Conducts a Demo Day & Speed Dating, UMN’s Skystar Ventures Facilitates Startup and Venture Capital Meetings

Demo Day activity by Skystar Venture. (Doc. UMN)

Tangerang (23/11/2023) – More than 30 technology startups and 12 leading venture capitals in Indonesia were present at Skystar Ventures Coworking Space, Multimedia Nusantara University, at the Demo Day & Speed Dating event organized by Skystar Ventures UMN. 

The Demo Day event organized by Skystar Ventures UMN is a forum for students to introduce their business ideas and innovative solutions to venture capital and accelerators. Four startups fostered by Skystar Ventures are engaged in the creative and technology industries and are participating in this Demo Day event, namely Waphel, Modelo Labs, MaPaw, and QuickWorks. These four startups have successfully completed Skystar Ventures’ 10th batch incubation program for six months.

The Head of the Skystar Ventures Incubator and UMN’s Vice-Rector for General Administration and Finance, Ir. Andrey Andoko, M.Sc., said, “The Skystar Ventures incubation program was created as a forum to facilitate students to become entrepreneurs. Per UMN’s vision, it is hoped that the startups that participate in this Demo Day can continue their business so that when they graduate, they can create jobs.”

Discussion at the Speed Dating Activity (Doc. UMN).

In addition to Demo Day, in this series of events, there was also a Speed Dating session attended by 30 technology-based startups to discuss their innovative products and services with venture capital. The startups present had diverse industry backgrounds ranging from e-commerce, SaaS, fintech, edtech, healthtech, sustainability, and more. In addition, 12 venture capitals were also present, consisting of Skystar Capital, East Ventures, BNI Ventures, BRI Ventures, Kejora Capital, Living Lab Ventures, OCBC Ventura, Vertex Venture, GDP Ventures, Trihill Capital, 1982 Ventures, and DSX Ventures. 

Overall, this event is expected to facilitate startups in delivering innovative solutions. In addition, it can also open doors for collaboration between startups to explore potential and funding opportunities with venture capital. 

About Skystar Ventures

Skystar Ventures is a tech incubator and community-driven collaborative space established in 2013 by the Rector of Multimedia Nusantara University. Aiming to build a competent, collaborative, and sustainable startup ecosystem, Skystar Ventures has three main pillars: Business Incubation Program, Coworking Space, and Venture Capital. 

Skystar Ventures has been established for more than nine years and continues to be committed to helping the development of various startup ecosystems. UMN, through Skystar Ventures, is the first private university to receive incubator accreditation with an A classification from the Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education and AIBI in 2019. UMN’s Skystar Ventures was also named the best incubator in the mentoring and guidance category by the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education in 2017-2018.

By Cinthya Tania | Public Relations Skystar Ventures

English translation by Levina Chrestella Theodora

Kuliah di Jakarta untuk jurusan program studi Informatika| Sistem Informasi | Teknik Komputer | Teknik Elektro | Teknik Fisika | Akuntansi | Manajemen| Komunikasi Strategis | Jurnalistik | Desain Komunikasi Visual | Film dan Animasi | Arsitektur | D3 Perhotelan , di Universitas Multimedia Nusantara. www.umn.ac.id