Digitalization helps Bali’s small businesses to survive the pandemic
Digitalization helps Bali’s small businesses to survive the pandemic May 4, 2021 As it relies heavily on tourism to support its economy, Bali is one of the provinces hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, [...]
East Ventures DCI: Nongsa Digital Park boosts digital ecosystems in Riau Islands, a tech talent magnet in Indonesia-Singapore border
East Ventures DCI: Nongsa Digital Park boosts digital ecosystems in Riau Islands, a tech talent magnet in Indonesia-Singapore border April 14, 2021 According to the EV-DCI (East Ventures Digital Competitiveness Index) 2021, among the most [...]
SIRCLO Acquires Orami To Strengthen Omnichannel Services for Brands and SMEs
SIRCLO Acquires Orami To Strengthen Omnichannel Services for Brands and SMEs April 7, 2021 The acquisition of Orami strengthens SIRCLO’s services as the empowerment engine for brands, expanding its consumer reach. SIRCLO and Orami aspire [...]
Pandemic accelerated digital transformation in Indonesia, making it more equal
Pandemic accelerated digital transformation in Indonesia, making it more equal March 23, 2021 East Ventures, a pioneering digital startup venture capital in Indonesia has launched the East Ventures Digital Competitiveness Index 2021. Today, the report [...]
Advotics raised fresh funding from East Ventures to accelerate supply-chain digital transformation in Indonesia
Advotics raised fresh funding from East Ventures to accelerate supply-chain digital transformation in Indonesia March 2, 2021 Advotics, an Indonesia-based SaaS startup specializing in data-driven supply chain solutions for brands and SMEs, announced earlier today [...]
Warung Pintar acquired Bizzy Digital to strengthen its end-to-end offerings
Warung Pintar acquired Bizzy Digital to strengthen its end-to-end offerings 24 February, 2021 Warung Pintar, a micro retail technology startup company, today announced the acquisition of Bizzy Digital, an integrated logistics and distribution supply chain [...]
Indonesia’s digital economy to slingshot into its golden era
Indonesia’s digital economy to slingshot into its golden era February 25, 2021 Taking a slingshot as an analogy, Indonesia’s digital economy is the rock that is being pulled back by the COVID-19. Indonesia’s digital economy [...]
Member.id raises US$1.1 million from East Ventures and Traveloka, helps brands to tap into Indonesia’s booming creator economy
Member.id raises US$1.1 million from East Ventures and Traveloka, helps brands to tap into Indonesia’s booming creator economy 17 February, 2021 Member.id, a loyalty service provider, marketing and technology firm, announced earlier today that it [...]
East Ventures appoints Koh Wai Kit as its new Venture Partner
East Ventures appoints Koh Wai Kit as its new Venture Partner February 9, 2021 East Ventures, an early-stage sector-agnostic venture capital firm that has supported over 180 companies in Southeast Asia and is widely known [...]
Singapore-based Qapita secures an investment from East Ventures to usher digital equity management to Indonesian startups
Singapore-based Qapita secures an investment from East Ventures to usher digital equity management to Indonesian startups 3 February, 2021 Qapita, a Singapore-based provider of digital equity management SaaS solutions, today announced that it has secured [...]
Crisis fosters collaboration between startups and corporations: Willson Cuaca
Crisis fosters collaboration between startups and corporations: Willson Cuaca 2 February, 2021 “When a digital company gets dominant, it is like the rise of Thanos. What happens next is Captain America and Iron Man collaborate [...]
East Ventures Doubles Down on Nusantics
East Ventures Doubles Down on Nusantics 7 January, 2021 Nusantics, a genomics technology company, announced today that it has raised an undisclosed amount in Series A funding led by East Ventures. The startup also welcomed [...]
EV Growth Expanded its Team with Major Hires
EV Growth Expanded its Team with Major Hires 6 January 2021 EV Growth, a joint venture between East Ventures, SMDV, and Yahoo! Japan Capital focused on providing growth capital to startups in Indonesia and the [...]
4 key components for a successful startup
4 key components for a successful startup 28 December, 2020 Due to its fast growing young population, Indonesia is expected to reap the benefits of an agile, innovative and increasingly digital economy. In parallel with [...]
Entrepreneurial mindset for startup founders: 4 stages of problem-solving
Entrepreneurial mindset for startup founders: 4 stages of problem-solving 23 December, 2020 The core of startup leadership is rooted in its founders’ entrepreneurial mindset. Melisa Irene, Partner of East Ventures, said that an entrepreneurial mindset includes [...]
Country as a platform: The best version of Indonesia
Country as a platform: The best version of Indonesia 16 December, 2020 Indonesia as a platform has been patched by digital transformation to become the best version of Indonesia. As 2020 comes to a close, [...]
Crisis or no crisis, entrepreneurship persists
Crisis or no crisis, entrepreneurship persists 8 December, 2020 The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has brought about transformations to our daily lives. Not only has it changed individuals, it also reconstructed the way the economy works. [...]
Insider tips for startups on how to approach venture capital
Insider tips for startups on how to approach venture capital 4 December, 2020 This past year, the Indonesian digital economy has consistently seen exponential growth especially in terms of new consumers. According to the Google, [...]
Indonesia e-commerce solution platform Desty raises seed funding led by East Ventures
Indonesia e-commerce solution platform Desty raises seed funding led by East Ventures 1 December, 2020 Social commerce enabler startup, Desty, has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding from East Ventures. Desty is a digital [...]
Office Hour with Willson Cuaca: What founders need to know about growing startup business and fundraising
Office Hour with Willson Cuaca: What founders need to know about growing startup business and fundraising 26 November, 2020 The young generation has become more and more creative as technological advancement increases. It has been [...]
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 [...]
Idea validation with Willson Cuaca: How to start an investment-worthy startup
Idea validation with Willson Cuaca: How to start an investment-worthy startup 12 November, 2020 On 5 November, 2020, Amir Karimuddin from DSLaunchpad 2.0 hosted a question and answer with East Ventures’ Co-Founder and Managing Partner, [...]
How Traveloka, Waresix and Sociolla raised US $408M in aggregate
How East Ventures’ portfolios, Traveloka, Waresix and Sociolla fought COVID-19 and raised US $408M in aggregate 2 November 2020 JAKARTA — In Tech in Asia Conference on 21 October, East Ventures founding partner, Willson Cuaca moderated a [...]
Willson Cuaca: Covid-19 spurs leap in Indonesia digital transformation
Covid-19 spurs an 18 months leap in Indonesia digital transformation journey, according to Willson Cuaca 9 October 2020 JAKARTA — The physical restrictions and lockdown imposed during the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated digital adoption in Indonesia. Willson [...]
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 [...]