February 2019
Startup Indonesia
Startup News Asia’s monthly round-up of Indonesia’s tech, startup and VC funding news for February 2019
- Indonesia: AiSensum AI and big data startup gains seed funding from 500 Startups
- Indonesia: PlayGame blockchain-backed gaming platform backed by TRON
- Indonesia: Banking-telecom alliance creates LinkAja to merge mobile payment services in to challenge Go-Jek and Ovo growth
- Indonesia: Go-Jek in talks with Garuda airline around logistics and delivery
- Indonesia: Tokopedia e-tail giant moves into AI to improve delivery times and logistics
- Mobile Legends to be the first government-supported e-sports competition in Indonesia
- Indonesia: Gov’t SiberKreasi project aims to address the negative ‘net content that has been plaguing the country
- Indonesia: InfraDigital fintech platform gains funding with aim to create a cashless system in schools
- Indonesia: Finmas fintech platform launches to cater to loan demand from large unbanked population
- Indonesia: An overview of the rapidly growing micro-business services space
- Indonesia: Stockbit social network for stock traders acquires Bibit startup to simplify investment process for first-time traders
- The 20 startups joining the 4th batch of Plug and Play Indonesia
- Indonesia: The opportunity for insurance-focused technology in a country of 264M people
- Indonesia: GOWES IOT-based bike-sharing service launches in Semarang
- Indonesia: Go-Pay For Good partners Filantropi Indonesia to open up a new channel for charity donations
- Indonesia: Grab launches integration with Hooq video platform, Netflix competitor
- Indonesia: Intudo Ventures announces $50M Indonesia-only fund
- Indonesia: Angel investors and high net-worth individuals could help plug gaps in the startup ecosystem
- China’s Ping An insurance services firm launches OneConnect fintech subsidiary in Indonesia
- Plug and Play Singapore fintech/insurtech program introduces 2 partners from Indonesia
