Indonesia
Indonesia’s Ruangguru acquires Vietnamese live teaching platform Mclass to expand market reach
Ruangguru, an Indonesia-based education technology company, has completed the acquisition of Mclass, an online learning platform in Vietnam that offers live teaching solutions to students. The acquisition is Ruangguru's strategic move to expand its reach and increase its capabilities in the region.
Indonesia and Malaysia announce commercial launch of cross-border QR payment linkage
Bank Indonesia (BI) and Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) have on Monday announced the commercial launch of the Indonesia-Malaysia cross-border QR payment linkage. The commercial launch of this linkage follows from the successful completion of the pilot phase of the linkage announced on January 27, 2022.
Indonesia’s UENA raises new funding co-led by East Ventures, Trihill Capital
UENA, a hyperlocal online food and beverage (F&B) startup based in Indonesia, has raised an undisclosed amount of new funding co-led by the existing investor, East Ventures, and the new investor from Trihill Capital.
Indonesian supply chain enabler Praktis raises $20M Series A round led by East Ventures
Praktis, an end-to-end supply chain enabler based in Indonesia, has raised $20 million of series A round led by East Ventures (Growth fund) with participation from Triputra Group and SMDV.
Indonesian chat commerce enabler Mimin secures seed funding from Salim Group’s Otto Digital
Mimin, an Indonesian-based startup offering chat commerce solutions and virtual assistant services for businesses, has on Friday announced its seed funding from Otto Digital, a subsidiary of Indonesian conglomerate Salim Group.
Bukalapak slips into the red with $68.18M net loss in 1Q
Indonesian e-commerce company PT Bukalapak.com Tbk (Bukalapak) said last Friday it has slipped into the red by recording a net loss of 1 trillion rupiah ($68.18 million) in the first quarter, as compared to a a net profit of 14.55 trillion rupiah ($991.99 million) a year ago.
GoTo closer to profitability as net loss down 41 percent y-o-y in 1Q
PT GoTo Gojek Tokopedia Tbk (GoTo), the largest digital ecosystem in Indonesia, said its net loss fell 41 percent year on year to 3.9 trillion rupiah ($265 million) in the first quarter of 2023, driven mainly by higher revenues and reduced incentives and product marketing spend.
Nearly One in Five Cars Sold This Year Will Be Electric — International Energy Agency
Electric car sales are generally low outside the major markets, but 2022 was a growth year in India, Thailand and Indonesia. Collectively, sales of electric cars in these countries more than tripled compared to 2021, reaching 80,000.
Indonesia’s eFishery sets to be a unicorn as firm “in advanced talks” to raise $100M – report
If the deal goes through, the start-up is set to join Indonesia’s growing list of tech unicorns.
Indonesia aims green energy transition with the development of Nusantara at Hannover Messe 2023
The Indonesia government has affirmed its commitment to green energy in building the new capital city, Nusantara, at the largest Industrial and technology exhibition, Hannover Messe 2023 in Germany.
