Finantier Raises 7-figure Seed Funding Led by East Ventures and Global Founders Capital, Planning to Strengthen Presence in Indonesia and SEA

Finantier, a Southeast Asian Open Finance startup providing an (Application Programming Interface) API platform for financial institutions to access and analyse consumer financial data, has raised a 7-figure seed funding round led by Global Founders Capital (GFC) and East Ventures (EV).

Stockbit helps increase financial literacy and financial access inclusion through technology

Stockbit helps increase financial literacy and financial access inclusion through technology June 3, 2021 As an investment platform in Indonesia, Stockbit has a dual mandate: to increase the country’s financial literacy rate as well as financial access inclusion in order to amass more retail investors. According to East Ventures Digital Competitiveness Index 2021, the pandemic has provided momentum for fintech players to foster a batch of first-time investors through technology. Only two out of five Indonesians have adequate financial literacy, according to a 2019 survey by the Financial Services Authority (OJK). The survey, which involved [...]

SIRCLO enables the growth of e-commerce in Indonesia, helps businesses to serve more consumers

SIRCLO enables the growth of e-commerce in Indonesia, helps businesses to serve more consumers May 17, 2021 Growing up in Bandung, Brian Marshal, Founder and CEO of SIRCLO has come to notice one thing pertaining to the retail business. His hometown, Bandung in West Java, is known as the shopping destination, especially with its famous factory outlets spread all over the city. Offline shopping was the thing and people would spend hours shopping just to live every bit of the experience.  Today, as technology becomes an inseparable part of lives, many brand owners from Bandung [...]

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, the crisis became a springboard for a digital leap in the Island of the Gods, allowing Bali to break through the domination of Java provinces in the East Ventures Digital Competitiveness Index 2021 (EV-DCI 2021). East Ventures Digital Competitiveness Index 2021 report shows that Bali ranks at 4th place in terms of digital competitiveness. Bali is the province with the [...]

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 digitally competitive provinces, the Riau Islands sets itself apart. Compared to the other provinces in the top 10, Riau Islands’ population is minuscule. Its geography also comes into play: around 1.7 million of the province’s residents live in small islands at the outermost part of Indonesia. However, the Riau Islands successfully broke into the dominance of provinces in Java islands, [...]

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 is also available in English. This is the second year that East Ventures has committed to mapping out the development of the digital economy across Indonesia. Taking “Indonesia’s accelerating digital economic transformation” as this year’s theme, EV-DCI 2021 does not only provide in-depth data on various indicators related to the digital economy but also offers perspectives and insights from renowned [...]