Pertamina Opens Registration for Pertamina Youthpreneur to Bring Together Startup from Millennials
Jakarta, November 9, 2020 – PT Pertamina (Persero), through the Partnership Program, launched the Pertamina Youthpreneur 2020 program. This program aims to capture the potential of entrepreneurs and MSMEs from the millennials with a maximum age of 40 years so that they can continue to grow and be independent.
Vice President of Corporate Communication of Pertamina, Fajriyah Usman, said this event is Pertamina's pilot project by collaborating with digital startups. Participants will be provided with training and assistance to develop their business. "So that it can support the development of the startup ecosystem in Indonesia even more rapidly," she said.
Fajriyah added, to be able to take part in Pertamina Youthpreneur 2020, there needs to be several criteria that must be met by prospective participants. The startup needed to be running for at least six months, and the startup owner is an Indonesian citizen (WNI). After that, participants who meet the criteria will be selected to become 30 startups eligible to participate in Pertamina Youthpreneur 2020.
In the initialization of the Partnership Program, it is started with the Next Generation program's holding. This event is part of a series of Pertamina Youthpreneur, which occurs at several campuses in Indonesia every weekend of October. "In this program, participants are given 54 hours to create a startup and develop their business ideas," added Fajriyah.
"The last roadmap is the Pertamina Youthpreneur 2020 program. This event is the final stage of the previous series of programs. This stage is a startup acceleration to validate the startup business model by providing direct intensive support and access to business capital loans from the Pertamina Partnership Program of up to IDR 200 million," she explained.
The core event for the Pertamina Youthpreneur 2020 program lasts for three days. On November 27, 2020, an Expert Class will be held, provision for startups to scale up through learning materials on Business, Administration, Product, Fundraising, and Growth Hacking will be given from experts. Then on November 28, 2020, mentoring will be carried out with mentors from Pertamina and others to increase startup potential. Finally, on November 29, 2020, a Demo Day will be held for pitching in front of a jury from Pertamina and other experts to win the funding.
Fajriyah said that all industrial sectors could participate in the event. Registration has been opened and will be closed on November 18, 2020. For participants who are interested in registering their startup, they can go to http://bit.ly/pertamina-youthpreneur-2020 page to register. "Let's contribute to realizing the nation's economic independence by developing an independent and superior startup ecosystem," she concluded.**