We got tired of watching Filipinos guess.
Apolaki is the Philippines' first solar adoption platform. We started it because everyone we spoke to wanted solar and nobody could get a straight answer about it.
Why we started.
Filipino homes pay some of the highest electricity rates in Southeast Asia. Solar obviously makes sense here. Yet every homeowner we met was stuck at the same place: three quotes that did not agree, no way to check who was legitimate, and a phone that would not stop ringing once they asked a single question.
That is not a technology problem. It is a trust problem. So we built the thing we kept wishing existed: an independent first step that gives you the numbers before anyone gets your number.
Solar energy, made simple
Every Filipino deserves a simpler path to clean energy.
We educate before we persuade, and guide before we sell.
A future where every Filipino home can power itself.
Vision & mission.
A future where every Filipino can achieve energy independence through clean energy.
To remove the barriers that prevent Filipinos from adopting clean energy.
How we got here.
From a classroom in Makati to a roof in Metro Manila, in about sixteen months.
Three of us met through the Asian Institute of Management's Master in Innovation and Business programme.
We went looking at carbon markets and clean energy. CarbonConnect was born.
We stopped guessing and went and asked. Dozens of conversations confirmed the same thing: going solar in the Philippines is confusing, and nobody trusts the quotes.
First working prototype. Rough, but it read a bill and produced a number.
CarbonConnect became Apolaki, and we were selected for the UNLEASH Prototyping Programme.
We onboarded our first verified installer partner and completed our first solar installation. The idea stopped being an idea.
Soft launched the platform, expanded what it could do, and put up our website and Facebook page.
Presenting Apolaki at the AIM MIB Demo Day.
What we hold to.
Clarity
We make a complicated decision simple with clear, honest, practical information.
Trust
Transparency, integrity and accountability. We would rather lose a sale than a reputation.
Impact
Every decision should create real value for homeowners, partners, and the wider shift to clean energy.
Built by three MIB students, and still building
Apolaki is operated by VESS Energy Corp. from Mandaluyong City. If you want to partner, invest, or just ask what we are up to, we answer our own email.
Our journey continues with yours.
Start with your electricity bill and find out where you stand.