BSD City’s Digital Hub Program Connects Hundreds of Digital Startups with Capital Companies

JAKARTADAILY.ID – Sinar Mas Land through the BSD City Digital Hub collaborated with Friends Startup to hold a Pitch Battle Competition on Saturday 25 June 2022 at the Green Office Park (GOP) 9 Auditorium Building, BSD City.

This activity is the culmination of the Starthub Mentoring Session program for hundreds of startups that has been carried out from June 4-25, 2022. These activities are part of the Digital Hub Next Action (DNA) movement initiated by Digital Hub.

Sinar Mas Land's Chief Digital Tech Ecosystem & Development, Irawan Harahap said, Sinar Mas Land through the Digital Hub accommodates the startup community and supports its progress through the Starthub program starting from the mentoring stage to the pitching stage.

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“Here we bring together hundreds of startups with digital industry players from various venture capital companies so that they can interact directly and network. Hopefully, the provision of knowledge from professionals and this prize can be a stepping stone for participants in entering the realm of national startups," he said in a press statement, Saturday, July 16, 2022.

Telkomsel's Head of Strategic Investment, Nazier Ariffin as a jury at the Pitching Battle Competition event at Starthub 2022, said that his party appreciated the seriousness of Sinar Mas Land in supporting the development of startups created by the nation's children.

This program is carried out continuously, starting from mentoring to pitching today so that startups born from this program can be more competitive, established, and strategic.

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"Hopefully the ideas from startups that participate in Starthub can be developed and implemented properly to meet the needs of the wider community," he said

This year's Starthub Mentoring Session program carries the theme 'Ready to Elevate Your Startup' which can be accessed through various platforms such as Webinar, Instagram Live, Spotify Podcast, Youtube, and TikTok, and is also provided in the form of e-books to interactive templates.

The participants were provided with a variety of learning materials which were divided into three segments. The first session was delivered by Brian Marshal (Founder and Chief Executive of Sirclo) on Strategy – Determining Your Startup's Purpose & Strategy.

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In the second session, the mentoring activity discussed the topic of Sales & Marketing – Growth Hack Your Startup: Burn the Marketing Expense Effectively delivered by Ferdi Anggriawan (Head of Digital Marketing of Gojek).

The mentoring was closed in the third session by Henri Suhardja (Co-Founder and CEO of Titipku) with a discussion on Fundraising – Effective and Efficient Fundraise: Determining Good & Bad Funds for Your Startup.