This Year's Alibaba eFounder Fellowship is Joined by 16 Indonesian Startup Founders

After 2018 represented by 4 selected startups from Indonesia, eFounder Fellowship again invites startups from Indonesia. This event is a collaborative program of The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and Alibaba Business School

The program, which was formed within the framework of the "2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development," aims to ensure that no country is left behind in the digital economy era by bridging the digital divide faced by companies in developing countries.

This program is also a form of Jack Ma's commitment, Executive Chairman and founder of Alibaba Group and special advisor to UNCTAD, to nurture 1000 entrepreneurs from various developing countries over the next five years. The eFounders Fellowship program reflects Alibaba's mission to develop small and medium-sized entrepreneurs to compete internationally.

From the curation process carried out, 16 startups from Indonesia managed to become participants, representing various industries including: E-commerce, logistics, financial technology, tourism, and big data. Upon graduation, they will become members of the eFounders Fellows, an exclusive community of young entrepreneurs who aim to drive digital transformation in their country.

The 16 selected Indonesian entrepreneurs include Aditya Minarto from Ralali.com, Casper Sermsuksan from Kulina.id, Chrisanti Indiana from Sociolla.com, Frans Yuwono from Asiacommerce.id, Satria Chandra from PlazaKamera.com, Jeff Budiman from The FIT Company, Johannes Ardianto from Lemonilo, Ananto Wibisono from age, Suwandi Soh from finger, Vikra Iljas from We can, Andree Susanto from Waresix, Archie Carlson of Stickearn, Benz Budiman from Pomona, Irzan Raditya from kata.ai, Winzendy Tedja from Yuna & Co and Ali Sadikin from Marlin Booking.

They have participated in an intensive program from 2 - 12 June 2019 to gain insight and hands-on experience about E-commerce as well as other innovations from China and various world countries.

Overall, since this program was introduced, there have been 28 entrepreneurs from Indonesia who have participated in the eFounders program, including Agung Bezharie from Warung Pintar, Amanda Cole from Sayur Box, Aswin Andrison from STOQO, Budi Handoko from Shipper, Fandy Santoso from Gifts, Gitta Amelia from Everhaus Capital, Jowan Kosasih from Simply Dots, Mario Ronaldo Andrew Mawikere from Bizzy Indonesia, Rade Tampubolon from Sociobuzz.com, Wenyu Tan from Taralite, Windy Natriavi from Awan Tunai, and Yoshua Norza from Pickpack.