Climate Impact Innovations Challenge 2024 announces the finalists with revolutionary solutions aimed at driving sustainability in Indonesia and beyond

East Ventures, a pioneering and leading sector-agnostic venture capital firm that has supported over 300 tech companies across Southeast Asia, and Temasek Foundation, a Singapore-based non-profit philanthropic organization that supports sustainable development initiatives, announced the finalists of the Climate Impact Innovations Challenge (CIIC) 2024, Indonesia’s largest climate innovation tech competition. This year, the challenge focuses on finding climate solutions to be implemented in Indonesia based on three tracks: Energy Transition, Sustainable Agriculture, and Circular Economy.

Har Har Chicken!, the takeaway kiosk specializing in har cheong gai-focused menu items, raised funding led by East Ventures

Har Har Chicken!, the takeaway kiosk specializing in har cheong gai-focused menu items, announced today that it has raised funding led by East Ventures, a pioneering and leading sector-agnostic venture capital firm focusing on Southeast Asia.

Southeast Asia: The bright spot for VC investing amidst global uncertainties?

“Southeast Asia: The Bright Spot For VC Investing Amidst Global Uncertainties?” was a panel that featured Thomas G. Tsao of Gobi Partners, Roderick Purwana of East Ventures and Angela Toy of Golden Gate Ventures, moderated by James Kwan, Founder & Executive Chairman, Jumpstart Media at the ORIGIN: Asia Tech Conference.

Investing in healthtech to tackle Indonesia’s greatest challenges

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed critical gaps in Indonesia’s healthcare infrastructure, revealing structural and systemic shortcomings that will require scalable solutions. Change doesn't happen overnight, particularly for the healthcare sector, which consists of multiple intertwined industries with strict regulatory oversight. But precisely because the industry is highly regulated, regulations play a huge role in shaping trends.

Trial, iterate, fail fast – Lessons from Rekosistem

Before founding Rekosistem, college friends Ernest Layman and Joshua Valentino thrived in the corporate world. “Joshua is the ethical socialist, and I'm the environmentalist. We joined forces—Joshua became the truck driver,” Ernest jokes, “and I became the investor." And that was how Rekosistem was born.