How product managers and software engineers can become effective agriculture changemakers with Elevarm co-founder and CTO Febi Agil Ifdillah and CPO Bayu Adi Persada (Call #131)

On Call with Insignia Ventures

Indonesian agritech for farmers Elevarm's CTO and co-founder Febi Agil Ifdillah and CPO Bayu Adi Persada⁠ share how Elevarm approach to digitalizing farming in Indonesia impacts the kind of engineers and operators they hire, Elevarm's path to profitability and place in future agritech industry, and their own leadership styles.

In last week's episode, Febi and Bayu shared their stories getting into agritech, Elevarm's ecosystem approach to an agritech business, and key learnings from their recently published sustainability report.

Timestamps:

(02:24) Misconceptions about Indonesian agritech;

(07:17) Views on the evolution of Indonesia's agritech competitive landscape and Elevarm's place in the future of farming and food;

(14:27) How Febi's and Bayu's leadership has grown since starting / joining Elevarm;

(19:27) #MinuteMasterclass: Commercializing Technology-Based Innovation for Indonesia's Farmers;

(22:34) #RapidFireRound;

About our guests

⁠Febi Agil Ifdillah⁠ is co-founder and CTO of Elevarm. Growing up in a remote village in Bogor, Indonesia, Febi is a first-generation college graduate. He studied under full scholarship from the Indonesian Government to pursue a degree of Bachelor of Science in Computer Science/Informatics from (ITB) Bandung Institute of Technology’s School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics. He was a Machine Learning engineer before jumping into the agritech space.

⁠Bayu Adi Persada⁠ is CPO of Elevarm. He has had more than seven years as a product manager, head of product, and CPO for several companies in Indonesia, including Bukalapak and Grab. He received his Bachelors' from the Bandung Institute of Technology in Informatics Engineering and his Masters in ICTs for Development from The University of Manchester.

The content of this podcast is for informational purposes only, should not be taken as legal, tax, or business advice or be used to evaluate any investment or security, and is not directed at any investors or potential investors in any ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Insignia Ventures⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ fund.