The AIS Blue Startup Hub is a platform by the Archipelagic and Island States Forum (AIS Forum) for startups, investors, and other stakeholder that focus on finding solutions to climate change and ocean problems. They are creating access for new or early stage startups to a vast network of AIS partners and creating opportunities for these startups to expand into new markets and hire talents from other countries. In collaboration with Angel Investment Network Indonesia (ANGIN), they launched their first incubation program on October – November 2020.
The AIS Blue Startup Hub Incubation Program is a case study mentorship program, where the startup will deep dive into the real challenges in today’s market. The objective of this program is to help the startups identify and solve the challenges that they are facing. With the experienced startup founders, investors, public sector actors, and others, the program was conducted to gain knowledge, ideas, and other advantages required to accelerate each other’s business growth. The program was participated by 18 startups from 6 countries which are Fiji, Indonesia, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Philippines, and Madagascar.
