14 cool coworking spaces in Indonesia

Update: We added 6 coworking spaces that we found in Bali and Bandung

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Indonesia’s startup scene is growing in a good direction. Incubators and co-working spaces are popping up across big cities to facilitate startups’ growth and development. Some are provided for free and some are paid. If you’re looking for a nice place to work, interact, collaborate, learn, and develop your startup in Indonesia, here are eight co-working spaces to consider:

1. Bandung Digital Valley | Bandung

BDV (Bandung Digital Valley) is a free co-working space launched by Indonesia’s largest telco, Telkom, in Bandung in December 2011. Located in the Telkom’s R&D center, it is 1,200 square meters, and the company lets people use it as a co-working space, gadget room, meeting room, and incubatee room.

BDV is built to support and facilitate technopreneurs and developer their companies or products and bridge them with their target market. Telkom says it is investing up to IDR 50 billion ($4.40 million) in the next three years in the new space.

The co-working space can hold up to 100 technopreneurs or developers. To start using the space at BDV, users only need to register themselves on its website.

2. CodeMargonda | Depok

CodeMargonda is the first co-working space in the city of Depok founded by Tommy Herdiansyah dan Febrian Shandy Rifano. It aims to facilitate interaction and collaboration between non-profit and for-profit startups in the local community. It offers a fully equpped space for up to 35 people, meeting rooms, and a discussion room.

A non-profit individual or team can use these services for free. But for-profit ones are required to pay. The daily rate is IDR 15,000 ($1.30) per four hours for members and IDR 25,000 ($2.20) for non-members. The monthly rate costs IDR 660,000 ($58) and IDR 7.90 million ($695.20) for a year.

Besides facilitating a space, CodeMargonda also conducts free and paid events like workshops and discussions.

3. COMMA | Jakarta

COMMA (Collaboration Matters) claims to be the first co-working space in the city of Jakarta, which was launched by seven prominent figures in the entrepreneurial scene such as Rene Suhardono (career coach and founder of ImpactFactory), Yoris Sebastian (founder of creative consulting OMG), and Dondi Hananto (founder of wujudkanID) in November 2012.

It aims to grow the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Indonesia by facilitating people from various backgrounds to interact and collaborate. Unlike other co-working spaces, which specifically cater to startups, technopreneurs, or developers, COMMA welcomes people who have different backgrounds but are interested in jumping into this industry.

COMMA can hold up to 40 people, has meeting rooms, and even has a lounge for playing Playstation and table tennis. Hot desks are available at a rate of IDR 50,000 ($4.40) per two hours. But if you want to stay longer, a membership costs IDR 3 million ($264) per month.

4. Ciputra GEPI Incubator | Jakarta

Ciputra GEPI Incubator (CGI) was initiated by Global Entrepreneurship Program Indonesia (GEPI) and property company Ciputra.

This startup community space aims to grow the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Indonesia with a physical space in Jakarta. The space is 520-square meters and will focus on events, meetups, networking sessions, and coaching sessions. The team plans on having at least one event each week and will do their best to keep it open and free.

5. Freeware | Jakarta

6. HackerSpaceBDG | Bandung

7. HackerSpaceYK | Yogyakarta

8. Jogja Digital Valley | Yogyakarta

9. Pusat Kreatif Bandung | Bandung

10. Hubud | Bali

11. Lineup Hub | Bali

12. Startup Getaway | Bali

13. The Sanur Space | Bali

14. WAVE Bali | Bali