East Ventures Digital Competitiveness Index

William Sjaichudin (Co-Founder and CEO of Aria)||||

2 November 2022

From Portfolios

Using drones, ARIA wants to change the ‘old face’ of the farming industry

Increasing digital infrastructure and education is vital to optimize digitalization in Indonesia, according to the EV-DCI 2022 survey Born into a family with a farming machinery business, William Sjaichudin has long been familiar with Indonesia’s farmers and agricultural dynamics since he was a kid. After…

Mulyono Xu

18 October 2022

From Portfolios

How Desty elevates MSMEs to thrive in Indonesia’s growing commerce ecosystem

EV-DCI 2022 shows an increase of 39% in the median of online platform usage in businesses, yet only a small percentage of MSMEs optimize the tools Mulyono Xu, a local Acehnese man, had spent most of his life in China since he started studying in…

Digitalization is a new engine to boost the economy in Bali|Bali Digital Competitiveness Pillars|Bali's long-term target 2045|David Fernando Audy (Operating Partner at East Ventures) with I Wayan Koster (Governor of Bali)|Pilar daya saing digital Bali|Sasaran jangka panjang Bali 2045

14 September 2022

Insights

Digitalization is a new engine to boost the economy in Bali

Bali consistently ranked in the top 10 of East Ventures – Digital Competitiveness Index, paving its way to becoming the digital hub Famously named the “Island of Paradise,” Bali has relied on tourism to back its economy for decades. The travel and tourism sector has…

Winston Utomo

1 September 2022

From Portfolios

From news platform to a complete media ecosystem, IDN Media’s dream of democratizing information

As a one-stop media platform, IDN Media targets the Millennials and Gen Z generation in Indonesia When Winston Utomo started his writing on a site called IDN Times, the article gained much attention from social media just a day after it was published. He realized…

East Ventures - Digital Competitiveness Index 2022

24 May 2022

Press Release

East Ventures launched the extended version of East Ventures – Digital Competitiveness Index 2022 with in-depth findings of 157 cities/regencies in Indonesia

East Ventures, a pioneering and leading sector-agnostic venture capital firm in Indonesia, launched the extended version of East Ventures – Digital Competitiveness Index (EV-DCI) 2022. This extended report is part of EV-DCI 2022 which was launched earlier in March 2022, and it provides in-depth information…

Willson Cuaca

16 March 2022

InsightsPerspectives

Towards Indonesia’s digital golden era

Towards Indonesia’s digital golden era In 2022, Indonesia is entering its golden digital economy era. For the past two years, the digital industry is experiencing rapid growth as a result of the pandemic acceleration. Not only did the internet penetration increase significantly, but society’s awareness…

Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan

16 March 2022

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Digitization helps government in creating efficiency

Digitization helps government in creating efficiency From the perspective of Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment There are eight unicorns in digital startups in Indonesia, and they continue to grow. From the government’s perspective, what is the expected impact of these…

Airlangga Hartarto

16 March 2022

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The Importance of role model and success stories in digital transformation

The Importance of role model and success stories in digital transformation From the perspective of Airlangga Hartarto, Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs Indonesia is estimated to be Southeast Asia’s biggest player in the digital economy. What are the challenges to encourage the reinforcement of the…

Erick Thohir

16 March 2022

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State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) strategy to support acceleration of digital ecosystem

From the perspective of Erick Thohir, Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) What is the government strategy/roadmap to strengthen the digital economy sector to support the country’s economy? As more than 70% of the total population are internet users, Indonesia is on the list of countries with…

Drs. H. Benyamin Davnie

16 March 2022

Insights

Encouraging digitalization of MSME to support economic growth

Encouraging digitalization of MSME to support economic growth From the perspective of Drs. H. Benyamin Davnie, the Mayor of South Tangerang South Tangerang achieves one of the best digital economies in Banten. What are the strategies to encourage digital competitiveness in South Tangerang? South Tangerang…