Jakarta’s venture capital poster boy Willson Cuaca is in town and yes he is taking a serious look at the UAE startup ecosystem. The co-founder and managing partner of East Ventures is on a visit with a high-level delegation.
The pandemic is not only a crisis, but also a situation that accelerates the growth of the digital economy. Co-Founder and Managing Partner of East Ventures, a sector-agnostic venture capital firm that has supported startups in Southeast Asia and Japan, Willson Cuaca told Kompas, Monday (8/16/2021). Since the very beginning, he has had faith in the capabilities of our own nation. This faith is what brings their investments and portfolio startups success.
Pandemi bukan hanya sebuah krisis, tetapi sebuah keadaan yang mempercepat laju pengembangan teknologi digital. Co-founder dan Managing Partner East Ventures, korporasi Indonesia yang bergerak di investasi usaha rintisan di Asia Tenggara dan Jepang, Willson Cuaca menceritakan hal itu kepada Kompas, Senin (16/8/2021). Sejak awal ia juga percaya dengan kemampuan bangsa sendiri. Kepercayaan ini yang membuat investasi mereka dan usaha rintisan yang didanai sukses.
Maintaining a successful and sustainable business is not only about having the brightest ideas nor having the largest amount of capital. It is also about execution, building the right team and giving the right solutions. However, above all, there are four pivotal pillars that startup companies must have as their strengths in order to transform into unicorns.
Mengelola bisnis yang sukses bukan hanya soal memiliki ide-ide terbaik, ataupun mempunyai modal terbesar tapi juga soal eksekusi, membangun tim yang tepat, dan memberikan solusi terbaik. Ada empat pilar terpenting yang harus dimiliki semua perusahaan startup sebagai kekuatan mereka untuk dapat berevolusi menjadi unicorn.
Sekarang, adopsi digital di Indonesia telah meningkat pesat di luar Jakarta. Namun, masih ada kesenjangan finansial yang besar di Indonesia. Situasi inilah yang memanggil Hendry bersama kedua temannya, Kendrick Winoto dan Rico Tedyono, untuk melahirkan Komunal di tahun 2018 dengan satu visi: untuk mengakselerasi inklusi finansial Indonesia dengan mengeliminasi kesenjangan tersebut.
Today, the adoption of the digital economy has increased tremendously outside Jakarta. Despite that, there is still a wide financial gap in Indonesia. This situation called for Hendry and his peers, Kendrick Winoto and Rico Tedyono to give birth to Komunal in 2018 with one vision in mind: to accelerate the country’s financial inclusion by eliminating the aforementioned gap.
Geniebook, Singapore’s largest online learning platform for the English, Mathematics and Science (EMS) syllabus, has secured US$16.6 million in a Series A funding round which was led by East Ventures (Growth fund), Lightspeed Venture Partners, several prominent angel investors, as well as senior executives from some of Southeast Asia’s most influential companies like Grab, Shopee and Gojek.
Geniebook, platform pembelajaran online terbesar di Singapura untuk Bahasa Inggris, Matematika dan Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam (IPA) meraih US$16,6 juta dalam putaran pendanaan Seri A yang dipimpin oleh East Ventures (Growth fund), Lightspeed Venture Partners, beberapa angel investors, serta beberapa eksekutif senior dari perusahaan paling berpengaruh di Asia Tenggara seperti Grab, Shopee, dan Gojek.
In a valuable session of the KOMPASFEST NAVIGATE event on 20 August 2021, Melisa Irene, partner of East Ventures, Brian Marshal, CEO and Founder of SIRCLO, and Mulyono Xu, CEO and Co-Founder of Desty, shared the three things they find pivotal.