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Sneakerhead: Q&A with Richard Xia, co-founder and CEO of Novelship
The online marketplace connects buyers and sellers of limited-edition streetwear and sneakers. Headquartered in Singapore, Novelship is an online sneaker and streetwear marketplace. Founded in 2018, the startup aims to create a safer buying and selling experience for streetwear and sneaker aficionados. KrASIA had a chat with Richard…
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Post-pandemic travel tech: Q&A with Traveloka president Caesar Indra
How will consumer demand change in the travel industry now that borders are reopening, and how will travel tech evolve accordingly? Planning a trip in the post-pandemic era is tricky—one experiences the familiar excitement and promise of adventure, but mixed in with that is a…
Insights
East Ventures was listed in the Top Global & Asian investors in Q4 2022
East Ventures was again listed as one of the top ten global venture capital companies in Q4 2022, created by the global market intelligence platform CB Insights. Previously, East Ventures made the Q3 2022 list as the only SEA-based VC among both global and Asia…
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Learning from Eastern Indonesia’s climb up the digital competitiveness ladder
See how lessons from West Papua, East Nusa Tenggara, and West Sulawesi can help boost the digital competitiveness of other provinces Boosting digital competitiveness in Indonesia’s eastern region has been known to be a hard task, influenced by various factors, such as the infrastructure readiness…
Press Release
Closing 2022 with high achievements, Komunal raises new funding led by East Ventures
Komunal, the first fintech company to digitize BPR in accelerating the financial inclusion in Indonesia’s tier 2 and tier 3 cities, announced that it has successfully secured US$ 8.5 million of funding led by East Ventures (Growth fund). This funding round is also participated by…
Press Release
Indonesia-based employee assistance program platform Mindtera closes US$ 850,000 of seed extension round funding led by East Ventures
Mindtera, an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) platform in Indonesia, announces the close of their combined seed and seed extension round at US$ 850,000 funding led by East Ventures and with commitments from Seedstars International Ventures among other prominent angel investors. Founded in 2021 by Tita…
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East Ventures’ way of investing
Over the past decade, we have seen the immense development of the digital ecosystem and tech startups in Indonesia. Often this accelerated growth can not be separated from the support of venture capitalists. If you are curious about how venture capital (VC) firms function and…
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‘Indonesia is entering its second phase of digitalization’: Willson Cuaca
The global economic recession continues to threaten amidst high interest rates. This became one of the factors affecting venture capital firms to disburse their investments in 2023. Taking our long-standing investment thesis into consideration, the fundamentals behind East Ventures’ investments are two-pronged: Seed fund, which…
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