Tech News: Indonesia
In September 2019
- Indonesia: Eden Farm agritech startup secures $1.7M, in part from YCombinator, to build a sustainable food distribution network
- A brief intro to the 15 startups competing in Rabobank’s SustainableAg Asia Challenge
- Indonesia: Base raises funds with women-led personalised beauty and wellness marketplace
- Indonesia: Kredivo ‘digital credit card’ and point-of-sale system gains credit line of up to $20M to fund loans for the startup’s borrowers
- Indonesia: Financial services authority launches online fintech monitoring platform to keep abreast of the industry’s rapid in-country growth
- Indonesia: SuperAtom fintech closes $24M funding round with lending and micro-loans services
- Indonesia: Duithape wins Seedstars Jakarta with e-payments solution with focus on efficient, accurate, safe and accountable payments for the unbanked
- Indonesia: Pluang fintech firm gains $3M funding in round led by Gojek’s Go-Ventures with digital platform enabling users to invest in, buy and sell gold
- Indonesia: PinjamWinWin peer-to-peer lending fintech lands funding to build on insurance-backed loans services already provided to 185M unbanked customers
- Indonesia: Julo extends $5M Series A to $15M to expand P2P lending platform regionally
- Indonesia: GoJek ride-hail giant launches GoGames platform, aiming to be a one-stop content, features, and payments platform for gaming and esports
- Indonesia: Gojek unveils Gojek Xcelerate accelerator program, in partnership with Digitaraya startup hub and seeking 20 startups for 6-month program
- MHomecare platform takes win at Indonesia-Korea Startup Demo Day 2019
- South Korea’s Shinhan Financial Group partners CoHive coworking firm to launch Shinhan Future’s Lab Indonesia, providing market entry for Korean fintechs
- Singapore-based Antler venture builder to establish Indonesia office in 2020, with sights set on boosting at least 20 local ventures annually
- Indonesia: Tokopedia, Gojek, and Grab partner with Jakarta’s government to accelerate smart city development
- Indonesia: UN Development Program partners 500 Startups for ImpactAim Indonesia to boost the country’s social entrepreneurship and startups
- Indonesia: GrabFood delivery service of SE Asia’s Grab to create upwards of 50 ‘cloud kitchens’ under new GrabKitchens plan
- Indonesia: An intro to 7 investors taking part in the Startup-Investor Speed Dating segment of the Tech in Asia Conference, set for Jakarta in October
- Indonesia: Shipper raises $5M with platform for e-commerce logistics, aiming to give online sellers access to ‘Amazon-level logistics’
- Startups from Indonesia and the Philippines make it to final 10 of 2019 Accelerate2030, a program focused on the UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Indonesia: GoJek and Warung Pintar investors buy into local bank, Bank Artos Indonesia, hinting at fintech aims with super-app ambitions
- Indonesia: Traveloka, Southeast Asia’s largest online travel startup, makes fintech move, issuing credit card in partnership with Indonesian bank
- India’s Aquaconnect wins Indonesian award for AI-driven shrimp farming tool used to identify disease
