Tokopedia Raises Rp 1.2 Trillion Funding from Softbank and Sequoia Capital

Online marketplace Tokopedia annnounces today it has raised astronomical $100 million (Rp 1.2 trillion) investment. It’s not an error. Rp 1,2 trillion. This funding easily situates Tokopedia as an e-commerce startup that receives the biggest investment in Indonesia to date.

With this funding, Softbank Internet & Media Inc (SIMI) and Sequoia Capital will put their representatives in board of director position in startup founded by William Tanuwijaya and Leontinus Alpha Edison. This move will be the first by the enormous Sillicon Valley investor Sequioa Capital in Indonesia.

William Tanuwijaya, CEO Tokopedia, stated, “I am very excited to welcome SIMI and Sequoia Capital as Tokopedia’s new partner. Through this investment, Tokopedia will have enough resources to build an even better team, develop world class technology to help Tokopedia merchants, and give better experience for our loyal customer. Our customer is our main priority. We focus on helping our merchants to achieve their goals. This is the most important principle of our business model.”

Shailendra Singh, Managing Director, Sequoia Capital India Advisors added, “We’re very impressed with William’s vision for Tokopedia. This company connects buyers and sellers in an online marketplace, with reliable transaction process. We are happy to be part of Tokopedia team and investor, and can’t wait to cooperate on building the reputable Internet company in the future.”

Layanan Les Privat Ruangguru Segera Sediakan Fasilitas Mengajar secara Online

Saat ini sudah tersedia beragam online marketplace yang bertujuan untuk memenuhi kebutuhan-kebutuhan publik, mulai dari rumah, mobil, produk kecantikan, kebutuhan bayi, hingga keperluan menimba ilmu. Saat ini sudah tumbuh layanan online yang terkait kursus privat atau les keterampilan tertentu. Salah satu layanan di segmen ini adalah Ruangguru yang mengusung slogan “Belajar apa pun dari siapa pun”.

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Situs E-Commerce Produk Kecantikan Luxola Bukukan Pendanaan $10 Juta dari Investor Jepang Trancosmos

Luxola Pte. Ltd, (Luxola), situs e-commerce yang menjual produk kecantikan, hari ini mengumumkan mendapatkan pendanaan sebesar US$10 juta dari perusahaan Jepang, transcosmos.inc. Gree Ventures yang merupakan investor sebelumnya juga dikabarkan ikut serta dalam putaran pendanaan kali ini. Kucuran dana yang diterima rencananya akan digunakan untuk menjadikan Luxola tujuan utama urusan kecantikan, dengan terus melakukan peningkatkan dua platform utamanya e-commerce melalui situs Luxola dan konten kecantikan Lxedit.

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Rocket Internet’s Half a Billion Dollar Round Set to Fuel Growth in Emerging Markets

We’ve just learned from TechCrunch that Rocket Internet has raised half a billion US dollars to fund its entire operations. That’s USD 500 million from Kinnevik and Access Industries, two of Rocket Internet’s partners and investors that regularly participate in various funding rounds over the last few years. The group’s largest and most successful ventures so far are in online stores and marketplaces although it does have companies in other fields.

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Tokopedia Raises Fourth Round of Funding Led by SoftBank Ventures Korea

Indonesian e-commerce site Tokopedia announced this morning that it has closed its fourth round of funding in four years, led by SoftBank Ventures Korea. Since its inception the company has raised an undisclosed amount each year from different venture firms. East Ventures and CyberAgent Ventures, both investors from previous years, also participated in this round. Tokopedia aims to create a million jobs in five years as small businesses go online through its e-commerce platform.

