Wahyu Dwi Anggoro
IDXChannel - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held Startup Talks: Igniting Indonesia-Europe Collaborative Opportunities at Shangri-La Hotel in Jakarta on Tuesday (27/2/2024).
The event aims to provide a platform for showcasing and sharing experiences between Indonesian startups, especially in the field of smart technology and technological innovation for MSMEs, with various strategic entities, especially from the European region.
This activity was initiated by the Directorate of European Affairs 1, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with Impactto, a collective startup developer platform that provides incubation services and supports ecosystem development to help early-stage startups in the process of achieving product-market fit (PMF).
"The enormous potential and economic value of the startup ecosystem in Indonesia is currently providing momentum to increase mutually beneficial collaboration with partners in the European region," said Expert Staff for Economic Diplomacy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dindin Wahyudin, in his speech when opening the Startup Talks.
The event was attended by around 250 participants from Indonesian startups, representatives of venture capital from Europe, embassies of European countries, state-owned companies, multi-national companies, KADIN, as well as representatives of related businesses/industries.
Appearing as speakers include Italo Gani, Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Impactto, Hasbi Asyadiq, Founder & CEO of Assemblr, Mr. Andri Mahendra, Founder & Director of Nicslab, Reza Pir Nazar, Co-President of La French Tech Indonesia and Gabby van Herpt, Dutch Regional Startup Liaison from the Dutch Embassy in Singapore.
On this occasion, several Indonesian startups operating in the smart technology sector, including Imajin, Prieds, Automa and Ravelware Technology also presented a showcase of their pioneering products to participants representing stakeholders from Europe.
"The high potential of Indonesia's startup economy will provide a great opportunity to encourage growth and create new opportunities for the national economy in the future," emphasised I Nyoman Adhiarna, Secretary of the Directorate General of Information Applications at the Ministry of Communication and Information, in the opening presentation.
"Currently Indonesia has 2 Decacorns, 13 Unicorns and 2,591 startups with an economic growth rate of 5.05%," he stated.
Startup Talks participants had the opportunity to discuss and share experiences, both best practices and lessons learned, especially regarding strategies for finding global partners and identifying market entry strategies, especially in the European region.
The Startup Talks also voiced the hope that the government, startup actors and universities could collaborate to increase innovation capacity at the national level. (WHY)
