Indonesia’s startup news
#startupID – 05/2019
Today’s startup news:
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- Indonesia: Gradana P2P lender gains pre-A funding from Singapore’s Tryb fintech-focused investment firm
- Indonesia: PasarPolis insurance-tech startup preps for Thailand and Vietnam expansion with multi-sector approach
- Indonesia: Grab launches GrabBajay with Jakarta Transportation Agency, providing hyperlocal transport on 3 wheels
- Indonesia: Greenhouse raises near $2.8M with coworking and SE Asia-focused market entry activities
- Indonesia: TaniGroup startup secures $10M with agriculture marketplace and peer-to-peer lending
- Indonesia: Kedai Sayur tech startup secures $1.3M with focus on vegetable hawkers
- Indonesia: Gov’t-backed 1001 Digital Startup Movement launched with program to be conducted in 15 major cities
- More on the UI Works Accelerator Program, a partnership between the University of Indonesia and Grab ride-hailing giant
- University of Indonesia and Grab sign MOU around UI Works Accelerator Program
- Tech in Asia Conference 2019 set for 8-9 October in Jakarta, Indonesia
- Indonesia: Bukalapak e-commerce giant launches BukaGlobal for overseas growth
- Indonesia: Ministry of Industry announces October IoT hackathon, aiming for ideas to prototype around smart city issues
- Indonesia: Advotics raises US$2.7M to help supply chain stakeholders to digitise their processes
- Indonesia: Stockbit stock trading platform secures A funding with focus on millenials
- Indonesia: ALAMI sharia-compliant fintech aggregator and peer-to-peer financing platform gains funding
- Indonesia: Go-Jek partners Tiket travel bookings startup for Go-Travel to compete with Traveloka
- Indonesia: Bank Mega midsize bank to unveil mobile payment service aiming to challenge to Go-Jek and others
- Indonesia: Bibit Mutual fund investment app partnered by Go-Pay, Go-Jek’s e-wallet platform
- Thailand and Indonesia aiming to push creative industry growth with growth target of 5% per year, focusing on fashion, design and broadcasting
- Project Alpha launched by SeedPlus and AWS, seeking startups for events in Jakarta, Ho Chi Minh City, Bangkok, Singapore and Manila
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