On February 9, at @america Pacific Place Jakarta, Jakarta Founder Institute (JKTFI) held a graduation ceremony for their first batch of startups.
13 founders have established eight startups with a variety of services, there are live features and services that can be enjoyed by users. However most of them are still preparing to launch their services.
The event was quite interesting. Attended by the mentors and the invitees including the investors, the event also featured the presentation from the graduates who have described their services, market opportunities and market business strategy.
Founder Institute is an idea-stage global incubator that has been held in various countries. In Jakarta, this 13 founders is the first batch of successful ‘education’ in Jakarta Founder Institute. As written in previous DailySocial articles, there are 132 participants registered, 42 of them were accepted and finally only 13 founders are left.
The participants had more than 20 mentors consisting of the big names and experienced professionals in Indonesia technology world and global; among others are Andi S. Boediman, Andy Zain, Izak Djenie, Peter Vesterbacka, Phil Libin and Nanda Ivens, Remco Lupker, Antonny Liem, etc. The task and guidance are quite tight but finally the founders have managed to deal with all tasks and succeeded establishing 8 startups.
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Jakarta Founder Institute (JKTFI) announced on its blog that Stilomo and ifetcha, two of its first graduates, have received funding from angel investors while two other graduates are currently in “intense negotiations” with potential angel investors. A deal between the negotiated parties is expected to happen soon. Unfortunately, their identities remain undisclosed.
