2016
The co-founders, Aryo, Andi, Syauqy, Farid, Hanry, and Raynalfie conducted research on water quality monitoring to be used as a product with a sale value to farmers.
Dec 2016
Liris joined the team and conducted market and product market fit research. At the end of 2016, the founders decided to establish a start-up company that focuses on digitizing shrimp farms.
2018
JALA’s water quality monitoring platform was developed into a pond management platform. The team joined Hatch Accelerator Program and established JALA Tech.
Jan 2019
Various new features were developed and launched, including Shrimp Price, Shrimp News, and premium feature (Pro Cycle). The pond management platform can be accessed through mobile application (JALA Apps).
Jul 2019
The development of IoT-based multiparameter water quality measurement device continues. It was officially introduced under the name JALA Baruno and started to be manufactured.
Sep 2019
Securing seed funding by the end of 2019 which was obtained from 500 Startups, Hatch, and Conservation International Ventures to continue developing the aquaculture management platform.
Nov 2019
To accelerate the mission of digitizing shrimp ponds, JALA initiated Tambak Pintar by JALA program as an assistance program for middle to low-scale farmers.
Jan 2020
JALA starts to go out into the field to catalyze transactions and market access for shrimp farming yields. JALA service comes with a fast and secure payment through PanenUdang by JALA.
Jun 2020
Realizing that shrimp disease is a serious threat to the sustainability of cultivation, JALA presents LabUdang by JALA to help farmers identify diseases accurately.
Feb 2021
Considering the importance of dissolved oxygen (DO) water quality parameters in the cultivation process, JALA introduced DO supply devices with lower electricity demand, JALA Dojeto and JALA Dojeto Max.
Mar 2021
The features and accuracy of shrimp farming management application continues to develop, including the launch of JALA Mobile Apps for iOS users.
Jul 2021
JALA's commitment to be present in every industrial process leads to the establishment of shrimp pond operational cooperation service called JALA SmartFarm that comes with various features for shrimp farming operations.
Nov 2021
Towards the end of 2021, JALA obtained new funding of 6 million US Dollars from Mirova, The Meloy Fund, and Real Tech to support the productivity and sustainability of the shrimp industry.
2022
JALA started its expansion into the Southeast Asian market. It started with the Kick Off Pilot Program in Cà Mau, Vietnam which is in line with the mission of the Vietnamese government to digitize shrimp farmers.