40 Indonesian startup founders you should know

Indonesia’s startup environment has seen a soaring boom since its humble beginnings in the early millennium.

Here are some of the people who believed in disrupting conventional company structures and gave it their all to establish new ways of doing business, whether through bringing consumers closer to things they want, or by bringing help closer to people who need it.

Tech in Asia curated a list of Indonesia’s headlining names, categorized by industry.

A disclaimer, this list only has names founders of startups that started from scratch, not corporate ventures.

Ecommerce

William Tanuwijaya (Co-founder, CEO of Tokopedia)

Tokopedia is William Tanuwijaya’s first venture as an entrepreneur and CEO. He founded Tokopedia alongside Leontinus Alpha Edison, the startup’s present CTO, in 2009. The online marketplace has been a success so far in terms of growth and funding, closing a whopping US$147million round earlier this year.

Achmad Zaky (Co-founder, CEO of Bukalapak)

Bukalapak got its start in 2011, when it spun out as a standalone company from Achmad Zaky’s software development company. The marketplace’s initial strength were bicycle parts, cameras, musical instruments, and computers, but now focuses more broadly on empowering all forms of small and medium enterprises. It has seen a positive growth in terms of funding. In February 2015, Achmad and the Bukalapak team closed a Series B funding round at an undisclosed amount lead by Emtek Group, one of Indonesia’s largest media networks.

Achmad is also married to Diajeng Lestari, a fellow entrepreneur and startup queen in the muslim fashion department.

Diajeng Lestari (Founder, CEO of HijUp)

Transport and Travel

Financial Technology

Jobs

Software as a Service (SaaS)

Lifestyle

Media

E-Learning

Healthcare and Agriculture