News – Press Release
The inaugural Climate Impact Innovations Challenge 2023 presents 12 finalists with game-changing solutions to drive sustainability in Indonesia and beyond
East Ventures and Temasek Foundation announced the 12 finalists of the Climate Impact Innovations Challenge (CIIC), the largest climate tech innovations platform of the year in Indonesia. The 12 finalists of the challenge consist of teams from each track of CIIC, including Renewable Energy, Food & Agriculture, Mobility, and Ocean.
East Ventures launches its annual Sustainability Report 2023
East Ventures, a pioneering and leading sector-agnostic venture capital firm in Indonesia, today launched East Ventures Sustainability Report 2023. This report demonstrates East Ventures and its ecosystem’s continued commitment to integrating Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) frameworks and practices in creating sustainable value for society.
Ringkas, digital mortgage platform, raises US$3.5 million in Seed round to roll out its platform across Indonesia
Ringkas, a digital mortgage platform with the vision to democratize home ownership, announced it has secured a US$3.5 million in Seed Round co-led by East Ventures and Crestone Venture Capital. Other investors that participated include 500 Global, Teja Ventures, Orvel Ventures, Hustle Fund, and others. With the capital from this round, the company will focus on advancing and scaling its platform across multiple cities in Indonesia and the secondary market.
AMILI, a precision gut microbiome firm, raises new funding led by East Ventures
AMILI, Southeast Asia’s first and only precision gut microbiome company, today announced that it has secured new funding from East Ventures, a pioneering sector-agnostic venture capital firm that has supported over 300 tech companies across Southeast Asia. This fund strengthens AMILI’s balance sheet, following the company’s series A funding in June 2022.
DTC bespoke jeweler, MADLY raises new funding from East Ventures
MADLY, Singapore’s foremost bespoke jewelry design house, today announced an investment received from East Ventures, a pioneering sector-agnostic venture capital firm that has supported over 300 tech companies across Southeast Asia. This funding serves as a vote of confidence from East Ventures to MADLY.
East Ventures announces its first and final close of US$250 million Growth Plus fund
East Ventures, a pioneering and leading Indonesia-focused venture capital firm, today announced the first and final close of its Growth Plus fund, securing a total of US$250 million. The fund will specifically target growth portfolio companies within East Ventures’ ecosystem that demonstrate strong potential.
UENA raised new funding co-led by East Ventures and Trihill Capital, aiming to expand the hyperlocal F&B for daily food
UENA, a hyperlocal online F&B startup based in Indonesia, has raised an undisclosed amount of new funding co-led by the existing investor, East Ventures, and the new investor from Trihill Capital. This new round, that was closed in Q1 2023, strengthens UENA’s balance sheet following the seed funding raised in September 2022. The fund will be used to continue expanding the locations and services to reach more users and customers.
Indonesia-based Praktis raises US$20 million of series A funding led by East Ventures
Praktis, an end-to-end supply chain enabler has raised US$20 million of series A round led by East Ventures (Growth fund) with participation from Triputra Group and SMDV. The investment will be allocated to accelerate technology enhancements for the brands sides, at the same time to help the suppliers to have an easier business process, better team building, and enhancement of the end-to-end supply chain ecosystem.