Indonesian startup Lumina, a first-of-its-kind jobs community platform aimed at providing better economic opportunities for underserved blue-collar workers, announced today the company is now backed by Y Combinator (YC) and Alpha JWC Ventures.
“This funding will help unlock Lumina’s potential to bring change to Indonesia’s labor force and we believe the Lumina team is the right one to take on this challenge,” said Gustaf Alstromer, Group Partner, Y Combinator.
Lumina has joined the huge alumni network of YC’s – including Airbnb, Stripe, and Dropbox.
“Blue-collar workers in Indonesia are severely underserved. They lack access to career and development resources that can provide them with better economic opportunities. We, at Lumina, are eager to provide them with an effective platform for development and advancement.
“By leveraging the power of our immersive community and AI-based job recommendations, we aim to democratise hiring and automate quality matching between blue-collar workers and employers,” said co-founder & CEO of Lumina, Aswin Andrison.
Within two months, Lumina has brought on more than 100,000 job seekers and 20,000 jobs from thousands of companies including Shopee, Lemonilo, Sirclo, Kargo and Astro, among others. In addition, the platform is seeing strong traction with 1,000 new daily user sign-ups and 3,000 new daily jobs added.
Aimed at helping 80 to 120 million blue-collar workers in Indonesia to access opportunities through an easy-to-use, community-based recruiting and benefits platform, Lumina is the first platform to provide Indonesia’s working class with a professional community and a support network.
-HR HUB
