What is Akseleran? Akseleran Review, Features

Akseleran is Indonesia’s first equity crowdfunding platform. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Jakarta. Its founders are Ivan Tambunan, Mikhail Tambunan and Christopher Gultom. It mainly targets start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprises and is committed to filling the financing gap for small and medium-sized enterprises.

About Akseleran

Akseleran was founded in 2017 as a fintech startup with an equity crowdfunding business model, but later switched to a P2P lending model to comply with the rules set by the Indonesian Financial Services Authority (OJK). Akseleran is able to connect SMEs with lenders, and through its Auto-Invest APP, lenders can determine loan criteria such as loan term and interest rate, thereby reducing the time and hassle of selecting loan proposals from borrowers.

Advantages

1. The Akseleran platform can bring many benefits to startups and small and medium-sized enterprises. They do not need to bear any debt burden because Akseleran does not charge interest.

2. The security and efficiency of the entire financing process can be fully guaranteed. From due diligence to marketing to the final closing of financing, Akseleran uses online processing methods. Customers only need to ensure the correctness of the submitted materials, do their best to promote, and seek investment for project activities.

3. Akseleran will also help service companies with business plans and financial forecasts.

Profit Model

Akseleran's profit channel mainly comes from start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprises, rather than investors. The minimum investment amount for investors is 100,000 rupiah, or $7.5. In addition to charging 10 million rupiah (750 US dollars) in management and consulting fees to financing companies, the platform will also require 3% of the shares of these companies.

Services

1. Manage Projects

Portfolio management; program and project management; benefits realization; change management; quality assurance.

2. Improve operations and processes

Supply chain and operations; procurement processes; financial and performance management; enterprise asset management; product lifecycle management; sales and marketing; IT operations and services.

3. Leverage business applications

Application strategy, architecture and roadmap; solution selection, implementation planning and business expertise; implementation support; SAP solutions.

IV. Usage Information

Big data and business intelligence; master data management and data quality.

Financing

-In February 2019, Indonesian P2P platform Akseleran announced that it had received approximately US$2.5 million in financing, leaving it US$5 million short of its target of US$7.5 million. The company expects to complete its Series A financing by the end of the year. Akseleran said the new funds will be mainly used for the company's market expansion and to increase the amount of loans it lends.

-In June 2019, Indonesian P2P startup Akseleran raised US$5 million in Series A funding, close to its US$7.5 million target.

Development History

-In 2017, Akseleran, Indonesia’s first equity crowdfunding platform, was officially established in Jakarta. Prior to this, the company had launched a test version in December last year.

-In 2019, Akseleran has begun cooperating with e-commerce giants Tokopedia and Bukalapak.