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IKEA Social Entrepreneurship, IKEA Indonesia, and Instellar Successfully Held I-SEA Showcase for the 10 Social Enterprises

Instellar, IKEA Social Entrepreneurship, and IKEA Indonesia teamed up since end of last year to create the Instellar & IKEA Social Entrepreneurship Indonesia Accelerator (I-SEA), a two-year program that aims to support Indonesian social entrepreneurs scale up their businesses and increase their impact.  To celebrate the mid-way point of the I-SEA programme, the cohort of 10 […]

August 8, 2026 8 min read

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Hack-SUP Dining + Fostering Futures Party

On Saturday, September 10th, 2022, Instellar and one of Hack-SUP Innovation Lab’s startup PlĂ©pah successfully held the Hack-SUP Dining + Fostering Futures Party at the Urban Forest, Grange Park Cipete, South Jakarta. The mini sustainability and circularity focused festival was to discuss the single-use plastic problem in the F&B industry in Indonesia and its transition to more environmentally friendly solutions, as […]

August 8, 2026 8 min read

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I-SEA Peer Learning

After a series of online meetings, Instellar & IKEA Social Entrepreneurship Indonesia Accelerator (I-SEA) organized peer learning sessions in which I-SEA Changemakers can meet face-to-face to discuss with and learn from each other. Peer learning is about involving everyone in the process, so in these offline meetings everyone takes turn to share the experience of […]

August 8, 2026 8 min read

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Instellar is a Part of Koalisi Ekonomi Membumi

Koalisi Ekonomi Membumi (KEM) is a collective of ESG-focused organizations whose purpose is to boost Indonesia’s investing ecosystem. Consisting of multi-stakeholders from government representatives, private associations, ecosystem enablers, to networks of many sustainable SMEs, Koalisi Ekonomi Membumi aims to encourage the growth of sustainable business products in Indonesia. By being a part of Koalisi Ekonomi […]

August 8, 2026 8 min read

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The NextDev Telkomsel Percepat Akselerasi Ekosistem Ekonomi Digital Indonesia

Begitu nama aplikasi FishGo disebut dewan juri, sontak I Gede Merta Yoga Pratama alias Yoga, kaget. Founder perusahaan rintisan (startup) FishGo ini masih terpaku di kursinya. Setengah berdiri, dia masih tidak percaya saat nama aplikasinya menjadi pemenang dengan meraih gelar “Best of the Best The NextDev Talent Scouting 2018”. Panggung The NextDev Telkomsel di JCC […]

August 8, 2026 8 min read

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Instellar and IKEA Social Entrepreneurship Indonesia Accelerator 2021: Build Businesses in an Equal and Inclusive Society

Instellar and IKEA Social Entrepreneurship Indonesia Accelerator 2021: Build Businesses in an Equal and Inclusive Society Jakarta, [Date] – After more than a year through the Covid-19 pandemic, social entrepreneurs have proven that their participation has played an important role not only in the business ecosystem, but also in maintaining the quality of life of the […]

August 8, 2026 8 min read

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Remake City Jakarta: Startup Acceleration Program for Access to Funding

The startup ecosystem development in Indonesia has been growing rapidly since the last few years.  However, this development cannot be separated from the many challenges that must be faced by the startup founders, one of which is the lack of access to funding. Several ways have been taken by startups in Indonesia to get funding, […]

August 8, 2026 8 min read

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ASIC: Creating Solution of Sustainable Living in Asia

Data from the United Nations (UN) shows 60% of the population in Asia-Pacific has experienced living in urban area. The development of urban life in the last two decades will have a great impact on the sustainability of the planet. A number of countries like Singapore, China, South Korea, and Japan have come through massive […]

August 8, 2026 8 min read

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Understanding the Right Funding for Social Enterprise Workshop

On 27th – 28th November 2018, Instellar held the last workshop for Rise Inc.6 titled Understanding The Right Funding for Social Enterprise. Finding the right funders and securing finances can be a challenging, time-consuming, and complicated process. According to Amy Millman, president of Springboard Enterprises, an accelerator for women-led businesses in technology, media and life […]

August 8, 2026 8 min read