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Stephanie Chai and the business of being trusted
Stephanie Chai started The Luxe Nomad with a booking website and a taste for travel. Building a company that could look after the holiday itself took longer - and brought her from a living-room office to the villas of Bali and the slopes of Hokkaido.
Astrid Juanita Stephanie and the distance between a farm and a hotel
Before co-founding PanenID, Astrid Juanita Stephanie knew the hotel side of the food business. Her next move was to bring farmers closer to the kitchen - and give them a better reason to keep growing.
Johannes Dwi Cahyo Kristanto and the last 100 kilos
A programmer, a milk-tea van and a harvest with leftovers. The PanenID co-founder’s route into agricultural logistics began with the everyday business of getting food to people.
Panen.ID’s shortcut to the hotel kitchen
Panen Indonesia Sejahtera connects smallholder farmers with commercial kitchens. Its Bali-born business shows why fairer food trading takes crop plans, quality checks, delivery routes - and enough cash to wait for payment.
Kozystay
Kozystay is a Jakarta-based, technology-enabled short-term rental management company and Indonesia's largest player in the flexible-stay segment. It manages more than 1,000 premium apartments and villas across Jakarta, Bandung and Bali on behalf of property owners, handling pricing, bookings, housekeeping, guest communication and maintenance under a profit-sharing model. Founded in 2019 by Dane Putranto and Frans Winarto, the company reached EBITDA breakeven, raised a Series A in 2025 led by Integra Partners with Intudo Ventures and Cercano Management, and acquired Bali villa manager BaliSuperHost to build a nationwide operating platform.
Marc Lou
Marc Lou (born Marc Louvion) is a French solopreneur and serial indie hacker who went from being fired by Tai Lopez in 2021 to earning over $1 million a year - solo, from Bali. He built ShipFast, a Next.js boilerplate that made $250K in five months, and TrustMRR, a verified startup revenue database built in a single day that became his top earner. With 14+ products launched, three sold, and a philosophy built on radical transparency and absurd shipping speed, he is one of the most-followed makers in the build-in-public movement.