Indonesia

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook

Facebook invests in Gojek

Facebook and WhatsApp want to "serve small businesses" with this Gojek deal.

coffee

Rocket Internet has a coffee startup now

But Flash Coffee faces strong rivals ready for regional expansion.

Gojek goes for gold with new investing service

Both Gojek and Grab brace for clash of wealth management products.

Kopi Kenangan, coffee

Indonesia’s Starbucks rival Kopi Kenangan brews up $109m funding to build empire

With over 300 stores already, it’s planning expansion to three countries after the pandemic.

Indomie, ramen

Sequoia in $25m funding for Indonesia startup helping mom-and-pop stores to stock up

GudangAda, started just last year, has bagged series A money.

Sequoia backs Indonesia insurance startup Qoala

Insurance on your new iPhone? This startup bets on growing demand.

Gojek, motorbikes, motorcycles, transportation, Indonesia

Gojek escalates cashless payments battle with startup acquisition

Gojek just confirmed it has bought iPad cash register startup Moka.

Lending startup KoinWorks pockets $20m fresh funding

It comes despite big risk to small businesses during pandemic.

truck, trucking, shipping, containers, logistics

Indonesia’s Kargo gets $31m series A funding to keep on truckin’

The 'Uber for logistics' startup has big-name backers.

4 years on, cashierless stores are full of empty promises

Now the hype has died down, here’s how Southeast Asia has really been impacted by retail startups.