BEKUP 2025 is a national startup acceleration program by KUMPUL in collaboration with the Ministry of Creative Economy (EKRAF). The program continues to strengthen Indonesia’s digital economy by helping early-stage and growing startups build solid business foundations through practical mentoring, hands-on business guidance, and access to a wider ecosystem network.
The BEKUP Accelerate 2025 program concluded with Demo Day on 28 November 2025 in Jakarta. From a total of 583 applicants, ten selected startups presented their products, pilot initiatives, and growth milestones in front of industry experts and ecosystem leaders. Each startup received up to 80 hours of direct mentoring that helped founders refine their strategy, develop stronger product-market alignment, and prepare for real commercial challenges. The depth of support gave teams a clear pathway from idea validation toward early traction.
Ten Startups Showcasing Their Most Promising Digital and Creative Innovations
These ten startups reflect the diverse innovation emerging across Indonesia’s digital and creative economy. Each team demonstrated measurable progress in product development, market understanding, and long-term business strategy.
- Curaweda digitizes cultural heritage sites to enhance visitor experience and support sustainable income.
- Fineksi provides an AI-based platform that helps financial institutions automate credit scoring with faster decision-making.
- Serenic.ai offers an AI assistant for medical documentation and insurance claims to increase hospital efficiency.
- Envmission delivers food waste inventory and management services for the F&B and Horeca industry, converting waste into valuable resources.
- CARDS supports schools with a management system for daily operations, academic activities, and cashless payments.
- Ikanesia develops eco-friendly feed made from waste for fisheries, agriculture, and livestock, supported by bioremediation initiatives.
- Videfly enables e-commerce sellers to automatically create product videos from marketplace links to increase online sales.
- Tigadigit provides AI-powered accounting tools that help MSMEs simplify bookkeeping at an affordable cost.
- KitaDaycare operates a Daycare-as-a-Service model with professional standards, digital reporting, healthy nutrition, and trained caregivers.
- Indera Agri offers a smart farming platform that helps farmers improve yields and adapt to climate change.
Each startup strengthened its innovation capacity, deepened market insight, and refined its business strategy during the program, showing how structured ecosystem support can accelerate Indonesia’s next generation of digital pioneers.
Insights for Today’s Startup Landscape
BEKUP Demo Day 2025 also featured a panel discussion that brought together leaders from the startup, investment, and sustainability sectors. The conversation offered founders clear and actionable perspectives on what matters most in today’s market. The speakers unpacked current funding realities, the level of readiness investors expect from early-stage teams, the importance of measurable social impact, and the need for startups to understand sector trends before expanding to new markets. These insights gave participants a grounded view of how to scale in an economic climate that continues to shift.
The panel featured Ester Widya (VP of Business and Marketing, KUMPUL), Isa Nuruddin Ahmad (Founder and CEO, Duluni), Tania Lestari (Vice President, Openspace Capital), and Eumir Bethebeder (Co-Founder and CMO, Automa Net Zero Supply Chain). Their combined experiences encouraged founders to rethink their strategies, explore new opportunities, and develop more adaptable business models.
In line with these discussions, the Minister of Creative Economy, Teuku Riefky Harsya, emphasized the importance of programs like BEKUP in driving genuine innovation. He noted that supporting startup acceleration contributes not only to the creation of new entrepreneurs but also to the long-term foundation needed for Indonesia’s vision toward Indonesia Emas 2045.
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