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The winners of the Climate Impact Innovations Challenge 2025

14 October 2025

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Climate Impact Innovations Challenge awards Aslan Renewables, Arukah Capital, and SXD AI a total of Rp10 billion in catalytic funding to pilot their solutions in Indonesia

East Ventures and Temasek Foundation are pleased to announce the conclusion of the Climate Impact Innovations Challenge (CIIC) 2025, Indonesia’s largest competition for climate tech innovations. This program officially began its inspiring journey on 5 March 2025 and culminated in the Grand Finale on 11…

22 September 2025

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East Ventures wins 2025 VC Deal of the Year Award from SVCA

East Ventures, a pioneering and leading sector-agnostic venture capital firm in Southeast Asia, has been awarded the 2025 VC Deal of the Year Award by the Singapore Venture and Private Capital Association (SVCA). The award honors firms that have demonstrated exceptional investment expertise and delivered…

Mekari announced the acquisition of Desty by Mekari

27 August 2025

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Mekari acquires Desty to strengthen omnichannel commerce solutions for business growth

Mekari, Indonesia’s leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company, today announced the acquisition of Desty, an omnichannel commerce platform that helps thousands of merchants manage cross-channel sales more efficiently. Mekari is recognized as the country’s #1 integrated SaaS platform, serving over 35,000 businesses and 1 million professionals across…

The nine finalists of the Climate Impact Innovations Challenge 2025

22 August 2025

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Climate Impact Innovations Challenge 2025 announced nine finalists, leading the way to accelerate sustainability in Indonesia and beyond

East Ventures, a pioneering and leading sector-agnostic venture capital firm that has supported over 300 tech companies across Southeast Asia, and Temasek Foundation, a Singapore-based non-profit philanthropic organization that supports sustainable development initiatives, announced the finalists of the Climate Impact Innovations Challenge (CIIC) 2025, Indonesia’s…

Willson Cuaca, Founding Partner, Singapore ESR Committee 3 Entrepreneurship

8 August 2025

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Willson Cuaca has been appointed to be a member of Singapore’s Economic Strategy Review Committee 3: Entrepreneurship

This press release was originally published by Singapore’s Ministry of Digital Development and Information on 4 August 2025, titled “Economic Strategy Review to Chart a New Economic Blueprint for Singapore.” Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Chairman of the Singapore Economic Resilience Taskforce (SERT) Gan Kim…

16 July 2025

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East Ventures launched a white paper focusing on AI, a bold take on how AI is reshaping Southeast Asia

East Ventures, a pioneering and leading venture capital firm in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, today released a white paper titled “AI-first: Decoding Southeast Asia trends”. This white paper offers a deep dive into how AI (artificial intelligence), particularly Generative AI (GenAI), is reshaping the business…

8 July 2025

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Sxored, an AI-powered credit analysis startup, secures funding led by East Ventures

Sxored, an Indonesia-based tech startup specializing in intelligent document extraction and AI-powered credit document analysis, has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from East Ventures, a pioneering and leading sector-agnostic venture capital firm in Indonesia and Southeast Asia. The funds will be used to accelerate…

Galaxy Education East Ventures

25 June 2025

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Vietnamese edtech Galaxy Education raises nearly US$10 million from East Ventures and other investors

Galaxy Education (GE), a Vietnamese education technology company, has secured nearly US$10 million in funding from East Ventures and other investors, marking one of the largest EdTech investments in Vietnam amid challenging market conditions. The funding round comes as GE achieved full profitability company-wide in…

East Ventures Digital Competitiveness Index EV-DCI 2025 English|East Ventures Digital Competitiveness Index EV-DCI 2025 Bahasa

27 May 2025

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East Ventures releases Digital Competitiveness Index 2025, highlighting Indonesia’s growing digital competitiveness

East Ventures, a pioneering and leading sector-agnostic venture capital firm in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, together with Katadata Insight Center, launched the East Ventures — Digital Competitiveness Index (EV-DCI) 2025 report. Marking its sixth edition since its debut in 2020, through this report, East Ventures…

Fore Coffee Aren Latte

11 April 2025

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East Ventures incubated company, Fore Coffee, attracts 114,873 new investors and oversubscribed 200.63 times

PT Fore Kopi Indonesia Tbk (Fore Coffee), Indonesia’s leading premium affordable coffee chain, just concluded its public offering, which took place from 8 to 10 April 2025. The public offering attracted significant interest from 114,873 retail investors and was oversubscribed by 200.63 times from the…