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CeriTech startup, which was founded by students of the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) in 2019, managed to qualify for the final of the world startup competition. This startup represents Indonesia at the University Startup World Cup 2020. CeriTech was founded by Aldi Raharja (ITB Industrial Engineering Master Student), Ahmad Radhy (ITB Physics Master Student), and Azmy Ansori (ITB Physics S1 alumnus). This company focuses on improving the quality and yield of coffee beans, through fermentation and drying processes using the Internet of Things (IoT). This team managed to beat 4,131 applicants from nearly 2,000 universities around the world. Of the 75 teams that qualified for the final round, the CeriTech Team was the only representative from Indonesia.

In the final round which was held on 17-19 October 2020, the CeriTech Team successfully won the Top 3 title in the Information Communication Technology category. In qualifing for the final round, the team needed to send concepts and documents from the CeriTech startup. Then, the organizers carried out an assessment. After passing the assessment, the CeriTech Team made an online presentation of business ideas (pitchingf) before  the jury and related parties. After the presentation, the CeriTech Team was declared to have qualified for the final round. According to the CEO of CeriTech Aldi, even though all activities were carried out online, the atmosphere of the activities was still tense. This is because its competitors come from well-known universities in the world.

The idea for CeriTech started in 2016, when one of the founders of Aldi Raharja founded a Tri Tangtu coffee shop in Bandung. In running his coffee shop, Aldi supplied coffee from local producers. Unfortunately, the quality of coffee beans from local producers is still not consistent because the process is still traditional. From this problem, Aldi, Ahmad, and Azmy began to develop CeriFer, a tool to collect and record temperature and pH data from the coffee bean fermentation process. Apart from CeriFer, the CeriTech Team also developed CeriGar, a tool that can collect and record data on temperature, humidity, and light intensity from the drying process. Uniquely, CeriTech products can be used to access and monitor the process in real time via a mobile application or a web dashboard.