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From idea to impact: Navigating the climate innovation landscape

8 March 2023

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Turning your ideas on climate issues into real impact

Southeast Asia is currently on track to experience a 3°C warming, which goes beyond the target set by the Paris agreement to limit global warming to 1.5°C. This projection has significant ramifications for the worldwide market and the well-being of the Southeast Asian population. According…

Richard Xia

25 January 2023

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Sneakerhead: Q&A with Richard Xia, co-founder and CEO of Novelship

The online marketplace connects buyers and sellers of limited-edition streetwear and sneakers. Headquartered in Singapore, Novelship is an online sneaker and streetwear marketplace. Founded in 2018, the startup aims to create a safer buying and selling experience for streetwear and sneaker aficionados. KrASIA had a chat with Richard…

Caesar Indra

25 January 2023

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Post-pandemic travel tech: Q&A with Traveloka president Caesar Indra

How will consumer demand change in the travel industry now that borders are reopening, and how will travel tech evolve accordingly? Planning a trip in the post-pandemic era is tricky—one experiences the familiar excitement and promise of adventure, but mixed in with that is a…

4 January 2023

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Indonesian cosmetics brands see opportunity in halal products

Companies offering halal cosmetics in Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority country, are aiming to boost the international appeal of their products in Southeast Asia and beyond as they see potential in attracting more non-Islamic consumers. In 2014, Indonesia enacted a law requiring halal certification for a wide…

||Esqa co-founders (from left) Kezia Trihatmanto and Cindy Angelina

20 December 2022

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Indonesian D2C beauty brands build foundation for regional expansion

In 2020, Indonesian beauty marketplace Sociolla expanded to its first overseas market – Vietnam. Like in its home turf, Sociolla Vietnam offers products from global brands like Maybelline and Neutrogena as well as South Korea’s Laneige. The marketplace also stocks cosmetics from Esqa, Avoskin, and Carasun – all Indonesian brands making…

Andy Yeung - Co-Founder & CEO of FUSE|Fuse Users Distribution Map|Peta persebaran pengguna Fuse

1 December 2022

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How Fuse advances Indonesia’s insurance literacy by leveraging the digital ecosystem

Improving Indonesia’s insurance literacy is an urgent call to increase the low insurance penetration market, East Ventures Digital Competitiveness Index (EV-DCI) 2022 showed Although many insurance firms exist in Indonesia, and efforts to increase insurance access and literacy have been on the rise, the penetration…

The panelists of the Women with Impact program held on 24 November 2022 at XenSpace

30 November 2022

Press Release

Ignite the burned out: Applying a healthy approach to burnout in the workplace

Everyone has responsibilities and expectations to fulfill, whether as business owners, startup founders, workers, parents, students, or many other roles. There must be times when we experience a state of exhaustion, both physical and emotional, that also involves a sense of reduced accomplishment. Based on…

Technology as a catalyst for Indonesians’ healthy lifestyle

12 November 2022

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A healthy lifestyle begins at your fingertips

There is no reason for you not to care for and maintain your health. Here’s how to take care of yourself from head to toe with the help of technology. A study from the AIA Group in 2018 showed that Indonesia ranked the lowest in…

Aria CEO William Sjaichudin and Gokomodo CEO and founder Samuel Tirtasaputra

8 November 2022

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Collaboratively leveraging agritech for resilient and inclusive growth

Indonesia is an agricultural powerhouse with over 42 million hectares under cultivation, yet productivity is widely considered to be suboptimal. According to the World Bank, 93 percent of Indonesia’s agriculture output is dominated by smallholder farmers who earn an average of US$ 3.20 per day,…

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

2 November 2022

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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…