Indonesia

Maybank Investment Bank said Wednesday that it sees minimal impact from Indonesia's new tax on e-commerce platforms as it believes consumers can absorb the 0.5 percent tax.

Throughout the first half of 2025, Danantara Indonesia has strengthened its role in the global investment landscape by establishing various investment partnerships with several leading sovereign wealth funds (SWFs), including the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), Future Fund Australia, and China Investment Corporation (CIC).

The Ministry of Communications and Digital Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia (Komdigi) has officially anchored the establishment of Indonesia’s AI Center of Excellence — a national initiative aimed at accelerating the country’s AI competitiveness through a strategic collaboration with Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (Indosat), Cisco, and NVIDIA.

Southeast Asia (SEA) initial public offering (IPO) capital market remains resilient in the first half with Malaysia and Indonesia take top spots, Deloitte said Friday.

Indonesian sovereign wealth fund Danantara Indonesia has inked a landmark memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), paving the way for financing opportunities aimed at accelerating Indonesia’s transition toward a green, digitally connected economy.

Sirsak, an Indonesia-based business to business (B2B) packaging waste management startup, has raised $600,000 in pre-seed funding to expand its flagship Packaging Recovery Program (PRP) technology and accelerate packaging waste collection and recycling across Indonesia.

Tapway Sdn. Bhd., a Malaysia-based Vision artificial intelligence (AI) platform developer, announced Tuesday that it is expanding into Indonesia.

Sxored, an Indonesia-based tech startup specializing in intelligent document extraction and artificial intelligence (AI)-powered credit document analysis, has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from East Ventures, a sector-agnostic venture capital firm in Indonesia and Southeast Asia.

Monit, Indonesia’s leading spend management platform, has raised $2.5 million in a funding round led by Cento Ventures, with strategic participation from Sansan, a Japanese leader in business to business (B2B) digital transformation.

Vietnamese automaker VinFast has officially entered into a pivotal financial partnership with PT Bank Central Asia Tbk. (BCA), one of Indonesia's leading private banks.