Against the odds: East Ventures’ portfolio rises above the e-Conomy SEA 2024 report’s baseline
Southeast Asia's digital economy is poised for significant growth. The latest report from e-Conomy SEA 2024 by Google, Temasek, and Bain shows how the digital economy demonstrates solid performance with double-digit growth across GMV, revenue, and profit, proving growth can happen alongside profitability.
Indonesia’s F&B startups are more robust with the resilience of Indonesia’s economy
Food and Beverage (F&B) has appeared as a resilient sector for Indonesia despite the slowdown during the pandemic. While most industries experienced a contraction, the F&B sector still grew by 0.2 percent in revenue growth year-on-year (YoY) in the second quarter of 2020, as Statistics Indonesia (BPS) data shows.
Coffee tech startups serve coffee goodness for all, from farmers to consumers
Who doesn't love coffee? At East Ventures, we are deeply in love with coffee. Our portfolio has three coffee-focused tech startups: Otten Coffee, Fore Coffee, and Morning.
Robin Boe, dari Otten ke Fore Coffee
Pada 2012, Robin Boe dan Jhoni Kusno membuka kedai kopi Otten di Kruing, Medan, seruas jalan yang kesohor di kalangan pemburu oleh-oleh.
Fore Coffee, Kedai Kopi Ramah Teknologi
Fore Coffee hanya menggunakan kopi Arabica dari berbagai daerah di Indonesia, didapatkan langsung dari perkebunan-perkebunan organik.
Female in Tech Startup Business – Their Challenges and Hope in This Fast Pace Ecosystem
In recent years, we started to see more female in tech startup ecosystem, as startup founders and even as VC Partners, especially in Southeast Asia.
Indonesia’s Fore Coffee Closes First Quarter of 2019 With a Major Milestone, Aims to Open 100 Stores by Second Quarter
Fore Coffee is the first coffee shop to use a mobile app for ordering coffee. Closing Q1 this year, the company has grown exponentially by 1,478%.
Fore Coffee Raised US$8.5 Million Funding
The funding will be used to accelerate more innovation to provide high-quality and seamless online-to-offline customer experience.