Last Saturday, Project Eden held a pitching for the 20 participants who signed up to get funding and incubation, the event is in conjunction with a series of Bizconnect PPKI events.

From the 20 participants, eventually Project Eden committee chose the big five for closed pitch interviews session. Before this stage, Kevin Mintaraga explained that 52 participants were selected through online registration. They choose the 20 best business proposals to pitch their idea for five minutes to the Project Eden committee.

As written by Kompas.com, the five participants who passed are Bumble Games Indonesia, Telunjuk, PointBump, Arsanesia, and LocalBrand.

Kevin Mintaraga and Natali Ardianto explained via email to DailySocial, the five elected will conduct a closed pitch interview as a continuation of the initial selection, Natali said, “It could be in the first closed pitch interview we did not directly accept the startup, but we give a kind of mentorship to sharpen their business plan, we might even offer to do a pivot so the business plan become more focused, and they did another pitch interview with a business plan that has been sharpened.”

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Sabtu kemarin, Project Eden mengadakan pitching bagi 20 peserta yang mendaftarkan diri untuk mendapatkan pendanaan dan inkubasi, acara ini bersamaan dengan rangkaian acara Bizconnect PPKI.

Dari 20 peserta akhirnya komite Project Eden memilih 5 besar untuk sesi closed pitch interview. Sebelum tahap ini, dijelaskan Kevin Mintaraga bahwa ada 52 peserta yang diseleksi lewat pendaftaran online, mereka memilih 20 proposal bisnis terbaik untuk pitch ide mereka selama lima menit di hadapan komite Project Eden.

Seperti yang dituliskan oleh Kompas.com, kelima peserta yang lolos adalah Bumble Games Indonesia, Telunjuk, PointBump, Arsanesia, dan LocalBrand.

Kevin Mintaraga dan Natali Ardianto menjelaskan lewat email kepada DailySocial, lima yang terpilih ini akan melakukan closed pitch interview sebagai lanjutan dari seleksi awal, Natali mengatakan bahwa, “Bisa saja dalam closed pitch interview pertama ini kita tidak langsung menerima startup, namun kami berikan semacam mentorship untuk menajamkan business plan mereka, bahkan mungkin kita tawarkan untuk melakukan pivot agar business plannya menjadi lebih fokus, dan mereka melakukan pitch interview lagi dengan business plan yang sudah dipertajam.”

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