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Willson Cuaca - Menimang Risk-Reward Pendanaan Startup - Bisnis.com
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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…
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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…
Willson Cuaca
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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…
Indonesia: Factory of the world
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Indonesia’s manufacturing companies: The next economic powerhouse

The expansion of Indonesia’s manufacturing industry has shown a positive trajectory following the global COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The industry was worth US$240 billion in 2022 and was the 12th-biggest manufacturer in the world.  The nation’s manufacturing industry grew by 4.64% in 2023 and contributes…
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Battle of the AI transcribers: Meeting.ai takes on Otter.ai

Speech-to-text technology has been around for a while, but breakthroughs in generative AI are intensifying the competition to perfect it like never before. Suddenly, everyone seems to be claiming they offer AI-powered meeting transcription services. Otter.ai, considered a leader in the space with over US$63…