Our Story
Started by friends who kept building this evening ourselves.
We're a small group of friends in the Philippines who love to travel and collect experiences — the kind of evening that's more than a reservation: a chef cooking just for your table, live music you didn't have to book separately, a space that feels chosen for you. We kept putting nights like that together for ourselves and for each other, and eventually asked why it wasn't easier for everyone else to do the same.
That's Tagpo. We're starting with what we know best — private fine dining — but the belief underneath it is bigger: these experiences shouldn't be reserved for people who already know the right chef, the right venue, the right musician. We want to make them accessible to more Filipinos, not by lowering the bar, but by making the very good, independent talent that's already out there easier to find and book.
Down the line, we want Tagpo to be more than a booking layer — we're planning community events built around shared interests, not just one-off experiences. If that sounds like your kind of thing, it starts with signing up.
The Team
Different backgrounds, one thing in common.
We come from data, AI, sales, and fintech — brought together by the same excuse to throw a good dinner party.
Jude Teves
Co-founder & CTO
Data scientist and AI engineer by background, community builder by nature — builds the product and the systems behind it.
Bea Palomar
Co-founder & CRO
Sales leader with a fintech background and a community builder — turns the vision into real relationships and real bookings.
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