Realizing that finding the right funders and securing finances can be challenging for social entrepreneurs, Rise Inc. organized a workshop titled “The Right Funding for Social Enterprises (SEs)” for its incubated companies. Through this workshop, Rise Inc team shared knowledge on sources of funding and tips and tricks to fundraise.
To even better prepare their incubated SEs, Rise Inc.’s team held a pitching practice for them. ANGIN team had the opportunity to sit in a panel session together with team member of Patamar Capital, Empassion, and Digitaraya. There were 14 SEs who pitch; they come from variety of sectors. The 14 SEs were Dukung.ID, Tenoon, Diffago, Camp on Farm, Ortwo, Cooltura, Jahitin.com, Tanijoy, Studio Dapur, Lactashare, Siswa Wirausaha, Jelajah Garut, Botanina and Melaut.
We thank Rise Inc. team for inviting us. We had a great time hearing the business story and progress of these SEs.
UNLEASH Innovation lab is a global non-profit initiative that brings together 1000+ passionate young talents, experts and facilitators from all around the world to collaborate on ideas and solutions for the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UNLEASH was first held in August in Denmark in 2017. This year the UNLEASH Innovation Lab was held in Singapore from May 30, 2018 to June 6, 2018. It featured 1000 carefully selected talents from 100+ countries and diverse backgrounds, who participated in 8 days of intense ideation to unlock the power of collaboration and human innovation to provide solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges. I was fortunate enough to be selected from a pool of more than 7,000 applicants to attend and participate in the UNLEASH Innovation Lab in Singapore this year.
Inspiring and thought-provoking speeches from experts and leaders such as President of Singapore Halimah Yacob, former President of Timor Leste, Jose Ramos-Horta, Academy Award winning actor Forest Whitaker and the social humanoid robot, Sophia, were some of the highlights of this year’s event.
This year, UNLEASH focused on 8 SDGs: Zero Hunger, Good Health and Well Being, Quality Education, Clean Water and Sanitation, Affordable and Clean Energy, Responsible Supply Chain and Production, Sustainable Cities and Communities, and Climate Action. The participants, called Unleash talents, were divided among these 8 categories. In a team consisting of amazing 6 individuals, I worked on SDG 12, Responsible Supply Chain and Production, and developed a solution to tackle the problem of food waste by supermarkets at the consumer level. My team created ‘Second Life Shelves’, an offline and online platform that enables supermarkets to connect with consumers to sell the food that is approaching the specified date (use by, sell by or best before) using a dynamic pricing algorithm.
During the eight-days program, the teams followed a structured innovation process facilitated by content and business experts to co-create innovative ideas and solutions for the designated SDGs. UNLEASH’s innovation process consists of five steps: problem framing, ideation, prototyping, testing and implementation. The teams were carefully formulated to ensure diversity in terms of experience and strengths. Many people might argue that innovation and ideation cannot be structured via pre-determined activities and steps, however, UNLEASH believes that with the help of a structured set of activities and design thinking, teams can co-create and innovate to develop viable solutions for a variety of problems.
Although my team did not win awards for the solution that we developed, I brought home invaluable experiences and gained immense knowledge about how innovation and collaboration can be used for creating an impact and changing the world. I am so glad to have participated in UNLEASH 2018, and to have met so many amazing, inspiring and like-minded individuals that I, now, can call my “UNLEASH Family”.
UNLEASH is a global non-profit initiative that is supported by various global actors, including UNDP, Deloitte, Carlsberg Foundation, and Dalberg. UNLEASH will be hosting the innovation lab every year until 2030 with an aim to tackle the SDGs. It’s exciting to see UNLEASH creating a wave of change around the world and inspiring thousands every year to create a better and more sustainable world.
Find out more at www.unleash.org
If you would like to know more about my experience at UNLEASH, shoot me an email at riaz@angin.id
ANGIN, supported by the Sasakawa Peace Foundation from Japan, has launched the long-awaited second part of the Start-up Assistance Organizations (SAO) research reports titled, “Start-up Assistance Organizations in Indonesia: Performance, Challenges and Solutions.”
The report is divided into four main parts, with analysis conducted through exclusive interviews with experts and key ecosystem players. The first part delves into perspectives from both startups and investors on ecosystem expectations and the role that SAOs play in it. Next, it identifies key challenges and gaps faced by Indonesian SAOs in running their programs and achieving their objectives. Third is a focus on women entrepreneurs and their interactions and involvement in SAOs as well as challenges from the SAO side on recruiting more women entrepreneurs. Finally, the report ties up findings from first and second report to provide a solutions framework for designing an SAO program in Indonesia as well as recommendations on creating more gender-inclusive SAO environments.
The previous report maps the landscape of SAOs in Indonesia and SAOs as entities that offer a spectrum of support services to entrepreneurs and ventures at different growth stages to develop successful and viable businesses. It identifies 53 SAO programs in Indonesia and classifies the programs into four main categories: incubators, accelerators, ecosystem builders, and other support programs.
Coverage in e27: https://e27.co/women-led-ventures-22-per-cent-of-accelerator-participants-indonesia-20180621/
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The report provides insights about the performance of Indonesian SAOs from the perspective of three main ecosystem players: SAOs, capital providers, and start-ups. The report also identifies the key challenges faced by SAOs in Indonesia and provides a solutions framework and recommendations for creating and running an SAO in Indonesia. The report also provides key findings on how SAOs can support women entrepreneurs and the challenges SAOs face in promoting more women entrepreneurs.
ANGIN, supported by the Sasakawa Peace Foundation from Japan, has launched a new research report titled, ‘Start-up Assistance Organizations in Indonesia: Taxonomy and Landscape’.
First of its kind, the report dissects and maps the landscape of start-up assistance organizations (SAOs) – defined as entities that offer a spectrum of support services to entrepreneurs and ventures at different growth stages to develop successful and viable businesses – in Indonesia, and provides first insights into gender inclusion in SAO programs in Indonesia. The first of a two-part series, this project first maps out the SAO ecosystem and provides more clarity in distinguishing features of available support programs. It identifies 53 SAO programs in Indonesia and classifies the programs into four main categories: incubators, accelerators, ecosystem builders, and other support programs.
Coverage in e27: https://e27.co/women-led-ventures-22-per-cent-of-accelerator-participants-indonesia-20180621/
Please fill in your details to receive a downloadable link for a free copy of our report “Start-up Assistance Organizations in Indonesia: Taxonomy and Landscape”.
The second part of this project, titled, ‘Start-up Assistance Organizations in Indonesia: Performance, Challenges and Solutions’, provides insights about the performance of Indonesian SAOs from the perspective of three main ecosystem players: SAOs, capital providers, and start-ups. The report also provides key findings on how SAOs can support women entrepreneurs.
The second report on ” Start-up Assistance Organizations in Indonesia: Performance, Challenges and Solutions – Special Focus on Gender Inclusion” can be accessed here.
