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Clean Energy
Renewables, storage and commercial-scale power for industrial and digital loads.
Jay Jaboneta / Sannex Ventures
Sannex Ventures · CEO & Founding DirectorWhere two markets meet.
Singapore has the capital and the institutions. Davao City has the growth, the land and the talent. Sannex Ventures is the Singapore-incorporated corridor integrator between them — originating projects in Davao that Singapore can invest in, and carrying them from feasibility to delivery.
₱574.7BDavao City GDP in 2024, up 7.9% — the largest city economy in the Visayas and MindanaoPSA, released Oct 2025 · source
₱1.14TDavao Region's economy in 2025 — still the largest in MindanaoPSA, released Aug 2026 · source
#1Safest city in the Philippines, 3rd in Southeast Asia, on a resident-perception index (score 71.5)Numbeo Safety Index 2025 · source
≈ 2,500 kmBetween Singapore and Davao City — one corridor, two very different strengthsStraight-line distance
Why this corridor
Two cities that need each other.
Singapore capital is looking for growth markets. Davao is looking for partners it can trust to bring that capital in well. The opportunity on both sides is real. What has been thin is the connective tissue.
Singapore investors expect clean governance, bankable structures and a counterpart who speaks their language. Davao projects need someone who knows the permits, the land, the partners and the people who actually get things built. Very few teams are fluent in both.
That's the gap Sannex Ventures was built to close.
What Sannex does
A corridor integrator, not a generalist adviser.
Sannex doesn't wait for deals to arrive. We find and shape projects in Davao, match them with Singapore capital and companies, and stay on the ground until they're delivered.
OriginateIdentify and shape investable projects with Davao counterparts.
MatchBring Singapore investors, operators and institutions to the right table.
DeliverCarry projects from feasibility to execution with one integrated team.
Our thesis · Davao City, Knowledge City by 2030 · five sectors
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Data Centres & AI
Digital infrastructure that lets Davao serve as a second hub outside Metro Manila.
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Halal Agri-Export
Processing, cold chain and traceability for Mindanao produce into Singapore and ASEAN.
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Education & Workforce
International schooling, skills and Singapore-linked training models.
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Healthcare & Mobility
Diagnostics, health technology and urban transit modernisation.
Full services, team and engagement terms live at sannex.ventures.
On the corridor · 2026
In the rooms where the corridor gets built.
SBF Business Mission to the Philippines
Took part in the B2B Business Matching session of the 2026 Business Mission to the Philippines, run under Global Connect@SBF, an initiative of the Singapore Business Federation and Enterprise Singapore.
Davao Global Connect: Davao–Borneo Corridor Growth Forum
Panellist at the forum on growth along the Davao–Borneo corridor, held alongside the ASEAN Innovation Summit.
ASEAN Innovation Summit 2026
Plenary keynote, Human + AI: Building ASEAN's AI-Fluent Future — the workforce side of the corridor.
The consortium
Five disciplines. One team on both ends.
Each partner brings a discipline a cross-border project actually needs, so investors deal with one team instead of a chain of separate advisers.
From the first conversation to delivery.
- 01Construction & EngineeringDelivery experience on public infrastructure in the Philippines.
- 02Legal & Government RelationsCorporate, property and regulatory work with local government and national agencies.
- 03FinanceSingapore-based financial oversight, structuring and risk discipline.
- 04Trade & LogisticsSingapore trade and freight networks across Southeast Asian routes.
- 05Strategy & EcosystemsCorridor strategy, business development and emerging-technology integration.
My role
Building bridges is the work I've always done.
As CEO and Founding Director, I lead Sannex Ventures and its consortium. I hold the corridor thesis, originate the projects and build the relationships on both sides, with Singapore institutions and companies and with Davao's public and private sector.
It's the same pattern I've followed for twenty years: as the Office of the President's first Director for New Media, in building the Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation, in university innovation labs, and now through Kenzo AI. Make a possibility accessible, build trust on both sides, and design the system so it keeps working without one person at the centre.
Davao is also home ground: I studied at Ateneo de Davao University.
CEO & Founding Director · Sannex Ventures
Founder · Kenzo AI
Co-founder · Yellow Boat of Hope
TEDx · 4 stages, 3 countries
Start a conversation
Looking at Davao — or at Singapore?
Tell us what you're exploring: a market, a sector, a partner or a project. We'll tell you honestly whether the corridor is the right fit, and what the first move should be.
Here for a keynote or AI fluency work instead? Book Jay to speak or explore Organizational AI Fluency.
Sources · checked 2 October 2026
- Davao City GDP ₱574.72 billion in 2024, +7.9%, Philippine Statistics Authority — City Government of Davao, Oct 2025; largest economy in the Visayas and Mindanao — City Government of Davao
- Davao Region GRDP ₱1.14 trillion in 2025, Philippine Statistics Authority — Manila Bulletin, 24 Aug 2026
- Numbeo Safety Index 2025 (crowd-sourced perception index), Davao City 71.5 — Philippine Information Agency