About PT Handeliv Cipta Niaga

PT HandelivCipta Niaga,Indonesian technology holding company.

The parent entity behind technology products built in Indonesia for the global market. Founded in 2023, headquartered in Surabaya, Indonesia.

Entity
PT Handeliv Cipta Niaga
Founded
2023 · Indonesia
Headquarters
Surabaya, Indonesia
Founder
Paulina Yu
Status
Operating since 2023

280 million people.Zero in the global top ten.

Indonesia is adopting technology faster than almost any country in the world. Yet it has zero companies in the global top ten by valuation. That gap is the most interesting question of the next decade.

The default answer has been to import — reselling foreign products, repackaging foreign frameworks, deploying foreign playbooks. Handeliv chooses the opposite path: to build originals.

/ How we operate

Three principles,held without exception.

/ 01

No hype. Just data.

Every claim we make is sourced. Every number traceable. We'd rather say less and mean it, than promise the world and underdeliver.

/ 02

Build, don't just use.

The world doesn't need another reseller. It needs more people in Indonesia who can ship something original to global standards.

/ 03

Long-term over loud.

We're not optimizing for next quarter. We're building something worth being remembered for in twenty years.

Paulina Yu, founder of handeliv
/ FOUNDER2026
Founder

Paulina Yu.

Founder of Handeliv. Builder and operator with two decades of cross-border work - manufacturing, e-commerce, and now technology.

Researcher with three masters degrees and published work on AI adoption in technology organizations — full background below.

Currently focused on what Indonesia builds next.

Read the credentials below, orget in touch.

/ Background

Education& research.

Education

  1. 2025Sweden
    MSc, Information Systems
    Linnaeus University
  2. 2024Sweden
    MSc, Ageing & Social Change
    Linköping University
  3. 2008Australia
    MBA, Business Administration
    University of Southern Queensland
  4. 2004Australia
    BBus, Accounting
    Victoria University of Technology

Research & certifications

Published research
  1. 2025Linnaeus University · DiVA
    Employees' Perceptions of AI Adoption in Swedish Tech Organizations
    View on DiVA
Research & academic
  • Research Foundations in Digitalization Society · University of Gothenburg, 2023
  • Fundamentals of AI · Elements of AI, University of Helsinki, 2025
Professional
  • Microsoft Career Essentials · Business Analysis
  • Microsoft Career Essentials · Data Analysis
  • Microsoft Career Essentials · Project Management
Get in touch

Let's talk.

For partnership and corporate inquiries.

handelivciptaniaga@gmail.com