Our team

The people andpartners behindKLARO

We are the operators and researchers behind KLARO, and we build it for growing Philippine businesses that still run on logbooks, delivery receipts, and group chats. Our work is to help owners see their numbers in seconds from the paper records their teams already keep, with no new system to adopt, no encoding, and no overhaul.

Zachary Alabastro

Zachary Alabastro

Chief Executive Officer

Leads KLARO’s product and technology so that owners can see their numbers in seconds from the paper records their teams already keep.

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Zachary sets the direction for KLARO’s product and technology, bringing a background in software engineering and applied AI research to one practical goal, which is turning a handwritten receipt into a number an owner can trust and trace back to the page it came from.

Beatrice Lui

Beatrice Lui

Chief Operating Officer

Drives KLARO’s growth, partnerships, and day-to-day execution, bringing venture, startup, and community-building experience to the businesses we serve.

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Beatrice leads growth, partnerships, and operations at KLARO, working with business owners, institutions, and private organizations so that more growing Philippine businesses can get a clear view of their numbers without overhauling how they work.

Our approach

Built with operators, not for them.

Product decisions come from time spent with teams in outlets, offices, kitchens, and warehouses, watching how sales, stock, and collections actually get written down in the middle of a busy day, which is why KLARO adapts to your paperwork instead of asking your team to change it.

The gap we are solving

Your numbers are already written down, just hard to see.

Most growing Philippine businesses already record what matters in logbooks, delivery receipts, and invoices, yet when an owner wants to know today’s sales, stock, or cash position, the answer still depends on texting staff, waiting for the bookkeeper, or flipping through pages. By the time the picture is clear, stockouts and unpaid accounts may have already cost the business money it had earned.

The usual fix is a new system, which tends to mean consultants, retraining, and data entry that a busy team has no time for. KLARO takes the opposite route by letting your team keep writing the way it always has, so that you only need to snap the record and approve it, and every number stays linked to the document it came from.

One approved record updates sales, inventory, and receivables at once, which shows you who owes you, what’s running low, and what you actually earned without waiting for month-end. It gives you what companies pay for digital transformation to get, without the transformation.

Our stakeholders & partners

Our agriculture & community impact partners

KLARO began with agricultural cooperatives and terminals, and although our product now serves growing Philippine businesses in distribution, food service, retail, trading, and services, we continue this work as a CSR and sustainability commitment that keeps us close to the people who run on paper every day.

NVAT

Nueva Vizcaya Agricultural Terminal

Agricultural distribution partner

One of the region’s largest agricultural terminal hubs, partnering on digitalization and operating efficiency as part of our CSR commitment.

Greens For Good

Greens For Good

Farmer cooperative & community partner

A Metro Manila farmer cooperative focused on accessible technology, productivity gains, and stronger supply chain coordination.

QC Pangkabuhayan

QC Pangkabuhayan Program

Livelihood & social development

A Quezon City livelihood program exploring digital tools that improve community support and program delivery.

Farm Forward Initiatives

Farm Forward Initiatives

Farmer training & livelihoods

A farmer-chef initiative helping growers build stronger supply chains, cooperative training, and long-term agribusiness capacity.

HanapGulay

HanapGulay

Digital agriculture partner

A community initiative building digital connections between farmers, produce buyers, and local operations.

Lakay Nga Lomboy

Lakay Nga Lomboy Farm

Integrated farm & learning partner

An ATI-certified farm and learning hub focused on sustainable agriculture, farmer education, and diversified farming systems.

Partners and incubator

Collaborating for innovation and impact

Our academic partners support the research and venture development behind KLARO, which helps us keep building for the way growing Philippine businesses actually work.

Ateneo BUILD

Ateneo BUILD

Research & innovation partner

A multidisciplinary center connecting academia and industry through applied research, data-driven solutions, and venture development.

Ateneo ACSEnt

Ateneo ACSEnt

Social entrepreneurship partner

Advancing social transformation and nation-building through research, training, advocacy, and incubation.

Our shared mission

See your business in seconds, without changing how you work.

Together with our partners, we want every growing Philippine business to see what was sold, who owes them, and what’s running low from the paper records it already keeps, so that owners can make the call today instead of finding out at month-end.