Founded in 2010 by Jamie Lin, AppWorks Accelerator is a startup community created by founders, for founders. Every six months, we welcome founders who are building on the edge of what’s possible – those pushing the boundaries of technology and creating what the world has yet to imagine. We equip them with the necessary resources, mentorship, and community to turn bold visions into lasting impact. We know there are many considerations for founders when applying to an accelerator. That’s why we’ve created an FAQ page to help you decide whether or not AppWorks is the right fit for your startup. As of November 2025, AppWorks Accelerator #32 is open … read more
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Nathan Alexander, Associate Nathan joined AppWorks in 2024 as an Associate in the Southeast Asia Arm, dedicated to meeting and supporting founders in the region. He brings forth over 7 years of experience in startup advisory, investments and M&A. He started his career at PwC Indonesia where he was first exposed to the investment world and developed his initial acumen for analyzing companies. In 2021, Nathan moved to the venture capital industry, taking on the position of Senior Analyst at Alpha JWC. In his most recent role, Nathan served as the Head of Investments for Telkomsel Ventures where he focused on sourcing startups and underwriting investments for Telkomsel, Indonesia’s … read more
From College App Developer to a Dual‑Engine Entrepreneur James Chou, Founder of JTCG, an AppWorks Accelerator Batch #13 alumni, stands out as one of the rare entrepreneurs who can seamlessly switch between product design, growth hacking, and enterprise sales. In college, James built Colorgy, an app to help students manage class schedules and connect with peers. It started with him manually inputting his own timetable, coding at night, and testing during the day with classmates. Feedback led him to realize students cared more about the social side than schedules. So he pivoted, adding features to help them find classmates and form study groups. As usage patterns varied across departments, he developed … read more
Some founders are relentless. Mike Hahn is one of them. Over the past two decades, Mike has built five startups, completed multiple exits, and held intrapreneurial roles—all while demonstrating a rare tenacity to keep pushing, not for headlines or capital, but because he genuinely loves solving hard problems. With Vaudit, his sixth venture, Mike is applying everything he’s learned to build a more transparent and accountable digital advertising ecosystem. The Hidden Leak in Ad Spend Today, advertisers are spending more per click than ever. Yet a surprising portion of that spend never reaches real, verified users. During early customer discovery, Mike and his team uncovered that a large share of … read more
Growing up in Indonesia, I understand the pressing importance of waste management as it preserves the environment and greatly affects everyone’s quality of life. Indonesia’s waste management situation has never been great, but as people’s consumption and hence our waste output grows with the economy in recent years, the situation has deteriorated to an alarming state. There’s more trash on the streets, rising cases of illegal dumping, illegal trash burning, and fields of plastic waste floating in our ocean. It’s often said that the health of our planet determines our collective future. In Indonesia, an emerging economy with the world’s 4th most populated, environmental preservation is far from guaranteed. Rapid … read more
