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6 February 2025

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Making a comeback: Nusantics’ CEO on a playbook for resilience and agility

When Nusantics launched its first PCR test kits for COVID-19 in 2020, it seemed destined to be a biotech success story. However, behind the scenes, the company was waging a battle against forces threatening its very existence. Revata Utama, the firm’s CEO and co-founder, recently…

31 January 2025

From Portfolios

The journey of Edho Zell in building Social Bread

Creativity could become an extraordinary business core in this digital era. Edho Zell is a good example of a young entrepreneur who harnesses this power through his startup, Social Bread, which is now thriving. Building a digital agency In 2009, Edho began his career as…

Roderick Purwana Consumption Tech startup funding

31 January 2025

Insights

Consumption tech offers hope amid challenges in startup funding

In the challenging landscape of startup funding, characterized by economic uncertainties and fluctuating investment climates, consumption tech offers a beacon of potential recovery, said panelists at DealStreetAsia’s Indonesia PE-VC Summit 2025 last week. At a panel discussion titled “Will consumption tech theme put startup funding on…

20 January 2025

Press Release

East Ventures, a pioneer in Southeast Asia’s venture capital scene, closes its inaugural GP-led secondary transaction with Coller Capital

East Ventures, a pioneering and leading venture capital firm in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, announced today that it has closed its inaugural GP-led secondary transaction. Led by a global secondary firm, Coller Capital, East Ventures offered limited partners in its East Ventures 5 L.P. (“EV5”…

Willson Cuaca - Menimang Risk-Reward Pendanaan Startup - Bisnis.com

20 January 2025

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Minimizing the risk-reward of startup funding

The shrinking of venture capital funding over the past four years has not diminished East Ventures’ commitment to funding startups in Indonesia. Bisnis had the opportunity to speak with Willson Cuaca, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of East Ventures, about the firm’s future funding strategies for…

17 January 2025

From Portfolios

Indonesia’s MAKA Motors debuts first locally designed electric motorcycle, MAKA Cavalry

MAKA Motors, an electric vehicle company focused on accelerating Indonesia’s journey to self-sufficiency in automotive technology, has officially launched its first locally designed electric motorcycle, MAKA Cavalry. With this launch, MAKA Motors aims to redefine the riding experience for Indonesian consumers while advancing the electric…

10 January 2025

Insights

Startups can expect brighter 2025 after prolonged funding winter

Startups are expected to find it easier to secure funding in the year ahead after a tough 2024 which saw rising costs, muted investor interest and geopolitical developments hampering their growth. Industry players told The Straits Times that the local funding landscape is poised to…

East Ventures' market outlook 2025|East Ventures Outlook 2025

6 January 2025

Press Release

East Ventures’ market outlook 2025: Thriving in the new transitions and realizing a “believable Southeast Asia”

As new leaders take the helm in major countries, the global economic and market outlook is clearer, and promising opportunities are on the horizon. Projections indicate that the global growth is set to stabilize at around 3.1% over the next five years, indicating a resilient recovery…

20 December 2024

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Unlocking the urban middle-class: Insights from Indonesia’s fast-growing consumer segment

Southeast Asia (SEA), a region populated by nearly 700 million people, is poised for remarkable digital economy growth over the next couple of years. The latest e-Conomy SEA 2024 report by Google, Temasek, and Bain&Company projected a 15% increase in GMV up to US$263 billion.…

17 December 2024

Insights

Willson Cuaca: “A tech winter? Not in tropical Indonesia”

Around 3,000 startups knock on the doors of East Ventures every year, hoping to join the ranks of unicorns like Tokopedia, Traveloka, and Carro, which have all been backed by the prominent VC firm. But if you think that presenting with a pitch deck would…

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Making a comeback: Nusantics’ CEO on a playbook for resilience and agility

Consumption tech offers hope amid challenges in startup funding

East Ventures, a pioneer in Southeast Asia’s venture capital scene, closes its inaugural GP-led secondary transaction with Coller Capital

Minimizing the risk-reward of startup funding

Indonesia’s MAKA Motors debuts first locally designed electric motorcycle, MAKA Cavalry

Startups can expect brighter 2025 after prolonged funding winter

East Ventures’ market outlook 2025: Thriving in the new transitions and realizing a “believable Southeast Asia”

Unlocking the urban middle-class: Insights from Indonesia’s fast-growing consumer segment

Willson Cuaca: “A tech winter? Not in tropical Indonesia”

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