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Mangkunegaran Digital Day 2024 leads the city of Solo to become sustainable digital hub through the integration of technology and culture

Mangkunegaran, in collaboration with Katadata Indonesia and East Ventures, a leading venture capital firm in Southeast Asia, hosted the “Mangkunegaran Digital Day 2024”, to facilitate in-depth discussions on strategies and concrete steps that can be implemented to accelerate digital transformation in Solo. According to the…
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Edtech in Southeast Asia: 4 key players to watch

Education serves as a fundamental pillar for acquiring knowledge and optimizing opportunities for success in various life endeavors. Nonetheless, it is critical to acknowledge that access to educational resources often exhibits significant disparities, leading to an uneven distribution of learning opportunities among individuals.  The arrival…
Andrew Wu
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Mesh Bio: The role of deep tech in modern healthcare

What if we can prevent catastrophic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and stroke with deep tech? The word deep tech might still be unfamiliar to people’s ears as it first emerged in 2014.  Deep tech is defined as referring to companies that focus on…
The finalists of the Climate Impact Innovations Challenge 2024
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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…
Optimalisasi digitalisasi sebagai kunci kenaikan peringkat daerah|Infografik 1 - EV-DCI 2024 - Katadata|
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Optimizing digitalization as the key to improving regional rankings

East Ventures has again released the East Ventures – Digital Competitiveness Index (EV-DCI) 2024 report in collaboration with Katadata Insight Center (KIC). EV-DCI is a report that maps digital competitiveness across 38 provinces and 157 regions/cities. In this report, several regions recorded significant rank increases.…
Ernest Layman
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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.…