The Startup Weekend Jakarta 2015 ended on Sunday with Do-Cart getting first prize, followed by Konsaato and Future of Indonesia
\nas runners-up. The event was held at co-working space Freeware Spaces in Kemang, South Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Organised by venture capital firm Grupara Inc. and accelerator Techstars, the three-day startup coaching event and competition
\nwas participated in by 120 participants divided into 20 teams. Exceeding the targetted quota of 100 participants, despite being
\ndominated by Indonesians, it also had participants from the US, Japan, and South Korea.<\/p>\n
Winners were chosen by judges Aryo Ariotedja (Managing Partner at Grupara), Stefan Jung (Managing Partner at Venturra Capital),
\nSteven Vanada (VP of CyberAgent Ventures), and Tim Marbach (CEO & Founder at Asia Venture Group) based on \u2018investability\u2019,
\nsocial impact and growth potential.<\/p>\n
The champion Do-Cart is a B2B platform for F&B and agribusiness that helps small and medium businesses meet vendors through an
\nonline portal. Cutting the involvement of middlemen, businesses are able to buy goods directly from farmers at a fair and honest
\nprice.<\/p>\n
Runner-up Konsaato is a crowdfunding platform for live concerts, in which fans can help invest to bring their favourite
\ninternational artists to town. The platform focusses on bringing Japanese artists to Indonesia, and vice versa.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Future of Indonesia is a collaboration platform for civic engagement where users can post proposed solutions for
\nsocial problems. Users can vote for the best solutions, and it also includes a gamification element to encourage participation.<\/p>\n
All the winners received shopping vouchers from HappyFresh, Maskoolin and Doku, as well as three months\u2019 worth of free office
\nspace at Freeware Spaces.<\/p>\n
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e27 observed that although participants are in a wide variety of business sectors, there seemed to be a common theme among most
\nof the participants.<\/p>\n
Productivity hacks were one of the most popular kinds of service. There was Chicken Time, an app that notifies your colleagues
\nand friends if you wake up late, and Sch-Work, an Asana-like platform for government officials.<\/p>\n
There are also Total Autocare, which reminds users to service their cars, and CanCook, which helps generate recipes based on
\nwhat is available in the users\u2019 refrigerator.<\/p>\n
Crowdfunding was also a big theme at Startup Weekend Jakarta. Apart from Konsaato, there was also Bricklik, a crowdfunding
\nplatform for property investments.<\/p>\n
There were also Kiyoo, an online marketplace for rented furniture and Workstree, a platform for creative freelancers that
\nenables clients to also hire their services as a group.<\/p>\n
While Ariotedja praised the variety of ideas coming in this year, he also stressed the importance for participants to master key
\npresentation skills such as elevator pitch.<\/p>\n
\u201cI see that many of them still have tendency to ramble at the beginning of their presentation. And for some participants, it
\nalso took us a while to understand what their business is all about \u2026 They have to be able to explain their product in one to
\ntwo sentences,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope that they will continue what they have started in this competition,\u201d he closed.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/docart-wins-first-prize-at-startup-weekend-jakarta-2015", "image": "startup.weekend.1-fin.jpg" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }