The hottest VCs, corporates, and media at Tech in Asia Jakarta 2015

At Tech in Asia, we are always finding ways to help players in the tech ecosystem connect with each other. And that was how the idea of Startup-Investor Speed Dating, Office Hours, and Meet the Media was conceived.

Apart from helping to forge relationships between startups, investors, corporates, incubators, and the media, these sessions also provide startups with the opportunity to get the word out by pitching a unique business idea to them.

As more startups recognize the value of Speed Dating, Office Hours, and Meet the Media, they have since been a hallmark of all our Tech in Asia conferences. These segments are always recognizable by the long snaking queues formed at the start of the day, reflecting each participating startup’s enthusiasm and determination to pitch their unique business idea, even if just for five minutes.

Tech in Asia Jakarta 2015 recorded almost 500 individuals queueing for all three sessions on day 1. While the crowd abated slightly on day 2, there were still approximately 450 in the queue. So who were startups clamouring to meet?

Startup-Investor Speed Dating

This year’s conference recorded a record 62 investors for this segment, and a total of 756 pitches. CyberAgent Ventures, Skystar Ventures, 500 Startups, Convergence Ventures, Asia Venture, East Ventures, and Vertex Ventures were the popular ones.

Office Hours

Facebook’s Internet.org was the most popular corporate, hearing more than half of the total 28 pitches.

Meet the Media

We recorded a total of 78 pitches to all participating media outlets, with the most popular ones being Merdeka, Wall Street Journal, Techno ID as well as CNN Indonesia.

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Startup-Investor Speed Dating, Office Hour, and Meet the Media will be making a comeback at our next conference, Tech in Asia Singapore 2016 on April 12 and 13. We’ll be expecting more than 3,000 attendees at our flagship conference and you can catch a slice of the action at 30 percent off – you simply need to key in the code tiasg30 on our ticketing page.