‘Is ESG a FOMO or here to stay?’: Avina Sugiarto
In the past years, the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors have increasingly become top of mind for companies, investors, and policy-makers globally. Investors and corporations are joining the commitment to assessing non-financial aspects as part of business strategy, operations, reporting, and risk management. Further, many companies prepare a separate sustainability report, in addition to an annual report, and pledge to reach net-zero emission in the foreseeable future.
East Ventures becomes Indonesia’s first venture capital firm to sign UN Principles for Responsible Investment
East Ventures, a pioneering and leading sector-agnostic venture capital firm in Indonesia, has officially become a UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) signatory as part of its commitment to creating responsible and sustainable investment and ownership decisions.
Balancing acts in the digital ecosystem: Can profit and sustainability align?
In the past two years, we have faced the COVID-19 pandemic that brought uncertainty in businesses but also accelerated the growth of digital consumer adoption at the same time. The acceleration brought Indonesia to glimpse an astonishing growth of the digital economy.
Xurya receives US$ 21.5 million series A funding from investors led by East Ventures and Saratoga
Xurya, a renewable energy startup with a focus on Rooftop Solar Power Plant rental in Indonesia, announced series A funding of US$21.5 million or equivalent to Rp 308 billion. This series A funding round was led by a venture capital firm, East Ventures (Growth fund), and PT Saratoga Investama Sedaya Tbk. (Saratoga) with the returning participation of existing investors Schneider Electric and New Energy Nexus Indonesia.
East Ventures 2021 recap: 80+ deals made across SEA’s fastest growing sectors, aiming for sector diversification in 2022
Welcoming the new year of 2022, East Ventures is taking this opportunity to look back and reflect on the year 2021. Just like the rest of the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has also severely impacted our ecosystem—not only Indonesia, but it also took a heavy toll on Singapore and other SEA countries as well.
East Ventures di 2021: 80+ deal di berbagai sektor unggul di Asia Tenggara rampung, mengincar diversifikasi sektor di tahun 2022
Menyambut tahun 2022, East Ventures mengambil kesempatan ini untuk melihat kembali dan merefleksikan tahun 2021. Sama seperti di seluruh dunia, pandemi COVID-19 juga memberikan dampak yang sangat besar pada ekosistem kami—tidak hanya di Indonesia, namun juga Singapura dan negara-negara Asia Tenggara lainnya.
‘ESG is today’s investing paradigm’: Melisa Irene
As an early believer of Indonesia’s startup ecosystem, East Ventures is very enthusiastic in investing in early-stage startups. We have been in the startup scene for over 12 years, and we did not only invest in certain, specific sectors but we have been sector-agnostic, as long as that sector has a promising and potential market size.
‘Impact investing is here to stay’: Melisa Irene
‘Impact investing is here to stay’: Melisa Irene May 24, 2021 Impact investing breaks the misconceptions that profits and social impacts cannot go hand in hand. As the most active venture capital firm in Indonesia, East Ventures believes that investing in the right companies matters, not only in terms of profit, but also in regards to the social impact. When it comes to investing in Indonesia, economic and social impacts are two sides of the same coin. As a developing country, Indonesia is full of potential: among its huge youth population, there are millions of [...]