<article>Philippine accelerator <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://www.katalyst.ph/">Katalyst.ph</a> is introducing a new angel-led investment platform that offers negotiation features.</article>

Philippine accelerator <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://www.katalyst.ph/">Katalyst.ph</a> is introducing a new angel-led investment platform that offers negotiation features.
&#8220;It is a built-in CRM (customer resource management) and social media for startups,&#8221; said Katalyst founder Joe Maristela during an exclusive interview with <a style="color: #000080;" href="dealstreetasia.com">DEALSTREETASIA</a>.
Unlike other angel-led investment platforms like US-based <a style="color: #000080;" href="https://angel.co/" target="_blank">AngelList</a>, and UK&#8217;s <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://www.angelsden.com/" target="_blank">AngelsDen</a>, Katalyst&#8217;s key differentiator is its negotiation feature where investors and startups can negotiate on terms and collaborate on term sheets together online as they provide the supporting documents.
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The website appears pretty generic, like in newsfeed format one can see who the startups are interacting with. It shows a startup&#8217;s profile, traction, deck, presentation, and also different organisations.
&#8220;It works like a Google doc where you can collaborate and post comments. Usually their lawyers are the only ones who are allowed to edit the term sheet. The output is like a secured document with a water mark we have to sign. So the two parties would meet, sign, upload to finish the transaction on Katalyst,&#8221; Maristela said.
He noted, however, that in other platforms there is no way of verifying other than manually.
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&#8220;In this way, we&#8217;ll be able to certify the transaction. People&#8217;s portfolio online on Katalyst will be their actual portfolios if they choose to disclose. The thing about some of the investors that we partnered with is that they want to protect their identity, keep things confidential,&#8221; Maristela added.
The Katalyst platform is now on its fourth revision since it started only as a registration system last November. The company aims to have an official launch this month.
Maristela hopes the platform could be a way to bridge the gap between innovation and capital, pointing out there is a lot of capital but there is no way to access it because innovation is not compatible, digestible, or comprehensible by people with money in the Philippines.
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&#8220;You see big businesses still run on paper for the most,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The Katalyst platform is good for the startup community. I think if we can bring the startups to be comprehensible, especially to the wealthy traditional businessmen.&#8221;
Since becoming an angel investor last year, Maristela has so far supported a number of startups mostly fintech-related like Qwikwire, <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://sci.ph">Satoshi Citadel Industries</a> (SCI) , and Cointelegraph.
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