East Ventures di 2021: 80+ deal di berbagai sektor unggul di Asia Tenggara rampung, mengincar diversifikasi sektor di tahun 2022
Menyambut tahun 2022, East Ventures mengambil kesempatan ini untuk melihat kembali dan merefleksikan tahun 2021. Sama seperti di seluruh dunia, pandemi COVID-19 juga memberikan dampak yang sangat besar pada ekosistem kami—tidak hanya di Indonesia, namun juga Singapura dan negara-negara Asia Tenggara lainnya.
East Ventures welcomes seasoned investor Avina Sugiarto as its new Venture Partner
East Ventures, a pioneering sector-agnostic venture capital firm that has supported over 200 companies in Southeast Asia, announced Avina Sugiarto as a Venture Partner at the firm. Avina will leverage her extensive experiences to invest in growth-stage technology companies and further drive sustainability and integration of ESG practices in East ventures’ investments.
Singapore-based healthtech startup Smarter Health raises S$ 5.15 million to transform healthcare in the region
Smarter Health, a Singapore-based healthtech startup, announced that it has secured S$ 5.15 million in series A funding led by East Ventures. The funds will be used primarily for product development and market expansion in Southeast Asia.
‘Impact investing is here to stay’: Melisa Irene
‘Impact investing is here to stay’: Melisa Irene May 24, 2021 Impact investing breaks the misconceptions that profits and social impacts cannot go hand in hand. As the most active venture capital firm in Indonesia, East Ventures believes that investing in the right companies matters, not only in terms of profit, but also in regards to the social impact. When it comes to investing in Indonesia, economic and social impacts are two sides of the same coin. As a developing country, Indonesia is full of potential: among its huge youth population, there are millions of [...]
Finantier raised a pre-seed funding led by East Ventures, bringing Open Finance to Indonesia and Southeast Asia
Finantier raised a pre-seed funding led by East Ventures, bringing Open Finance to Indonesia and Southeast Asia 23 November 2020 Finantier, Indonesia-based Open Finance startup, today announced a pre-seed funding round led by East Ventures with participation from AC Ventures, Genesia Ventures, and other investors. Diego Rojas, Keng Low, and Edwin Kusuma founded Finantier earlier this year to provide the infrastructure and data products required by businesses to build the next generation of financial services. The startup enables digital platforms to securely work in collaboration with financial institutions to create seamless and personalized experiences for [...]
ASUMSI.CO raises seed funding from East Ventures
ASUMSI.CO raises seed funding from East Ventures to build a tech-driven digital media platform 16 September 2020 JAKARTA — Multi-platform digital media startup Asumsi.co announced an undisclosed amount of seed funding from East Ventures. The investment will accelerate the company’s technology product development to expand its operations beyond content creation in a mission to build a sustainable media ecosystem. Journalist & former TV presenter Pangeran Siahaan founded Asumsi in 2017. The company is a digital media startup targeting young demographics, with a focus on current affairs and pop culture. Its fresh and unorthodox approach in covering current affairs [...]
Indonesian logistics tech startup Waresix closes US$100 million fundraising
Indonesian logistics tech startup Waresix closes c.US$100 million fundraising 10 September 2020 JAKARTA — Waresix, Indonesia's leading logistics tech startup, today announced that it has concluded its Series B fundraising, and over the last year raised c.US$100 million from existing investors EV Growth and Jungle Ventures, and new investors, including SoftBank Ventures Asia, EMTEK Group, Pavilion Capital and Redbadge Pacific. Waresix is the leading logistics tech startup in Indonesia in the trucking and warehousing segments. Trucking services, which form the majority of Waresix’s business, is focused on first-mile and mid-mile intercity shipments. Waresix’s deep operational [...]
Social commerce startup KitaBeli raises seed funding led by East Ventures
Social commerce startup KitaBeli raises seed funding led by East Ventures joined by ACV 25 August 2020 JAKARTA, 25 August 2020 — Social commerce startup KitaBeli today announced that it has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding led by East Ventures. AC Ventures joined the round with participation from angel investors. KitaBeli is a social commerce platform that allows its users to buy daily essentials, FMCG, and other household items, in groups with their friends. Within the platform, users invite their friends to form groups in order to receive discounts from suppliers “Indonesian consumers [...]