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Instellar and IKEA Social Entrepreneurship Strengthen Collaboration with Social Enterprises through I-SEA Impact Business Days

Instellar

I-SEA Impact Business Days is the culmination of Instellar & IKEA Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator (I-SEA) programme which took place from October 2021 – July 2023 JAKARTA (7 June 2023) – Instellar and IKEA are holding Instellar & IKEA Social Entrepreneurship Indonesia Accelerator (I-SEA) Impact Business Days on 7-8 June 2023 at the Pullman Thamrin Hotel, Jakarta. […]

August 8, 20265 min read

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SEED STARTER Holds Advanced Workshop for Ecopreneurs

Instellar

In February 2023, Instellar held a Design Phase workshop, in Yogyakarta, as part of the SEED Starter program series. SEED Starter is a program created to implement eco-inclusive business ideas into attractive and beneficial products or services for the environment. SEED itself is a global partnership launched by UNEP, UNDP and IUCN at the World […]

August 8, 20262 min read

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Romy Cahyadi to Serve as Indonesia Impact Alliance Chairperson

Instellar

With the growing recognition of impact investing as a critical driver for sustainable development in Indonesia, multiple stakeholders join forces to establish Indonesia Impact Alliance as an effort to accelerate the growth of impact investing in the country. The iniative was officially launched on May 10 2023 with Romy Cahyadi, CEO of Instellar, to serve in the Board […]

August 8, 20262 min read

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Graduate Updates: Waste4Change, TORAJAMELO, and Others

Instellar

Since 2017, Instellar has been conducting various incubation and acceleration programs and providing professional guidance by implementing the best curriculum for social entrepreneurs. Some of the programs organized by Instellar include Rise Inc., DBS Foundation SE Bootcamp 2019, Instellar & IKEA Social Entrepreneurship Indonesia Accelerator (I-SEA), and many more. Aiming to grow the potential of […]

August 8, 20262 min read

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Women of Hear Me: Bridging the Communication Between the Deaf and Hearing Community

Instellar

To commemorate Women’s History Month this March, we would like to highlight some of the roles that women carry in the professional world, especially in social enterprises. In this interview, we spoke with the co-founders of Hear Me: Athalia Mutiara Laksmi (CEO), Safirah Nur Shabrina (CMO), Octafiani Isna Ariani (COO), Nadya Sahara Putri (Human Resources) […]

August 8, 20264 min read

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SEED Starter: Helping To Raise Impactful Entrepreneurs

Instellar

It has been Instellar’s commitment since our establishment in 2017 to continue developing and helping social entrepreneurs to have impactful businesses. We play the role as catalyst, consultant, and liaison for the community as the forms of our commitment, to the extent of developing curriculum for incubation and acceleration programs. One of the real actions […]

August 8, 20263 min read

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12 Blue Startups and SMEs Selected for the Blue Finance Accelerator

Instellar

Jakarta, March 9, 2023 – The Blue Finance Accelerator (BFA), implemented  by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) through the UN Accelerating SDGs Investment in Indonesia (ASSIST) Joint Program and the Asian Development Bank (ADB), named the 12 blue ventures selected to participate in an accelerator program, to scale up SDG-aligned impact for the blue […]

August 8, 20264 min read

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Instellar Beyond Java: Empowering Women with MALA Ecotours

Instellar

International Women’s Day is celebrated every March 8th throughout the world. It was inaugurated as an annual celebration by the United Nations in 1977 to celebrate all the achievements achieved by women in various fields, such as social, economic and cultural. As a form of support towards women’s empowerment, Instellar cooperates with MALA Ecotours and […]

August 8, 20263 min read

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CEO Reflections: On taking a step back to move forward

Instellar

Throughout 2022, Instellar was entrusted by multistakeholders to help more impact entrepreneurs. At the beginning of the year, we collaborated with the UK-Indonesia Tech Hub to organize CybHER, a program that aims to educate and empower Indonesian women through cybersecurity transformation. We were also entrusted by IKEA Social Entrepreneurship to run Instellar & IKEA Indonesia […]

August 8, 20263 min read