East Ventures News
Uhoo Bags Technology Excellence Award for IoT – Health Products & Services
uHoo is an IoT that monitors & analyses the quality of indoor air and provides important information to help users make their homes & workplaces healthier.
Indonesian Fintech Services Kredivo and Moka Team Up for Offline Transactions
The firms’ offline collaboration is showing the commitment of the two companies in increasing financial inclusion and encourage economic growth.
Indonesian Online Travel Unicorn Traveloka Expands to Australia
Traveloka offers 5 features for customers in Australia such as flight ticket, accommodation, flight and hotel packages, airport transportation, and activities.
Indonesian Retail Tech Startup Warung Pintar Acquires Limakilo
Acquisition of Limakilo will enable thousands of Warung Pintar stalls to have direct access to sell staple food items at their digital-based stalls
EAST VENTURES, WARUNG PINTAR, AND SHOPBACK SPEAKS AT ECHELON SUMMIT 2019
Echelon Summit 2019 will feature some of the best and the brightest from the startup world who will be sharing four key stages.
SINGAPORE INVESTORS URGED TO TAP IN INDONESIA’ DIGITAL ECONOMIC
Indonesia has a very good ecosystem for startup development, not only because of the many problems, but also a promising market followed by good talents.
KTA ONLINE JULO EXPANDS TO AMBONG, GORONTALO, AND TARAKAN
Those cities are part of Julo’s plan to expands to all over Indonesia. it also expected to support OJK's target for financial inclusion.
SEVEN INTERESTING THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN INDONESIA’S E-COMMERCE SCENE
Indonesia's e-commerce scene is so exciting. Last year, online market transactions were recorded as the highest in Southeast Asia, reaching US$2.7 billion.
E27 Ask Me Anything: OVO Chief of Product Officer Albert Lucius Answers Your Questions!
Find out what Albert Lucius got to say about the company’s partnership with ride-hailing giant Grab –and how they plan to bring greater inclusivity.
FORE COFFEE RAISED US$8.5 MILLION FUNDING
The funding will be used to accelerate more innovation to provide high-quality and seamless online-to-offline customer experience.
TOKOPEDIA AND PEGADIAN OFFICIALLY LAUNCHES “TOKOPEDIA EMAS” FOR SELLING GOLD
The system used in Tokopedia Emas product is under OJK. Pegadaian ensures all gold products are insured. The transaction process is quite easy.
NEW CONSUMPTION IS THE INVESTMENT THEME IN 2019, SAYS EAST VENTURES’ CUACA
This term - New Consumption - has come up as we think there’s a new way for you to engage with the new millennial, with a new brand.
Indonesia’s Traveloka Opens R&D Center in India
The opening of Traveloka’s Research and Development Center in India marked the company’s first foray outside of Southeast Asia.
THE FIT COMPANY RAISED SEED FUNDING FROM EAST VENTURES
The investment will accelerate The Fit Company’s mission to build a technology-enabled ecosystem consisting of wellness-oriented products and services.
LEADING CLOUD EXPENSE AND BUSINESS SOLUTIONS JOJONOMIC SECURES NEW FUNDING ROUND
With this funding round, Jojonomic expands its shareholder base which now covers Europe, the US, Japan, Indonesia, and Southeast Asia.
WARUNG PINTAR RAISES $27.5 MILLION IN SERIES B FUNDING
Since its first inception until this Series B funding, Warung Pintar’s kiosks number has grown by 575 times within 12 months.
EATSY RAISES $550K MORE IN SEED FUNDING LED BY EAST VENTURES
The seed investment will accelerate Eatsy mission to make mobile ordering and payment the new way of life when dining out.
TOKOPEDIA APPOINTS FORMER INDONESIA FINANCE MINISTER AS ITS PRESIDENT COMMISSIONER
Agus Martowardojo joins Tokopedia as the company prepares to develop its ecosystem into infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS).
TOP 11 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE STARTUPS IN INDONESIA
Some of the artificial intelligence startups that were mentioned in the article are Nodeflux and Bahasa.ai, East Ventures' portfolio.
INDONESIA’S ONLINE MEDIA COMPANY IDN MEDIA SECURES SERIES C FUNDING ROUND FROM EV GROWTH
The Series C investment will be focused towards readers growth acceleration. It will begin by going local, to help it advancing its product & technology.
WHAT TO EXPECT FROM INDONESIA’S STARTUP LANDSCAPE IN 2019
The new retail sector holds promise in this landscape, as Warung Pintar, raised two investments in 2018 from East Ventures and other investors.
ENTERPRISE MESSAGING STARTUP EKO COMMUNICATIONS RAISES $20M FOR ITS EUROPEAN EXPANSION
Eko Communications’ Series B is earmarked for its ambitious global expansion plans to the UK, Ireland, Benelux, and the DACH region.
EAST VENTURES IS APPOINTED AS ADVISOR TO eFOUNDER FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
The two Managing Partner, Willson Cuaca and Batara Eto, were chosen to mentor the 40 founders that selected into eFounder Fellowship Program in Hangzhou.
AFFORDABLE GENETIC TESTING COMPANY NALAGENETICS RAISES PRE-SEED FUNDING ROUND LED BY EAST VENTURES
With this Pre Seed funding, Nalagenetics aims to create cost-effective genetic tests tailored to Asian populations, starting in Singapore and Indonesia.
STICKEARN ESTABLISHES STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH GRAB TO LAUNCH STICKMART
StickMart is a commercial platform that offers efficiency and measurable insights to enhance brands’ business developments.