Prototype

Investracture

A mobile-based application for investments, entrepreneurial partnerships and negotiations

Details

Role

Project Lead & UI/UX Designer

Project Type

Course Project

Duration

3 Months

Status

Mobile Prototype

Recognition

Philippine Startup Challenge 9, Region VI - Regional Finalist

Built With

Figma

Canva

Adobe Photoshop

What it is

A Philippine equity crowdfunding concept prototyped as a mobile app. MSMEs get a lasting business profile and funding presence, while investors can discover businesses, connect with them, and track their holdings in one place.

It is not a donation or rewards platform. The funding stages were still a product direction rather than a fully specified finance system. The course project later became a Regional Finalist in Philippine Startup Challenge 9, Region VI.

The problem

Context

MSMEs looking for growth capital still pitch through decks, chats, and one-off campaigns. Investors have few places to see Filipino businesses as more than a fundraising deadline.

Impact

Local companies miss equity funding, investors cannot follow a business after they put money in, and sensitive details get shared too widely just to start a conversation.

What I did

I was the sole designer and project lead. I planned the information architecture and built the clickable mobile prototype.

Planning the user flow and information architecture for both MSME and investor sides.
Designing the interface, reusable components, and interactive elements.

Building the complete clickable mobile prototype in Figma.
Designing business listings, profiles, messages, funding screens, and investor portfolio views for both roles.

How I designed it

Design the MSME side as a business site

Home, profile, funding, investors, messages, and updates follow the company, not a temporary campaign admin screen.

Separate listing from profile

A listing is the discovery summary. The profile is the full business presentation, so investors evaluate the company rather than a campaign card.

Show investors a wallet, not a dashboard dump

Holdings, allocation, returns, and history are the home. Public profiles stay light so confidential details are not on display.

Keep reusable pieces across roles

Lists, profiles, messages, notifications, and news reuse the same patterns so MSME and investor still feel like one product.

Main features

Business profiles

MSMEs present a lasting profile: products, location, and milestones, not only a fundraising target.

Investor portfolio

Investors track holdings, allocation, returns, and history like a wallet after they commit.

News and alerts

Business updates, funding milestones, and messages without turning the home into a control panel.

Role-based homes

MSMEs get a business site. Investors get discovery and a portfolio, sharing the same product language.

In-app messages

MSMEs and investors talk on the platform. Public profiles omit details that should stay confidential.

Built with

Figma

Built the complete clickable prototype, including MSME and investor screens, listings, profiles, messages, news, and interactive flows.

Canva

Created listing, news, and marketing visuals used throughout the prototype.

Adobe Photoshop

Created and refined the platform logo.

Hard parts and how I solved them

Two products that still feel like one app

A business-site MSME home and an investor portfolio still share lists, profiles, messages, and news instead of splitting into two apps.

Making a prototype feel credible

The screens show the idea of a round and a portfolio so the flow could be judged without a live backend.

Starting both sides without a long setup

MSME and investor each needed a short first path: a profile, a listing, then discovery, without turning the prototype into an onboarding product.

Keeping discovery public and finances private

Listings and profiles show enough to start a conversation, while sensitive investor and financial detail stays off public screens.

Showing an equity idea without a round engine

Funding stages stayed directional. The screens needed to suggest a round without specifying Pre-Seed through Expansion as a finished product.

How it works

1
An MSME lists the business
A listing goes live, then a profile presents the company in more detail.
2
An investor discovers and opens the profile
Browse listings, then review the business, performance, and funding idea.
3
They connect in-app
Messages stay on the platform. Public profiles do not expose private investor or financial detail.
4
The investor tracks the holding
Amount, activity, and MSME updates sit in the portfolio after they commit.

What came from it

The course project became a competition-ready mobile prototype: MSME profiles, a funding-round idea, messages, and an investor portfolio.

It was selected as a Regional Finalist in the Philippine Startup Challenge 9, Region VI. It remains a clickable prototype, not a live marketplace.

What I learned

The finance sector goes deep. Equity terms, disclosure, and investor protection sit far beyond what a course prototype can fully design.
These issues are still hard to address. Filipino MSMEs still lack a simple place to raise equity, and the prototype only works around that gap.
One product is one of many solutions. A clickable mobile flow can show the idea without claiming to fix the whole market.

Screenshots

Entrepreneur Side Pages

Investors List

Directory of potential investors with filtering and profile preview for faster matching.

Investor Side Pages

News and Insights

Market news feed to help users make informed investment and growth decisions.

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