Indonesia

East Ventures launches white paper on genomics with Indonesia’s Ministry of Health

East Ventures, an Indonesia-focused venture capital firm, has on Thursday launched a white paper “Genomics: Leapfrogging into the Indonesian healthcare future”.

Australia’s plastic alternative firm Uluu aims to build commercial plant in 2025

Uluu uses farmed seaweed rather than terrestial crops or waste as a carbon source to produce a plastic alternative. Doing so not only provides economic advantages but, more importantly, the unique potential to scale enough carbon to decouple our polymer economy from fossil fuels, information from its website showed. From its unique seawater process, Uluu’s…

Indonesia’s Asa Ren raised oversubscribed $8.15M co-led by Top Harvest Capital, Kejora Capital, Marcy Venture Partners

Asa Ren, an Indonesia-based DNA data company based in Indonesia, has on last week announced the closing of a new early stage round of fundings of $8.15 million. This oversubscribed round was co-led by Top Harvest Capital (Silicon Valley USA), Kejora Capital (Kejora-SBI Orbit Fund and Orbit Capital Malaysia), and Marcy Venture Partners (Silicon Valley USA),…

Indonesia to draft regulation enabling media to receive payments from digital platforms for content – report

President Joko Widodo cited an urgent need for the new law since 60 percent of the advertisement market in the Southeast Asian country is dominated by mainly foreign digital platforms.

Grab Indonesia inks partnership with SRCIS for digital services

Continuing Grab’s long-term commitment in accelerating the digitalization for local micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), Grab Indonesia inked a partnership with PT SRC Indonesia Sembilan (SRCIS).

GoTo announces new leadership structure as it strengthens corporate governance and operational efficiency

PT GoTo Gojek Tokopedia Tbk (GoTo) has on Wednesday unveiled a strengthened GoTo Group leadership team, as the company continues to focus on enhancing corporate governance as well as faster and more efficient execution to drive the business towards profitability.

Indonesian cybersecurity firm Peris.ai secures funding led by East Ventures

Peris.ai, an Indonesian-based cybersecurity as a service startup, has on Wednesday announced the new funding led by East Ventures, a sector-agnostic venture capital firm in Indonesia. Magic Fund also participated in this funding.

Ayoconnect partners Mastercard to build innovative solutions in bank-account based payments and open finance in Indonesia

Ayoconnect, an Indonesia-based open finance API platform, has on Tuesday announced a strategic partnership with Mastercard to modernize bank account-based payments and co-create open finance solutions in Indonesia.

MUFG sets up $100M fund with Danamon in Indonesia

MUFG Innovation Partners Co., Ltd. (MUIP) and MUFG Bank, subsidiaries of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG), have on Tuesday announced that they have established a $100 million fund called the MUFG Innovation Partners Garuda No. 1 Limited Investment Partnership with PT Bank Danamon Indonesia, Tbk (Danamon), a leading commercial bank in Indonesia.

Indonesia’s EdenFarm raises $13.5M funding led by TMI, AppWorks, AC Ventures

EdenFarm, a food service-focused startup based in Indonesia, has secured $13.5 million in its latest Pre-Series B bridge round led by Telkomsel venture arm Telkomsel Mitra Inovasi (TMI), AppWorks, and AC Ventures. The round was also supported by Decart Ventures, Fubon Capital, Trihill Capital, OCBC NISP Ventura, Nakhla and Capria Ventures.