Indonesia

The panellists discussed about the reasons why Southeast Asia is prime for the next decade and where they see opportunities within the region. They also discussed the challenges of investing and operating in the Southeast Asian region and had given some pieces of advice to investors and companies looking into this multi-cultural and diverse market.

Bukalapak's fintech joint venture firm BMoney has launched stocks trading feature and special programs for the premium user segment "BMoney Privilege" in collaboration with securities company CGS-CIMB Sekuritas Indonesia.

Indonesia-headquartered courier startup J&T Express has on last Friday announced that it will acquire Shenzhen Fengwang Information Technology Co., Ltd. (Fengwang Information), the owner of Chinese e-commerce logistics provider Shenzhen Fengwang Express Co., Ltd. (Fengwang Express), for RMB1.183 billion ($170.09 million).

AnyMind Group, a Singapore-based commerce enablement company, has on Friday announced that it has agreed to acquire all shares issued by Indonesia-based eDistributor and e-commerce enabler, PT Digital Distribusi Indonesia (DDI).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.