Following their first debut for incubating startups in Indonesia, Sumatera in particular, Visio Incubator has announced 15 selected startups to undergo the incubation program session two. In this incubation program called “Visio Incubator Batch 2”, the selected startups will be trained for three months by national class mentors. The registration is already held for two months, from September 2017. There are 169 startups registered in this program.
“These top 15 startups are selected from 169 applicants coming from various regions in Indonesia. Through strict selection, the 15 startups will start their journey in the incubation program,” Visio Incubator’s Co-founder & CEO, Hendriko Firman explained.
He also said, there are several assessment aspects such as problems to solve, the solutions offered, the impact presented, business model, traction, founder’s profile, and their overall preparation. For intensive incubation, will be started in early next year.
After completing the incubation, selected startups will have to take part in “Demo Day and Date with Investor”; it is estimated to be held in April 2018. In Demo Day, they will get a chance to pitch in front of potential investors and stakeholders. On the other hand, chances for networking and obtaining funding from investor will be wide open.
“Indonesia is the next investment from around the world. To be able to prepare the best product-market fit startups having the signal to be a unicorn, it is necessary to give them basic program as the intensive incubation. These top 15 batch 2 startups are expected to grow as Go-Jek, Tokopedia, Traveloka, BukaLapak by being the next startup unicorn in Indonesia,” said Visio Incubator’s Co-founder & CMO, Ogy Winenriandhika.
Below are the select 15 startups which managed to pass the Visio Incubator selection for Batch 2:
| Startup | Details |
| Worqers | A technology recognition provider and reward system for employees in a company in order to make them more productive and have a sense of ownership |
| GroupBuyId | E-commerce service for purchasing certain goods in large quantities to get more affordable price |
| Spasium.com | An online gallery for purchasing artworks (photography, painting, illustration, etc.) by Indonesia’s local artists |
| Musikmall | A marketplace that brings together music teachers with prospective students to learn music in private |
| Amproker | A mobile platform that allows buyers to make their wishlist, and the sellers will compete to provide the best deals on the items |
| Swivel Coffee | A marketplace specifically for coffee and tea, begins with e-commerce to get traction, data, market, sales, income and profit |
| Muztreat | On-demand service for Muslim beauty salon |
| Cilsy | An online platform providing exclusive IT tutorial |
| KlikAcara | A marketplace of vendors liaison and event organizers which provides buying and selling services as well as renting the needs of the event |
| Qelisa | An application helping farmers to be more accountable, to improve their financial knowledge, and to ease their financial services access |
| Tripi | A one-stop-solution application for tourists (help them on planning their travel trip) |
| AdaKopi.id | A liaison platform to connect coffee farmers’ and the end consumers with two sales schemes that capable to increase farmers’ profits by more than 50% |
| Design for Dream | A platform to help people with disabilities in Indonesia |
| Tanijoy | A liaison platform for landowners and small farmers with no farming land |
| AntriBos | A platform providing the latest queue information and booking queues by taking advantage of mobile apps development |
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Original article is in Indonesian, translated by Kristin Siagian
