Undergrid

Exploring what’s next, while optimizing what’s now.

Undergrid partners with founders, marketers, innovators, and investors to drive resilient growth—exploring what’s next while optimizing what’s now.

At a Glance

Undergrid is a boutique strategic intelligence and development firm dedicated to a singular focus: exploring what’s next while optimizing what’s now.

We partner with founders, investors, marketers, and innovators to navigate growth and uncover new opportunities—through market assessment, strategy validation, and the operational enablement needed to build resilient businesses.

Our Service

We help businesses stay competitive by making sharper strategic choices and enabling effective execution.

Market Assessment

Understanding the market across customers, competitors, and external forces to identify opportunities.

Strategy Validation

Validating strategic priorities / initiatives through structured testing, market feedback, and investment logic.

Operational Enablement

Designing and improving workflows, and building capabilities to enable effective execution of strategic priorities.

Our Approach

Problem First, Method Second

We believe that every challenge is unique; therefore, the method and solution cannot be generic.

We prioritize a deep diagnostic phase to ensure we are solving the right problem before designing a custom method to address it.

We support clients from diverse needs

When growth stalls

Growth has leveled off—even though the business is running. Inefficiencies and untapped opportunities are limiting further upside.

We help identify missed value, opportunity, and streamline operations to unlock sustainable growth.

Typical Profiles: Consumer Brands, Media Companies, MSMEs.

When the next move is unclear

A new direction or idea looks promising—but committing without clear validation feels risky.

We help turn ideas into clear strategic priorities and validate them through structured testing, market feedback, and investment logic.

Typical Profiles: Startups, Corporate R&D, Innovation Teams, Private Investors.

When execution falls short

The strategy is clear—but workflows, capabilities, or structure aren’t in place to deliver it effectively.

We design and improve workflows, and build capabilities to enable effective execution of strategic priorities.

Typical Profiles: Startups, Small Agencies, NGOs, Private Investors.

Recent Case Studies

Market Assessment - Recent Case Studies

Audience Insight for Sportstainment Company

Designed an audience insight and segmentation study for a sportstainment company to strengthen partnership propositions and enhance value creation for sponsors and collaborators.

ROI Framework for Social Media Management Services

Advised a creative agency on quantifying the financial and non-financial ROI of social media management services, enabling the agency to better justify pricing and demonstrate value to its clients.

Strategy Validation - Recent Case Studies

Analytics & Knowledge Framework for Social Program Development

Advised an analytics and knowledge-building framework for a non-government organization to support the development, validation, and impact measurement of social programs.

Investment Validation for E-commerce Affiliate Agency

Conducted an investment validation for an e-commerce affiliate agency, assessing business model viability, growth potential, and strategic risks to support capital allocation decisions.

Operational Enablement - Recent Case Studies

Digital Transformation Roadmap for Commerce Business

Developed a digital transformation roadmap for an early-stage e-commerce app, outlining technology priorities, operational changes, and implementation milestones.

Performance Optimization of Medium-Size Beauty Studio

A comprehensive audit of first-year financial, operational, and marketing data to identify growth bottlenecks and to deliver a data-driven strategy to optimize ROI.

Beauty Studio Expansion Strategy

Developed a strategy and capability-building program to support the operational and organizational transformation of a medium-sized beauty studio managing two brands, preparing the organization for expansion.

Way of Working

Collaborative Diagnostic

Deconstructing organizational challenges through high-level alignment to ensure strategies solve for the right business objectives from the start.

Technical Immersion

Deep-diving into product mechanics and internal processes to ensure methods and insights are relevant to the specific operational reality.

Macro and Micro Perspectives

Balancing broad market landscapes with granular, on-the-ground realities to eliminate bias and ensure insights are both sharp and practical.

Grounded & Creative

Pairing disciplined strategy with creative exploration to uncover non-obvious growth paths that standard frameworks often overlook.

Evidence-Led Strategy

Utilizing rigorous research as the foundation for all recommendations, ensuring every strategy is validated by data and ready for execution.

Contact Us

Mailing Address (Indonesia)

Gedung Artha Graha Lt. 26, Unit 2601
Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 52–53
Senayan, Kec. Kebayoran Baru
Kota Jakarta Selatan 12190

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