These 8 women under 30 are shaping Indonesia’s next generation of tech startups

Indonesia’s tech industry is a sausage fest – it’s mostly male-dominated, especially when we look at top leadership and technical positions. It’s a fact we’ve come to accept for now, while hoping that programs encouraging female entrepreneurship, like Girls in Tech, will help turn the tide.

But of course there are outliers to the rule. Some of Indonesia’s most prominent startups are, in fact, led by women. Think of Nabilah Alsagoff, who is a co-founder of the payment gateway Doku. Hanifa Ambadar of the Female Daily network, Aulia Halimatussadiah, co-founder and CTO of self-publishing platform Nulisbuku, and Diajeng Lestari, co-founder of Muslim fashion estore HijUp – these names have become synonymous with female tech entrepreneurship in Indonesia.

But where is the future generation? Who are the young female leaders next in line to “smash the glass ceiling”?

Here are eight women under 30 I’ve noticed as emerging talents in Indonesia’s tech world.

See: 10 women entrepreneurs in Indonesia who smashed the glass ceiling

Fransiska Hadiwidjana (Prelo)

Fransiska has a strong IT background, having graduated with honors from the Institute of Technology Bandung. She’s won several coding challenges and was chosen to participate in a 10 week program at Singularity University.

She knew early on that she wanted to lead her own company. Fransiska and her team are currently working on Prelo, a mobile-first ecommerce marketplace. It evolved out of Kleora, an earlier version of the idea.

Melieyana Tjioe (Gogonesia)

Melieyana is the single founder of Gogonesia – a tour package booking site for local and international tourism in Indonesia.
With Gogonesia, Melieyana is treading a risky path, one that other startups like Valadoo and Jajalindo have tried before and failed.

However, tourism is a major industry for Indonesia, and if Melieyana can get it right, her perseverance will pay off. Melieyana’s background is in finance. She was an associate at BlackRock, a financial services company in Australia, before making the jump into entrepreneurship.

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Stephanie Yoe (CutBroker)

Leonika Sari (Reblood)

Dayu Dara Permata and Windy Natriavi (Go-Life)

Niki Tsuraya Yaumi (Goers)

Alice Norin (8wood)