5 Indonesian startups that are just getting started – December 2016

Curious kids. Joan Simon.

In this monthly series we take a look at Indonesia’s next wave of tech and business innovators.

Here are five local startups that recently caught our eye. All were finalists in NextDev, a startup competition run by Indonesia’s largest telco.

Kostoom

Kostoom is an on-demand tailor service. You can choose from a variety of styles from its website, or upload pictures of the type of gown you want made. Kostoom works with its network of trusted tailors and ships it back to you when ready.

Founder Putry Yuli says she’s been in the garment business for 20 years. The business model makes clever use of an underutilized resource in Indonesia – freelance tailors who work from home or small shops. Putry knows the ones that are good at their trade and directs orders to whoever has free capacity.

Kostoom does not provide clothing material, so you’ll have to send that to the firm’s office before the tailors can get to work. If you live in greater Jakarta, the startup can also send someone to your house to take measurements – but it costs an additional fee. In the future, the startup hopes to overcome some of these barriers to growth with solutions such as stocking up on clothing material so customers can choose from a catalog.

Kostoom’s no stranger to startup competitions. In addition to being one of the winners of NextDev, it was a finalist at Tech in Asia’s Arena battle this year, and won the Indonesian chapter of global startup competition Seedstars World, among others.

Mattreal

Mattreal is an app that helps you calculate costs for renovations around the house. Let’s say you want to have your walls painted. You can put in the estimated number of square meters and the app will spit out cost estimates from a number of vendors.

It also has a map feature which shows different types of vendors, such as carpenters, interior designers, and more, nearby.

It’s available on Android and iOS.

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