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Climate Impact Innovations Challenge 2025 announced nine finalists, leading the way to accelerate 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) 2025, Indonesia’s…
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6 Ways VC is driving sustainability in Southeast Asia
Driven by a thriving digital economy and accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Southeast Asian venture capital landscape has undergone rapid growth over the past couple of years. As the landscape evolved, an increasing focus on sustainable investments and impact-driven funds has also emerged. In…
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Seizing investment opportunities for AI-based startups in Indonesia
Local AI startups in Southeast Asia are increasingly capturing the attention of investors, thanks to their innovative, culturally relevant solutions that create real impact on the ground. Amid declining funding for startups in Indonesia, investment in startups adopting artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to…
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Willson Cuaca has been appointed to be a member of Singapore’s Economic Strategy Review Committee 3: Entrepreneurship
This press release was originally published by Singapore’s Ministry of Digital Development and Information on 4 August 2025, titled “Economic Strategy Review to Chart a New Economic Blueprint for Singapore.” Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Chairman of the Singapore Economic Resilience Taskforce (SERT) Gan Kim…
From Portfolios
SaladStop!: Could AI be the path to new revenue streams?
Chatbots are only the start of it. Adrien Desbaillets, the CEO of SaladStop!, explains how his team is leveraging automation to reach for entirely new B2B partnerships. Popular healthy eating chain SaladStop! is working on a generative AI tool that will provide customers with personalized…
From Portfolios
Brewing success: Fore’s journey to IPO
Let us go back to March 2025, when we finally received approval from the Indonesian Financial Services Authority (Otoritas Jasa Keuangan / OJK) to pursue Fore’s IPO. However, the good news came amidst Indonesia’s market turmoil due to global economic uncertainties, trade tensions, and domestic…
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US-Indonesia tariff deal: How businesses navigate the shift in global trade dynamics
Last week, Indonesia concluded not one, but two major trade deals with the US (United States) and the IEU-CEPA (Indonesia-EU Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement), which are still widely discussed. Most notably, the trade agreement of the new US-Indonesia tariffs deal went from 32% to 19%,…
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The potential of AI to drive Indonesia’s digital competitiveness growth
AI (artificial intelligence) adoption in Indonesia is still in its early stages, but continues to show significant progress The digital ecosystem and evolving technological trends are paramount in shaping a nation’s or enterprise’s digital competitiveness. That said, robust digital infrastructure is also fundamental, providing the…
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