Indonesia’s startup news headlines from December 2020
from Startup News Asia’s daily feeds
The Indonesian startup headlines below were collected from a wide range of free, online news sources, each covering Indonesia’s startup and technology developments in December 2020. The Indonesian startup news headlines featured hyperlink to the full articles behind these news headlines, providing an overview of Indonesia’s startups, and background on developments in Indonesia’s startup scene.
Bear in mind that December is a quiet news month for the startup space generally; for a fuller picture of monthly startup news from Indonesia and beyond, take a look at 2020 in review.
Indonesian startup news headlines featured here were drawn from Startup News Asia’s daily tech news feeds, delivered on social media and via mobile app.
- Indonesia’s 10% value-added tax on digital products and services from internet-based firms likely to continue regardless of whether G20 and OECD reach consensus
- Indonesia: Government and parliament agree that victims should be able to sue platforms for violations in handling of personal information, including data leaks
- Video: Indonesia’s Startup & Funding Landscape – a discussion session from the recent Wild Digital Southeast Asia conference
- Indonesia: Desty gains seed funding with 2 e-commerce products, Desty Page and Desty Store, focusing on social commerce
- Indonesia: Waresix acquires Trukita to boost first mile logistics, covering the portion of a supply chain where goods are transported from ports to warehouses
- Indonesia: Tunas Farm gains pre-seed backing with focus on urban farming, aiming to further develop IoT-based hydroponic farming systems
- Indonesia: OVO e-wallet and ZA Tech, overseas arm of China’s ZhongAn, partner for insurtech platform, sights set on country’s heavily underinsured population
- Indonesia: A brief interview intro to Dian Istanti, Head Of e-Government Sector in West Java Province, via GovInsider’s Women In GovTech Report
- Indonesia: Digiasia Bios, Mastercard-backed fintech startup, to raise $20M in debt funding to focus lending support on ‘warungs’, Indonesia’s mom-and-pop corner stores
- Japan’s SmartDrive fleet management startup partners Nippon Koei construction consultancy for traffic congestion relief project in Indonesia
- A brief Q&A intro to FEBE Ventures, Southeast Asia-based VC fund with a focus on the tech ecosystems in Vietnam and Indonesia
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