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Sebuah Daftar Singkat dari Investor Teknologi di Indonesia

Akhir-akhir ini banyak sekali investasi yang terjadi di Indonesia, startup di bidang teknologi menjadi sorotan dan (hampir) semua orang membicarakannya. Namun, saya melihat lebih banyak dana investasi yang dibentuk daripada startup berkualitas tinggi yang diluncurkan, bukti kuat bahwa semua orang mencoba untuk masuk ke industri ini tetapi sayangnya startup yang ada belum siap, atau kemungkinan lain dimana para startup ini tidak membutuhkan dana (kecil kemungkinannya).

Melalui artikel ini saya akan mencoba memberikan gambaran serta beberapa info tentang lembaga investasi teknologi yang dibentuk untuk berinvestasi di perusahaan-perusahaan startup Indonesia, serta informasi tentang latar belakang dan portofolio mereka. Mudah-mudahan ini dapat memberikan perbandingan yang objektif bagi para pembaca tentang para investor mana saja yang saat ini aktif bermitra dengan para startup dalam bentuk akselerator, inkubator bisnis atau VC.

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A Simple List of Indonesian Tech Investors

Investments in Indonesia is going crazy these days, everyone’s doing something with tech startups – sort of. These days, I’m seeing more fund being set up rather than high-quality startup launches, which proofs that everybody is trying to get a piece of the cake but the startups aren’t prepared yet, or the startups simply doesn’t need fund (less likely).

So, in this post I’m gonna give some overview info on the several tech investment funds being set up to invest in Indonesian startup companies, their background and portfolios. Hopefully this can give you guys a clear objective comparison on the investors currently active on looking and partnering with startups in a form of an incubator, business accelerator or venture capital.

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Startup Pitching – Lessons From a Rock Show

rock concertThis is a guest post by Robin Malau, an Indonesian music industry veteran who’s also a blogger, creative entrepreneurship mentor, and digital consultant. He can be seen at the offices of Cerahati New Media Communication, a multimedia production company in Jakarta, as its Digital Media Producer. You can follow him on Twitter @lowrobb.

One day while giving a lecture at an Entrepreneurship class, one of the students asked, “Mr. Robin, why are you no longer in a band, don’t you miss being a band member?”

My answer, “Of course I did. But I can still feel like a band member and this (teaching in class) is my own show.”

After retiring as an active musician nearly 10 years ago I began to understand that the most important lessons I received from being in a band for over a dozen years can be implemented beyond the field of music. In reality, every process of becoming a musician can be applied to in life.

One of the lessons was the process of doing a show. Steps from preparation until the end of the show can be implemented not only in music but also for internet startups. In this case, the equivalent of a show is the pitching process.

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Tech VC Activities On The Rise As Indonesia’s GDP Increase 6.5%

For the past few months VCs from the technology industries from all around the globe is visiting Jakarta to see the landscape, see if they can do something here in Indonesia. Indonesia has been standing under the spotlight ever since the Koprol-Yahoo and Disdus-Groupon acquisition, and also a huge contribution from the country’s amazing economic growth for the past few years, enabling investment security for all sectors including tech. As reported by MalaysiaInsider (quoting from Reuters), Indonesia’s GDP grow 6.5% in Q1 this year. Driven by strong consumption and investment, making Indonesia the biggest economy in South East Asia.

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Reality Check: Startup or Project?

People has been asking me whether A or B website can be called startup, what is the criteria to be called a startup, what is startup? Yesterday I found an article explaining big differences between a startup and a project.

Like many of us have known, the  word “startup” is relatively new and that caused ambiguities and misuse in daily talks. According Brenden Mulligan in his article, “project” is a creation (usually in forms of websites, web apps, or mobile apps) while “startup” is a full time maintained projects, or already got funded and or having revenue. In other words, startup is a project that turns into full time business.

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Reality Check : Startup atau Project?

Selama ini banyak sekali yang menanyakan ke saya, apakah situs x ini bisa dibilang sebuah startup atau tidak? Apa sih startup itu dan kriteria apa sajakah yang membuatnya bisa dibilang startup? Nah, kemarin saya menemukan sebuah artikel yang dengan gamblang menjelaskan perbedaan kuat antara startup dengan project.

Seperti yang sudah banyak tahu, kata “startup” ini bisa dibilang baru dan akibatnya masih banyak ambiguitas dan juga penyalahgunaan kata tersebut di pembicaraan sehari-hari. Menurut artikel yang ditulis oleh Brenden Mulligan, project adalah sebuah karya (biasanya berupa website, web app atau mobile app) sedangkan “startup” adalah project-project yang diurus secara full-time, atau sudah mendapatkan funding dan atau revenue. Dengan kata lain, project yang sudah berevolusi menjadi bisnis sepenuhnya.  Continue reading Reality Check : Startup atau Project?

SparxUp Award 2010 Is Here, Prepare Your Startup!

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