East Ventures : An Early Believer of Indonesia

The pioneering and leading sector-agnostic VC firm, passionate in bringing success to tech startups and sustainable impact to the digital ecosystem in Southeast Asia.

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Willson Cuaca’s coconut framework wants startups to focus on core strengths

FEATURED REPORT

East Ventures Digital Competitiveness Index 2022

Towards Indonesia’s Digital Golden Era

The nation’s ability to overcome the pandemic crisis combined with high digital adoption is paving the way to the next chapter of Indonesia’s digital economy

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Available in English and Indonesian

Available in English and Indonesian

FEATURED REPORT

Sustainability Report 2022

This report lines out robust progress and a range of initiatives among the firm and its ecosystem in engaging the ESG frameworks in achieving a more sustainable future.

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East Ventures becomes Indonesia’s first venture capital firm to sign UN Principles for Responsible Investment

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Our Upcoming Events

Speed UP: VC & Startup Speed-dating in Indonesia

13 October 2022

15:00 - 18:00 WIB

XenSpace, Jakarta, Indonesia

Representative: Jordy Tenka, Senior Investment Associate at East Ventures

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SLINGSHOT 2022 Grand Finals

27 October 2022

12:00 - 17:30 WIB

Ballroom of Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore

Speaker: Willson Cuaca, Co-Founder & Managing Partner at East Ventures

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We’ve Worked With Multiple Sectors

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What They Say About Us

"East Ventures played a key pivotal role in our growth. It helped us at that time to connect with potential buyers, to potential investors and also at the same time help us navigate through the difficult and painful M&A process."

Albert Lucius, Founder of

“Tokopedia is the first portfolio company from East Ventures around the world. It has been great on connecting us to a lot of global investors, and a subsequent of the fundraising of Tokopedia based on the introduction of East Ventures.”

William Tanuwijaya, Founder of

“East Ventures has been able to help us get to know the right strategic partners to help us accelerate our growth.”

Ferry Unardi, Founder of

“East Ventures has supported us from the very beginning, not only in terms of funding, but also by providing us with invaluable business know-how. Their continued support has helped open the door for Mercari to take on the challenge of expanding on a global scale.”

Shintaro Yamada, Founder of

“I was introduced to Willson and East Ventures very early in our journey, and they have been a valuable source of advice and guidance ever since. A principal value brought by East Ventures is that they provided us with the right connections to investors and strategic partners, which is key to building legitimacy in the healthcare industry.”

Gillian Tee, Founder of

Recognitions

Principles of Responsible Investment

United Nations, 2022

9th Ninth Most active seed investors in Asia

Crunchbase, 2021

1st Most Active Venture Capital in Southeast Asia

DailySocial, 2021

Top 15 Active Lead Investor Worldwide

Crunchbase, 2020

1st Most Active Venture Capital in Southeast Asia

DealsStreetAsia, 2020

Most Active VC in Indonesia

DailySocial, 2020

Largest Private Equity Funds Closed

Preqin, 2020

3rd Most Active Investor in Southeast Asia Start-ups

Tech in Asia, 2020

Most Active Top Performing Venture Capital Worldwide

Preqin, 2019

1st Most Active Venture Capital in Indonesia

Tech in Asia, 2019

Top 15 Active Lead Investor Worldwide

Crunchbase, 2018

Recent News

Press Release

Bioma, a Product-as-a-Service startup, raised pre-seed funding co-led by East Ventures and Init-6

Bioma, a Product-as-a-Service startup that enables consumers to rent various types of physical assets, announced the completion of an undisclosed amount of pre-seed funding round co-led by East Ventures and Init-6. Bioma will allocate the fund to further expand its services, especially in catering to different use cases of the customers. Bioma will also utilize the fund to invest in more resources, mainly to add operations, products, and tech talents, ensuring a seamless user experience.

5 October, 2022|Press Release|

East Ventures donated 53 oxygen concentrators to BUMN Foundation for Indonesia

15 September, 2022|Press Release|

Web3 discovery platform Playground closes pre-seed round co-led by East Ventures and Mirana

14 September, 2022|Press Release|

UENA, a hyperlocal online F&B startup, raised Seed funding led by East Ventures

13 September, 2022|Press Release|

Gokomodo, Indonesian agribusiness supply chain solution, announces US$ 26 million series A funding led by East Ventures

7 September, 2022|Press Release|

From Portfolio

Coffee tech startups serve coffee goodness for all, from farmers to consumers

Who doesn't love coffee? At East Ventures, we are deeply in love with coffee. Our portfolio has three coffee-focused tech startups: Otten Coffee, Fore Coffee, and Morning.

1 October, 2022|From Portfolios|

East Ventures’ 9 startups listed in Forbes Asia 100 to Watch List

31 August, 2022|From Portfolios|

GREENS aims to empower Indonesia’s 240M non-farmers with its meta-farming solutions

29 August, 2022|From Portfolios|

How mental health startup Intellect’s founder catalysed his personal battle with anxiety

25 August, 2022|From Portfolios|

Indonesia’s beauty commerce, Sociolla, shows e-commerce can fight plastic pollution

8 June, 2022|East Ventures, From Portfolios|

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FEATURED REPORT

East Ventures Digital Competitiveness Index 2022

Towards Indonesia’s Digital Golden Era

FEATURED REPORT

Sustainability Report 2022

East Ventures becomes Indonesia’s first venture capital firm to sign UN Principles for Responsible Investment

Our Upcoming Events

Speed UP: VC & Startup Speed-dating in Indonesia

SLINGSHOT 2022 Grand Finals

We’ve Worked With Multiple Sectors

What They Say About Us

Recognitions

Recent News

Press Release

From Portfolio

Insight

Press Release

Bioma, a Product-as-a-Service startup, raised pre-seed funding co-led by East Ventures and Init-6

East Ventures donated 53 oxygen concentrators to BUMN Foundation for Indonesia

Web3 discovery platform Playground closes pre-seed round co-led by East Ventures and Mirana

UENA, a hyperlocal online F&B startup, raised Seed funding led by East Ventures

Gokomodo, Indonesian agribusiness supply chain solution, announces US$ 26 million series A funding led by East Ventures

From Portfolio

Coffee tech startups serve coffee goodness for all, from farmers to consumers

East Ventures’ 9 startups listed in Forbes Asia 100 to Watch List

GREENS aims to empower Indonesia’s 240M non-farmers with its meta-farming solutions

How mental health startup Intellect’s founder catalysed his personal battle with anxiety

Indonesia’s beauty commerce, Sociolla, shows e-commerce can fight plastic pollution

Insight

Get to know Batik Parang and how its philosophy resonates with East Ventures’ values

The role of fintech lending to Indonesia’s agribusiness sector

East Ventures: Uplifting Indonesian Society Through The Digital Economy, a case study by the CIIP

Willson Cuaca’s coconut framework wants startups to focus on core strengths

Fundraising tips for startup founders

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