Team
East Ventures’ Partners
Batara Eto (Serial Entrepreneur, Co-founder Mixi.jp)
Batara Eto graduated form Engineering Department of Takushoku University in Tokyo, Japan.
He is the co-founder of mixi, the largest Social Networking Service in Japan. He built mixi in December 2003, and he was in charge for the development of the site. He served as Chief Technology Office in mixi until 2007. HE is a well known for advocating the use of the open source LAMP stack, Perl, MySQL and the Apache web server, especially in Japan.
In February 2008, he set up his new company called Etolabo Corporation.
Willson Cuaca (Serial Entreprenuer, CEO Apps Foundry)
Willson Cuaca has over 13 years experience in team building, product management, mobile industry, internet security and enterprise infrastructure.
He was the partner and technical director of leading Internet security firm in Singapore since 2001. In year 2008, Willson started get involved with mobile Internet and build one of first LBS app for Blackberry called Foyage. In year 2009, Willson recognized as one of Singapore 50 successful developers by Digital Life – The Straits Times.
Currently he is CEO of Apps Foundry, a startup developing digital magazine platform, SCOOP. Willson received B.Comp Science from Bina Nusantara University – Jakarta and holds various IT certifications.
Taiga Matsuyama (Incubator / Angel Investor, Partner, Chronos Fund)
Taiga Matsuyama graduated form Waseda University, Matsuyama has been engaged in venture company support for more than ten years in Tokyo, after experience as a consultant at Accenture.
Matsuyama became one of the board member of NetAge, Inc (IPO 2006), start-up incubator known by having invested in MIXI – Japanese top SNS and support several start-up companies.
He also has contributed to the activity for create the start-up eco-system in Tokyo through the NPO Organization BVA (Bit Valley Association). Currently he has established Kronos Fund with angel investors, venture capital fund for investment in emerging early-stage companies.
Kronos Fund has invested in more than 20 companies.
Chandra Tjan (Serial Entreprenuer, Banker)
Chandra Tjan brings over a rich management experience to the team, having cultivated management skills in the banking industry over the last 8 years. During his stint at Credit Suisse Group Singapore, he managed and established excellent rapport with regional high net-worth individuals, namely from China, Taiwan, Indonesia and Singapore. His responsibility included managing client’s private wealth and corporate deals.
Chandra also former CEO of coal trading company based in Singapore.
Chandra Tjan graduated from University of Sydney in 2001 with triple major in Finance, Economics and Management.
East Ventures Alpha
Peter Widjaja (VP of Operation East Ventures Alpha)
Peter Widjaja graduated from San Fransisco State University majoring in International Business.
He has been head of Finance Department and Business Development at PT Monokem Surya, A company that manufactured Special Organic Pigments. He is also in charged of diversifying the company’s core business into several new business.
He is served as deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Company. He joined Monokem in 2004 as Finance Manager of the company
Joshua Kevin (Associate at East Ventures Alpha)
Joshua Kevin is an undergraduate at Bina Nusantara University for Information System study and on his 3rd year, this year. Getting good grades isn’t the only main thing for him, he is also involved in the HIMSISFO (the student body for Information System undergraduate students) and Entrepreneur Club.
Currently he is actively involved in Indonesia startup scene as Associate at East Ventures and also a writer for TechinAsia. Pursuing his passion in Entrepreneurship, Joshua hopes to see more and more start-ups, not only the presence but also the success story.
Iqbal Farabi (Associate East Ventures Alpha)
Iqbal Farabi graduated from Institut Teknologi Bandung majoring in Informatices Engineering. While in college, he served one year as the chief of Informatics Engineering department’s student organization known as HMIF ITB.
Currently he is CMO of Starqle Indonesia, a start up specialized in building web apps focused on user experience design. In spite of his job as a marketer, he is very fond of programming and considers himself as an avid Ruby on Rails developer and Agile Development Method adopter.
Andina Tarina (Associate East Ventures Alpha)
Andina Tarina earned a Master in business administration from Institut Teknologi Bandung majoring in entrepreneurship. Currently she is a Branch Manager of Jabar Medianet, an Internet Service Provider. She also working at I2TB (Inkubator Inovasi Telematika Bandung) as a mentor that makes her close to start-ups in Bandung.