Indonesia

fashion, clothes, clothing, style, shopping, retail

Indonesia’s Asos-style fashion app Sorabel to shut down

End of the road for shopping startup launched in 2014.

China’s iQiyi ramps up Southeast Asia expansion

Netflix battle means better localization needed, it says.

Ex-Amazon drone exec joins Gojek as CTO

Severan Rault joins one month after previous group CTO quit.

Netflix

Indonesia’s top telco unblocks Netflix

The four-and-a-half-year ban is over.

Payfazz gets $53m funding for network of mobile money agents

It's like Venmo, but with an Indonesian twist.

Y Combinator graduate Shipper gets series A funding

Indonesian startup wants to make life easier for online merchants.

Ajaib

Building a fintech empire, Indonesia’s Ajaib adds stock-trading

The startup aims at millenials who’ve never invested before.

Gojek’s GoPlay gets funding for streaming battle

Indonesia’s Netflix rival wants more originals.

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.