an online peer-to-peer marketplace for receivables discounting in the Philippines.
In May 2019, Magellan travelled alongside six other leading ASEAN technology entrepreneurs to New Zealand. In New Zealand, the group visited technology companies, networked with local tech entrepreneurs and attended Techweek - New Zealand's leading technology festival, showcasing the latest developments in the tech sector.
“We were not really that aware of what’s happening in New Zealand," Magellan says.
"Every time we look at model businesses, we’d look at America, we’d look at Europe, we’d look at our Singapore neighbours. But we don’t really look at New Zealand as a benchmark.
"But this week covered a lot of very interesting projects coming out of New Zealand, like FaceMe, and I also had the realisation that there’s a lot of lessons here in New Zealand that we can bring to the Philippines."