[RECAP] Indonesia-Korea Tech Startup Demo Day

Jakarta, Oct  25th 2018 – South Korean Ministry of Startup and SMEs, together with South Korean Ministry of Sports, Culture and Tourism of South Korean and Indonesian Creative Economy Agency (BEKRAF) hosted the very first Indonesia-Korea Tech-Startup Demo Day at Soehana Hall, The Energy Building, Jakarta last Thursday (10/25). The event was aimed to initiate a connection between startups, investors and related stakeholders from Indonesia and South Korea. The Ambassador of the Republic of Korea, H.E Chang-beom Kim and K. Candra Negara, Director for International Relation of Bekraf opened the event with a big welcome.

25 startups from South Korea and Indonesia had the opportunity to pitch in front of more than 100 investors, industry experts and other stakeholders. Small Medium Business Cooperation (SBC) organized this special pitching session in partnership with the Korea International Trade Association (KITA), Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA), and Indonesian Angel Investor Network (ANGIN).

Indonesia-Korea Tech-Startup Demo Day marked the end of Global Mentoring Program, a program with missions to explore and develop South Korean startups’ readiness to enter Indonesia market. Throughout one week, 15 South Korean startups in the program have engaged in a series of exciting yet valuable activities; from getting a mentoring with venture capitals; visiting office of Accelerators, Gojek and Qraved; attending Tech in Asia Conference 2018; to participating in a business matching and lastly, demo day event.

Indonesia – Korea Tech Startup Demo Day is sponsored by the Korean Embassy in Indonesia.

Here’s 15 Korean startups :

  1. Softgear Inc.
  2. Zeus Tech
  3. Ad Design Co.
  4. Tripeaks
  5. Earback
  6. Hope Co. Ltd
  7. Xrisp Co. Ltd
  8. Wayne Inc.
  9. Payperse Inc.
  10. Stylepill
  11. Paintpam Inc.
  12. Davin Holdings Co., Ltd.
  13. Medi Whale
  14. Mhmind Inc.
  15. DTS

Here’s 10 Indonesian startups:

  1. MSMB
  2. Bly
  3. Gudang Voucher
  4. Bizshare
  5. Manpro
  6. Svara
  7. Qiwii
  8. Allesh Power
  9. Vaxcorp
  10. Ponja

Wanna know more about the startups ? Click here to request Indonesia-Korea Tech Startup Demo Day event booklet.

[RECAP] StartCon Pitch $ 1 Million Regional Finals : The Clinic Workshop

Friday, October 12th 2018  Riaz Bhardwaj from Angel Investor Network Indonesia (ANGIN) was invited to be a speaker and panelist at the Pitching clinic organised for STARTCON regional pitching competition in Jakarta.

The other panelist were Emil Reven (Investment Officer, Kejora) Fawwaz Faizal (ex- Head of Finance, Pawoon). The session was moderated by Ms. Mercy Simorangkir, Director of NSW Trade and Investment at Australian Trade Commission. During the session, the panelist shared their experiences and valuable tips for start-ups on ”How to secure funding and grow even further ?”. The purpose of the clinic was to help startups to perfect their pitch for the final pitching competition on the 26th october.

StartCon is a collaboration of events for Australia’s flagship annual event that with feature “Pitch for $1 Million” pitching competition for startups. The finale event will be held in Sydney, Nov 30 – Dec 1, 2018. Read more here.

Right Click Capital has teamed up with STARTCON for a regional pitching competition – “Pitch for $1 Million”. Over 600+ startups from across the region will compete for the grand prize of $1 million dollars in investment.

Startup founders will have the opportunity to showcase their business in front of judges, other startup founders, entrepreneurs and investors in one of 14 cities across Asia Pacific. Finalists from each city will be flown to Sydney to participate in the Pitch for $1 Million Grand Final in front of thousands.

STARTCON has partnered with UnionSPACE, Jakarta to host the pitching competition to select the finalists from Indonesia. The event is supported by Australian Embassy in Jakarta.

[RECAP] Entrepreneur Summit Welcoming Alumni LPDP 2018

Every year as part of the Welcoming Alumni event, Lembaga Pengelola Dana Pendidikan (LPDP) would organize an Entrepreneur Summit which consists of a pitching event and demo day for the best 30 participants that have been selected by the committee. ANGIN was invited to attend this event on Mon (7/5). We are very excited to be able to see all 30 startups that were pitching their ideas. It ranged from technology to brick-and-mortar, with varying sectors and industries.

What we realize is that most of the ideas has social impact in their mind. There are thoughts of creating a zero waste movement in doing their business, help local farmers and fishermen, and also helping the rural areas in general. Aside from that, we also see that more and more startups are heading towards using technology to support their business. AI and IoT are two of the trends that most startups are following.
Overall, it is delightful to see that Indonesia’s startup ecosystem is growing everyday and how they are leveraging technology to drive their business. We wish all the alumni of LPDP the best of luck, and we hope to see more startups from LPDP next year!

About LPDP
LPDP is committed to preparing future leaders and professionals and encouraging innovation for the realization of a prosperous, democratic and just Indonesia. LPDP offers a master / doctoral scholarship program for the best Indonesian children, commercial and implementation research funding to encourage innovation, and rehabilitation of educational facilities damaged by natural disasters.

[UPCOMING] IDEC x Connector.ID: Pitch Perfect Workshop

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