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Indonesia Q4 2018

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4th quarter 2018 news

  • Indonesia: CROWDE agriculture-focused fintech gains funding to introduce farmers to potential investors   //   read it here
  • Indonesia: OnlinePajak tax management startup raises US$25M with plans for AI and blockchain   //   read it here
  • Indonesia: AI research centre launched by Bandung Institute of Technology and Bukalapak e-commerce platform   //   read it here
  • Indonesia: CashCash, Chinese fintech firm, gains funding while website and app await license to operate   //   read it here
  • An overview of Indonesia’s growing coworking industry   //   read it here
  • NuMoney Indonesia crypto marketplace launches NuMoney ICO Incubator with $1M fund   //   read it here
  • Indonesia: China’s Alipay and WeChat Pay pursue Bank Negara Indonesia partnership to enter Indonesian market   //   read it here
  • Indonesia: Ralali B2B marketplace secures $7M to aid 30M SMEs   //   read it here
  • Indonesia: An intro to Bukalapak, e-commerce giant connecting kiosk shoppers to the web   //   read it here
  • Indonesia: Go-Jek launches Go-Deals mobile voucher marketplace, aiming to be country’s largest discounts platform inside 6 months   //   read it here
  • Indonesia: Akulaku ecommerce and ‘virtual payments’ startup secures US$70M with near 20M app downloads   //   read it here
  • Indonesia to work with Alipay to allow tourists to make digital payments   //   read it here
  • Indonesia: Squline online language learning platform secures 7-digit USD funding   //   read it here
  • Indonesia: Tokopedia ecommerce giant trials financing tool to let shoppers buy on credit, interest-free   //   read it here
  • Indonesia: AwanTunai startup secures $4.3M with broad-reach point-of-sale financing   //   read it here
  • Indonesia: Paytren aims for mainstream adoption using religious-themed marketing and sharia-compliant business model   //   read it here
  • Indonesia: eFishery IoT startup raises $4M for smart feeding solutions   //   read it here
  • Indonesia: A look inside the Government-run ‘war room’ taking aim at false news in advance of 2019 elections   //   read it here
  • Oriente fintech raises $105M in race with big brands to reach unbanked Indonesians, Filipinos and Vietnamese   //   read it here
  • Indonesia: Singapore’s NUS Enterprise expands BLOCK71 entrepreneurial hub to Yogyakarta and Bandung   //   read it here
  • Singapore-based Pundi X partners Indonesia’s HARA to bring blockchain to farming for productivity and financial inclusion   //   read it here
  • Singapore’s Gogoprint acquires Indonesia’s Prinzio for growth around commercial print outsourcing   //   read it here
  • A look at the recent Indonesia-Korea Tech-Startup Demo Day held in Jakarta   //   read it here
  • Indonesia: Kopi Kenangan coffee chain lands $8M in part to develop mobile app services   //   read it here
  • Indonesia: Alibaba’s Jack Ma in talks around opening tech training institute   //   read it here
  • 5 challenges for Indonesia’s startup ecosystem growth   //   read it here
  • Indonesia: $15M fund launched, targeting early-stage startups   //   read it here
  • Indonesia: Passpod portable wifi rental startup lists on Indonesia Stock Exchange, secures US$32M   //   read it here
  • Indonesia to launch startup database as reference for digital industry development   //   read it here
  • Indonesia: Passpod modem rental company aims to raise $2.6M via in-country IPO   //   read it here
  • Indonesia: Traveloka online travel startup reportedly set to raise US$400M to accelerate SEA growth   //   read it here
  • Indonesia: Gobi-Agung Fund launches as country-focused arm of China’s Gobi Partners VC firm   //   read it here
  • GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund to include startups from Indonesia and Myanmar   //   read it here
  • Myanmar’s UMG Idealab corporate VC unit outlines plans for 20 Indonesian startups in IoT, AI, big data and more   //   read it here
  • Singapore’s Positive Energy and Indonesia’s Warung Pintar win ASEAN Impact Challenge 2018   //   read it here
  • Data center competition heats up in SE Asia with Amazon and Google investing in Indonesia   //   read it here
  • Vietnam: Base enterprise software developer lands $1.3M pre-A from Indonesia’s Alpha JWC Ventures   //   read it here

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