UNAIR NEWS – In order to improve research commercialization and the sustainability of students entrepreneurship, the Center for Business Acceleration and Innovation (PASINBIS) Universitas Airlangga (UNAIR) organized a business incubator education session program titled “Recruitment Start-Up 2026 Batch 2 Airlangga Startup and Innovation (ATAVI)”. This program was held on Friday, September 18, 2026 at Kahuripan Building, Room 301, UNAIR MERR-C Campus.
Support and funding access
In his presentation on the introduction of UNAIR business incubator, Ahmad Fadlur Rahman Bayuny SEI MScIBF PhD emphasized the important role of business incubators in supporting young entrepreneurs in the process of business development.
“The path to becoming an entrepreneur is rugged and full of challenges. Business incubators exist to smooth the way of entrepreneurs. ATAVI has incubated 292 tenants since 2018. Thanks to this incubation process, three of our mentored startups from FPK, FKH, and FTMM successfully made it to the finals of the 2026 World Startup Championship in Pakistan,” he explained.
This incubation program is open for all of the UNAIR academic community who have been running a business for at least six months. ATAVI divided the mentoring process into two types, which are non-research startup and research startup. For the businesses who pass the selection, they will participate a bootcamp for 12 months to develop their business.
“After finishing the mentoring process, the next step is business matching phase, which aims to connect the students to the venture capitalists or investors for funding,” he said.
Real impact of incubation
One of the mentored tenants by ATAVI, Shifa Fauziyah SSi MKedTrop, the owner of Biology and Natural Science Community (BIONAS), also shared her journey in developing her science-based business. She shared that her business began by providing science teaching aids in 2022.
“Thanks to the UNAIR incubator, now BIONAS already has various interactive and sensory science classes. Beside, BIONAS has served approximately 5,500 students and supplied biological specimens to 20 leading universities in Indonesia,” she said.
Fauziyah also explained that the benefits she received as a tenant under the ATAVI UNAIR mentorship program have greatly helped her in growing her business. In addition, she has successfully built her own team to expand her partnerships.
“My team and I have gained a lot from the UNAIR incubator, including networking opportunities, market expansion strategies, and information on legal matters. In the future, BIONAS will be targeting service expansion to various area in Indonesia,” she concluded.
Author: Maulya Afifah Zahra
Editor : Ragil Kukuh Imanto
