Experience. Expertise. Synergies.

Equity Labs bring together the collective expertise and experience of our team in delivering exceptional financial advice to startups globally.

Our Approach

We built our reputation as a leading financial advisory firm through delivering innovative solutions and practical insights to our clients. Our approach of combining experience and expertise in finance, accounting, and regulations have deeply strengthened our unique position in the startup ecosystem.

We take a proactive approach to help our clients by working closely with founders, management, and key persons to continually create and build value for our clients through providing insights, network, and advice.

Our Leaders

Our leaders bring decades of professional experience and deep domain expertise in their respective practice areas

Filbert Richerd Ng Tsai

Managing Director

Consulting Practice

Filbert leads the consulting practice of the Firm specializing in corporate finance, regulatory strategy, and complex transactions. Since establishing Equity Labs in 2017, he had led several large scale projects in the Philippines for startups and established MSMEs on financial transformation, deal advisory, and structured transactions.

He is a lecturer in corporate finance and management consultancy at the University of Asia and the Pacific and the Far Eastern University and serves as a mentor in The Final Pitch.

He also contributes thought leadership articles on Tech in Asia and Business Mirror.

He was previously an advisor to the Philippine Regulatory Board of Accountancy and a member of the Quality Assurance Review Committee of the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountant. He was also a consulting manager at EY in the UK in which he have worked on globally significant projects including the largest IPO globally.

Irene Yuson

Director

Managed Services Practice

Irene leads the managed services practice of the firm dealing with accounting, compliance, and reportorial requirements of our clients in the Philippines and overseas. She brings with her more than ten years of experience in leading professional services firm Accenture and SGV (EY Philippines).

Ricson Penaflorida

Director

Consulting Practice

Ricson is a director in the consulting practice supporting fintech companies. He is highly experienced finance professional in the financial services industry with almost two decades of professional experience in Gibraltar, United Kingdom, and the United States of America.

Filbert Richerd Ng Tsai

Managing Director

Consulting Practice

Filbert Richerd Ng Tsai

Managing Director

Consulting Practice

Filbert leads the consulting practice of the Firm specializing in corporate finance, regulatory strategy, and complex transactions. Since establishing Equity Labs in 2017, he had led several large scale projects in the Philippines for startups and established MSMEs on financial transformation, deal advisory, and structured transactions.

He is a lecturer in corporate finance and management consultancy at the University of Asia and the Pacific and the Far Eastern University and serves as a mentor in The Final Pitch.

He also contributes thought leadership articles on Tech in Asia and Business Mirror.

He was previously an advisor to the Philippine Regulatory Board of Accountancy and a member of the Quality Assurance Review Committee of the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountant. He was also a consulting manager at EY in the UK in which he have worked on globally significant projects including the largest IPO globally.

Irene Yuson

Director

Managed Services Practice

Irene Yuson

Director

Managed Services Practice

Irene leads the managed services practice of the firm dealing with accounting, compliance, and reportorial requirements of our clients in the Philippines and overseas. She brings with her more than ten years of experience in leading professional services firm Accenture and SGV (EY Philippines).

Ricson Penaflorida

Director

Consulting Practice

Ricson Penaflorida

Director

Consulting Practice

Ricson is a director in the consulting practice supporting fintech companies. He is highly experienced finance professional in the financial services industry with almost two decades of professional experience in Gibraltar, United Kingdom, and the United States of America.

Our Projects

We rebranded to Equity Labs in 2021 as we expanded our Firm to invest in internal ventures that allows our consultants to further develop holistic entrepreneurial skills outside of their technical skills.

Our venture building philosophy is simple - develop products that we'll use. To-date, we have invested time in the following projects:

Incorpirata

Planning to register your business without getting lost with the complex legal jargon?

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We have been advising and assisting businesses in getting their business registered right. From weaving through the complexity of regulated industries requiring secondary licenses to securing license to do business for foreign corporations, all these goes through a total blackhole once the process starts.

Incorpirata was created to address this problem. Let's make business registration simpler, digital, and transparent.

Our platform was created to allow business owners to register their business digitally through our platform and get live updates throughout the lifecycle of the business registration - what's more? You get access to digital copies of all documents once we receive them from the regulators.

Pirate Hub Spaces

Need to get your business registered without a physical office address?

Getting a business registered requires a business address that is compliant with the requirements of the local government unit. While some opt to use their home address, this could often lead to registration failure due to lack of compliance requirements.

Pirate Hub Spaces is an allied offering of Incorpirata to allow companies to get registered smoothly and cost effectively.

Our virtual office space offering at the Pirate Hub Spaces is exclusive to Equity Labs, Incorpirata, and Project Scribe clients in compliance with stringent compliance requirements that we need to follow.

Project Scribe

Is there a better way to keep track and prepare compliance requirements?

Compliance is a big ask in the Philippines. From maintaining all your registration documents to keeping track of regulatory filing deadlines throughout the year, navigating what's needed by your business (and keeping them for God's sake!) is more than a full-time job.

Project Scribe was created to spark joy for corporate secretaries through our... Scribe.

Our platform was created as a repository of corporate housekeeping documentation to make your life easier as you prepare for future due diligence. From keeping records of digital document to assisting you in getting your annual General Information Sheet (Philippine version of confirmation statement or annual return), Project Scribe will be there to make the corporate secretary's life a bit more bearable.