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Indonesia
Surabaya
Indonesia's second-largest city and third-ranked startup ecosystem — a port and industrial powerhouse now building a parallel identity as a digital economy leader, anchored by ITS's engineering research base and a Kominfo-backed digital hub aimed at green-tech and fintech founders.
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4.46M
Population Size
ITS Sukolilo Innovation District
The academic core of Surabaya's tech scene — Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember's 189-hectare Sukolilo campus, alongside Airlangga University's medical and economics faculties.
ITS Science Techno Park (STP ITS)
A technology-transfer office and spin-off incubator spanning seven focus sectors — automotive, maritime, ICT/robotics, creative industry, settlement and environment, and nanotechnology — including a 5G Experience Center built with Indosat Ooredoo and Nokia.
Airlangga University Medical & Economics Cluster
Airlangga University's medical and economics faculties round out Surabaya's academic base, alongside Dr. Soetomo Hospital and Siloam Hospitals as healthtech deployment partners.
Markas Surabaya Digital Economy District
The commercial and government-backed side of Surabaya's ecosystem — a Kominfo-run digital hub and the city's own crop of funded startups.
Markas Surabaya
A digital hub run by Indonesia's Ministry of Communication and Informatics (Kominfo), delivering the UK-Indonesia Tech Hub's Hatch x PEDE incubation programme and Digital Talents Development track, focused on green and agri-tech founders.
Surabaya Startup Cluster
Home to Berachain (an Ethereum-compatible blockchain), Komunal (P2P lending fintech) and IDN Times (Gen Z media) — part of a startup base that grew nearly 100% in 2025 and has raised over $153 million to date.
Tech Ecosystems in Indonesia
Indonesia's tech economy runs on contrast — a 280-million-person consumer market concentrated in Jakarta's towers, a Singapore-facing manufacturing and data-centre bridge on Batam, a bottom-up digital-nomad economy in Bali, and a government-built smart capital rising from the rainforest at Nusantara.
