2025 Participants from 34 Provinces Participate in the Pertamina Business Idea Competition Pertamuda Seed and Scale

Jakarta, July 25, 2021 – PT Pertamina (Persero) officially closed the registration for the Pertamuda Seed & Scale business idea competition on July 24, 2021, at 00.00 WIB which was opened on June 17 with a total of 2025 participants.

“The enthusiasm was so great. So, we had to extend the registration, which was initially from July 16, to July 23. Therefore, the participants can complete the registration requirements,” said Fajriyah Usman, Acting Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications & Investor Relations of PT Pertamina (Persero), Saturday (24/5).

Fajriyah added that later the 2025 applicants will go through filtering and curation process until August 2, 2021, which will be announced through www.pertamuda.id website and Pertamuda’s Instagram, the names of participants who are qualified to be the TOP 50 Pertamuda. Participants who pass the curation will attend Demoday Pertamuda Seed & Scale 2021 activity in Bali.

“The best three will get capital to run their business ideas of IDR 100 million each. After the ‘Demoday Pertamuda 2021’, 50 participants will be monitored for 10 months to observe the development of their business ideas,” said Fajriyah.

The applicants from 34 provinces in Indonesia are from Aceh to Papua. But, the dominance of participants based on the region is West Java, followed by East Java, Central Java, DKI Jakarta, East Kalimantan, Banten, DIY, Bali, South Sulawesi, and then followed by Aceh, Lampung, and West Sumatera.

A sharp increase of the applicants can be seen since the D-2 of the closing, and the peak was on July 23, starting from 08.00 WIB, the traffic of the applicants increasing sharply until the last seconds before 23.59 WIB. The 2.025th applicant closed the registration at the last second.

This activity that is part of the Pertamina Goes To Campus series is a form of PT Pertamina (Persero) commitments in supporting the development of startups among Indonesia’s young generation, as well as supporting the achievement of SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) point 8 that is to increase inclusive and sustainable economic growth, productive and comprehensive job opportunities, and decent work for all, as well as is committed to implementing ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) based programs in all operational areas.**