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Dana Cita Awali 2019 dengan Pendanaan Lanjutan dan Nominasi Penghargaan Global

Secara khusus Dana Cita menyajikan solusi pembiayaan di bidang pendidikan. Sepanjang tahun 2018, startup fintech lending yang sudah mengantongi izin dari OJK ini terus fokus melakukan akuisisi pengguna, salah satunya dengan mengadakan ragam acara bertema akademik.

Baru-baru ini Dana Cita dikabarkan memperoleh pendanaan lanjutan dari Patamar Capital — kami sudah mendapatkan konfirmasi dari pihak terkait, hanya saja sampai tulisan ini diterbitkan belum mendapatkan detail pendanaannya.

Debut di tahun 2017, Dana Cita memberikan pinjaman kepada pelajar untuk memenuhi kebutuhannya. Pinjaman yang diberikan memiliki tenor yang relatif panjang maksimal sampai 72 bulan, dengan bunga berkisar 1-1,5% per bulan. Saat ini Dana Cita juga sudah menjalin kerja sama strategis dengan Gojek untuk menghadirkan program kolaborasi di waktu mendatang.

Sebelumnya Dana Cita sudah mendapatkan putaran pendanaan awal (seed round) dari Y Cobminator, nilainya mencapai 1.6 miliar Rupiah. Dengan pendanaan tersebut, Dana Cita menjalankan operasional dengan cukup baik di tahun 2018. Per Maret 2018, Dana Cita berhasil menyalurkan dana hingga 2 miliar Rupiah.

Prestasi tersebut turut membawa Dana Cita menjadi startup lokal yang masuk ke dalam “50 World-Changing Startup to Watch in 2019” versi Inc.com. Dana Cita dianggap mampu menghadirkan solusi berdampak sosial bagi masyarakat.

Dalam kegiatannya, Dana Cita aktif memberikan acara bertajuk literasi digital dan finansial. Untuk terhubung dengan para pelajar Dana Cita juga miliki program Campus Ambassadors, semacam program mahasiswa binaan untuk membantu teman-temannya terhubung dengan solusi Dana Cita.

12 Common Mistakes that Startups Often Make in Their First Year

Most of times, people regard establishing startup as a shortcut to reach success and glory and miss the real picture that it could be way too risky and problematic that we shouldn’t take it lightly. In contrast to being successful, all our savings might be wasted just like that if we’re not careful. Below are 12 common mistakes that people make when starting a startup, as being presented by Inc. Continue reading 12 Common Mistakes that Startups Often Make in Their First Year

Game Netwoking Jakarta, A Chance to Build a Network with Game Publisher from Japan

Nikkei Business Publication, Inc. (NBP), will hold a Game Networking Jakarta. This business matching event will bring together large game publisher and mobile game publisher from Japan with potential business partner candidates from Indonesia.

Game Networking Jakarta event will be held on May 28 at the Grand Hyatt Jakarta. A couple of big game publishers are brought to this event such as GREE, Konami, Sega, One Up, f4samurai, GMOAppsCloud and Aiming. Although GREE is the only one which has confirmed its agenda so far, the event will be a golden opportunity for game developers from Indonesia to meet and build network with big developers from Japan.

The event that will be started at 10.30 AM, will be preceded by a conference by representatives from Sega and Konami with an agenda that has not been announced. After that, GREE, through its Vice President of Business Development Department, Kobayashi Noritaka, will explain the theme of a new social mobile global platform. In the evening, Bullitt Sesariza, founder and CTO of Kark Mobile Education PTE, Ltd as well as Chairman of PT. Logika Interaktif, will be a representative from Indonesia to talk about game industry in Indonesia.

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