INTERNATIONAL NEXT UNICORN (NEXTICORN) SUMMIT

Nusa Dua, Bali, 9-10 May 2018

The flagship Nexticorn (Next Indonesian Unicorns) International Summit was inaugurated at the Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center. It was the first event to welcome the founders of the four Indonesian unicorns on the same stage, namely Nadiem Makarim of Go-Jek, William Tanuwijaya of Tokopedia, Ferry Unardi of Traveloka and Achmad Zaky of Bukalapak, for a highly anticipated panel moderated by the Minister of Communication and Information Technology, H.E Rudiantara, accompanied by the Chairman of Indonesia’s Investment Coordinating Board, H.E Thomas Lembong for the presidential address. This two-day monumental event has successfully facilitated 1,035 fruitful one-on-one discussions among 220 selected attendees from 71 of the Nexticorn startups and 67 Venture Capitals, including Sequoia Capital, Tencent, Vickers Venture, Softbank, Jungle Ventures and Appworks to name a few. This forum was initiated by the Ministry of Communication and Information, Republic of Indonesia, as a response to the request of the start-up industry to create an opportunity that will facilitate start-up meetings. With the theme of “Voyage to Indonesia as Digital Paradise”, the 1st NextIcorn International Summit 2018 has succesfully brought 98 international investors from 67 venture capital companies. Melali Group was the sub-contractor of Laksmindo in supplying hotel accommodation, transportation, event logistics, entertainment and registration.