Indonesia
FinTech continues to be a hot sector in Southeast Asia after a booming 2021
FinTech will continue to be one of the hottest sectors in Southeast Asia after investors pumped record amounts into the region’s FinTech firms last year.
Indonesia readying tough new curbs for online platforms – report
Indonesia is one of the world top-10 markets by the number of users for social media firms including Youtube, TikTok, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Whatsapp. Indonesia is also the world's fourth most populous country.
Indonesian aquaculture startup DELOS secures $8M seed extension round co-led by Centauri Fund and Alpha JWC Ventures
DELOS has raised $8 million in seed extension financing co-led by Centauri and Alpha JWC Ventures. The round was joined by existing investors, Number Capital, Arise, iSeed SEA, Irvan Kolonas, as well as Alto Partners Multi-Family Office, Mahanusa Capital, Kopi Kenangan Founder James Prananto, and a number of strategic follow-on investors, The company plans…
Finch Asia, IndoGen Capital, and Tokocrypto execs launch Southeast Asia focused Web3 projects fund
Finch Asia and IndoGen Capital are forming a web3-focused investment fund, named Cydonia, onboarding seasoned profiles from the blockchain landscape as the partners, notably Teguh Kurniawan Harmanda and Chung Ying Lai, who are respectively the Co-Founder/Chief Operating Officer and Chief Strategy Officer of Indonesia's largest crypto exchange, Tokocrypto,…
Indonesian e-grocery startup Sayurbox raises $120M Series C funding led by Alpha JWC, Northstar
Sayurbox announced Monday its oversubscribed Series C round of $120+ million led by Northstar and Alpha JWC Ventures, with participation from new investor International Finance Corporation (IFC). Existing investors Astra, Syngenta Group Ventures, and Global Brain as well as other prominent angel investors also participated in this fundraising round. The new…
Indonesia’s Wagely nets additional $8.3M in oversubscribed pre-series A funding
Wagely has raised $8.3 million in an oversubscribed pre-series A funding as the company scales its platform to help workers access their earned salaries on demand in Indonesia and Bangladesh. The funding comes in just seven months after the company securing its seed funding. The oversubscribed round was led by East Ventures (Growth Fund) with participation…
Rukita acquires Infokost.id to strengthens its position as market leader in Indonesia’s Prop-Tech industry
Rukita is strengthening its position as a market leader in the prop-tech industry by officially acquiring Infokost.id. It had relaunched Infokost.id to the public in February 2022.
[Updated] Indonesia’s GoTo to raise $1.25B in local IPO – report
GoTo, a merger of ride-hailing giant Gojek and e-commerce firm Tokopedia, said it plans to sell up to 52 billion Series A shares and set a price range of 316 to 346 rupiah per share.
Indonesia’s RRQ teams up Alterra to launch RRQ Guild to build and support play-to-earn communities
Rex Regum Qeon (also known as RRQ) on Tuesday launched its new project RRQ Guild, in collaboration with tech startup Alterra, to expand blockchain based play-to-earn communities globally through its fanbase and online-to-offline (O2O) presence. RRQ teamed up Alterra to leverage the latter’s technology expertise and O2O presence in over 90 cities in…
East Ventures becomes Indonesia’s first venture capital firm to sign UN Principles for Responsible Investment
East Ventures has officially become a UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) signatory as part of its commitment to creating responsible and sustainable investment and ownership decisions. It becomes Indonesia's first venture capital firm listed as a signatory; which further strengthens its belief that the implementation of the environmental,…
