East Ventures, a pioneering and leading venture capital firm in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, today announced the release of its annual Sustainability Report 2026. The report underscores East Ventures’ commitment to building the ecosystem with integrity and growing value through discipline, and highlights how sustainability and impact principles are embedded across its investment activities and operational practices.
“We are pleased to present the 2026 edition of our Sustainability Report. Sustainability has always been part of our DNA, shaping our commitment to create meaningful and lasting impact. Today, we are seeing founders operate with sharper focus and stronger discipline. We remain committed to supporting them with greater diligence, pursuing growth responsibly while delivering sustainable, long-term value that extends beyond our ecosystem,” said Willson Cuaca, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at East Ventures.
East Ventures provides catalytic capital, consistently backing technology startups and companies that drive inclusive economic growth and sustainability outcomes. The firm recognizes that its responsibility extends far beyond investment; it is about pairing the capital with strategic guidance, capacity building, and strong accountability.
Under the theme “Building with integrity: Growing value through discipline”, the report reflects East Ventures’ continued commitment to integrity, including strong governance, transparency, and accountability. This is reinforced by disciplined execution across its investment process, portfolio management, and internal operations.
By combining integrity with disciplined execution, East Ventures aims to deliver sustainable, long-term value beyond its ecosystem. The firm’s investments support resilient companies, strengthen the entrepreneurial ecosystem, and contribute to positive environmental and societal outcomes in Southeast Asia. Some of the highlights of the impacts:
- Impacts created through the investments: With a sector-agnostic approach, East Ventures invests in and supports founders across sectors, including but not limited to AI-first, consumer, fintech, edtech, healthtech, logistics, and climate tech. These sectors represent key drivers of regional development and long-term resilience. Collectively, East Ventures and its ecosystem have contributed to 16 out of 17 SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) by the United Nations.
- Impacts led by East Ventures: East Ventures continues to drive initiatives and collaborate with stakeholders to drive meaningful impacts for the betterment of society. This includes recent initiatives such as My First $1000 (an eight-week youth entrepreneurship program for students in Singapore to execute their business ideas), the annual East Ventures – Digital Competitiveness Index report (mapping the digital competitiveness across provinces in Indonesia, serving as a key insights and data in shaping the future of Indonesia’s digital landscape), Climate Impact Innovations Challenge (Indonesia’s largest climate tech competition), ECOVISEA (free web-based greenhouse gas (GHG) calculator), and others.
- Impacts in the workplace: East Ventures values its employees as essential drivers of sustainable business growth and aims to create a supportive culture that fosters innovation and individual development. Through its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policy, East Ventures is committed to creating a more inclusive workplace, providing equal opportunity for female leadership, and access to funding. East Ventures boasts a strong representation of women across its team: 54% of team members, 50% of senior leaders, and 33% of investing partners. It also extends to its ecosystem, where 26% of East Ventures’ active portfolio companies are female-founded or co-founded.
East Ventures is committed to reducing emissions across its operations and portfolio companies. The firm targets net-zero emissions for Scope 1 and 2 by 2030, with a broader target of net-zero, including financed emissions, by 2050. In 2025, East Ventures reduced its Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions by 23% compared to 2024.
“Building with integrity requires uncompromising transparency. At East Ventures, ESG is not a compliance exercise; it is embedded in how we institutionalize governance excellence, disciplined risk management, and ESG readiness aligned with global standards. This Sustainability Report showcases how our disciplined commitment has produced demonstrable outcomes, which we can only achieve with the continued support and collaboration from our team, ecosystem partners, portfolio companies, and other stakeholders,” said Avina Sugiarto, Partner at East Ventures.
The East Ventures Sustainability Report 2026 is available at east.vc/sustainability-report. This report was developed with reference to Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards, the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) framework, and the Task Force for Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) Recommendations.
