Coffeenatics Joins the Inaugural Ngee Ann Poly SEA Partners Network

The Southeast Asia (SEA) Unbound initiative, launched by Ngee Ann Polytechnic on 28 May 2026 in Singapore, marks a five-year strategic commitment to building the next generation of regional talent, partnerships, and cross-border collaboration across Southeast Asia. Officiated by Mrs Gan Siow Huang, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Trade and Industry, the launch brought together more than 40 corporations, universities, and government agencies from across the region

Coffeenatics is honored to have signed on as one of the inaugural founding industry partners of the NP SEA Partners Network, alongside organizations including Sea Group, EMTEK, Frasers Property, Living Lab Ventures, Rentfix, and Tin Men Capital, with Coffeenatics representing the specialty coffee sector at the signing. Coffeenatics was represented at the event by Boris Hartanto, Co-Owner and Chief Information Officer of PT Coffeenatics Kopi Indonesia, who attended the MOU signing ceremony and joined fellow founding partners on stage

The SEA Partners Network is underpinned by a $10 million fund committed over five years, supporting Southeast Asia-focused programs for Ngee Ann Polytechnic students. The initiative is supported by overseas centres in Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, and Jakarta, providing on-the-ground presence across the region. An eight-member SEA Advisory Panel of senior regional leaders provides strategic guidance to the polytechnic's leadership

As part of our role as a founding industry partner, Coffeenatics will host Ngee Ann Polytechnic students for immersion programs across our Medan roastery and Jakarta operations, covering specialty coffee operations, supply chain, digital transformation, and the day-to-day reality of building a regional consumer brand from Indonesia. As a company built in Indonesia, we believe meaningful regional collaboration starts with opening our doors and sharing real operating experience. It is a privilege to contribute to how the next generation of Southeast Asian operators and leaders learn, build, and work together

This partnership reflects a broader posture for Coffeenatics. Over the past decade, we have built our roastery, retail network, and head office across Medan and Jakarta — and our business has always been about more than what fits in a single cup. We work at the intersection of specialty coffee, Indonesian craft, regional supply chains, and the digital infrastructure that allows a sourcing-to-retail business to operate at scale

Joining the SEA Partners Network places Coffeenatics within a wider ecosystem of operators, educators, and policy partners thinking about the same questions we are, on a regional scale

For our wholesale partners, retail collaborators, and the businesses we work with across Indonesia and the wider region, this partnership signals our long-term commitment to building Coffeenatics as a regionally rooted, institutionally connected brand. The work of cross-border collaboration takes years; the value compounds over even longer horizons

Thank you to Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Mr Lim Kok Kiang and the leadership team, Ms Fong Pin Fen and the Careers & Global Immersion office, and the SEA Advisory Panel for the welcome into this network. Thank you also to the founding partners on stage on 28 May, we look forward to building alongside you over the next five years

Reflecting on the partnership, Boris Hartanto noted that for Coffeenatics, this is not the end of a ceremony, it is the start of five years of building, listening, and working alongside partners who believe what we believe about Southeast Asia

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