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What Investors Look For According to Touchten’s Anton Soeharyo and Ideosource’s Andi S. Boediman

TouchTen co-founder and CEO Anton Soeharyo was at Game Developers Conference last Saturday with Andi S. Boediman of Ideosource. The two kicked off the event talking about what investors are looking for in companies. Touchten itself had just announced its latest game, Zico, a football game for iOS and Android based on the career of the Brazilian football legend Arthur Antunes Coimbra, better known as Zico.
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Singapore’s clickTRUE Raises Series A Investment from Nusantara Ventures, Ready to Enter Indonesian Market

Nusantara Ventures announces the decision on Series A funding for Singapore’s online marketing and advertising company, clickTRUE. Previously, Singapore-based Nusantara Ventures, which happens to have many Indonesians on board, had already given funding for MalesBanget and Gonla. With this undisclosed investment, clickTRUE is ready to expand to Indonesia as clickTRUE Indonesia.

As cited from SGEntrepreneurs, clickTRUE itself is a company founded by serial entrepreneur Jackie Lee and was becoming the first company in Southeast Asia with Google Analytics Certified Partner status. A m0nth ago, clickTRUE also named as Yahoo! Platinum Search Marketing Agency Ambassador. Before getting to Indonesia, clickTRUE has opened new offices in Malaysia and Thailand. clickTRUE”s expansion follows Google’s way in opening offices in the area. As mentioned by SGEntrepreneurs, “Where Google is, clickTRUE follows“.

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Nusantara Ventures Umumkan Pendanaan Series A untuk Perusahaan Pemasaran dan Periklanan Online Singapura clickTRUE

Nusantara Ventures mengumumkan pihaknya telah memberikan pendanaan Series A untuk perusahaan pemasaran dan periklanan Singapura, clickTRUE. Sebelumnya Nusantara Ventures yang berbasis di Singapura dan kebanyakan berisi orang-orang Indonesia telah memberikan pendanaan untuk MalesBanget dan Gonla. Dengan pendanaan yang tidak disebutkan jumlahnya ini, clickTRUE siap melakukan ekspansi ke pasar Indonesia dengan bendera clickTRUE Indonesia.

Seperti dikutip dari SGEntrepreneurs, clickTRUE sendiri merupakan perusahaan yang didirikan oleh serial entrepreneur Jackie Lee dan menjadi yang perusahaan pertama di Asia Tenggara berstatus Google Analytics Certified Partner. Sebulan yang lalu, clickTRUE juga ditahbiskan menjadi Yahoo! Platinum Search Marketing Agency Ambassador. Sebelum ke Indonesia, clickTRUE telah membuka kantor di Malaysia dan Thailand. Langkah clickTRUE dalam berekspansi ini mengikuti langkah Google dalam membuka kantor di area ini. Seperti yang disebutkan oleh SGEntrepreneurs, “Where Google is, clickTRUE follows“.

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UrbanIndo Receives Funding from East Ventures, Ready for Marketing and Research Program

Another investment is scored by local service. UrbanIndo receives Series A funding from East Ventures (EV). The official announcement will be released this afternoon. As part of the deal, Chandra Tjan from East Ventures will be joining UrbanIndo’s board of director. The amount of investment is not disclosed.

UrbanIndo itself is a property site which give benefit on users who would like to buy, rent, or sell their properties. The site tries to ease users and gives new experience on finding the right property. Some features given are already discussed previously at DailySocial, such as “Proyek Nusantara” (Nusantara Project) and “Carikan Saya Properti” (Find Me The Property).

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eEvent Dapatkan Pendanaan Pre-seed dari TechColumbus Sebesar $250k

Kami baru saja mendapatkan informasi bahwa eEvent yang merupakan salah satu pemenang SparxUp Awards 2010, telah mengumumkan kesepakatan pendanaan pre-seed dari TechColumbus. Mereka mendapatkan dana segar sebesar $250k untuk mengembangkan usaha dan memberikan kesempatan untuk para foundernya fokus mengembangkan pasar di tengah persaingan yang ketat antara platform event online besar yang ada.

Di tengah tahun 2011, kami juga menuliskan berita tentang eEvent dan kerja sama strategis mereka dengan inkubator teknologi Ideosource untuk busineess mentorship dan menguatkan pondasi eEvent sebagai sebuah perusahaan. Meskipun eEvent berbasis di Columbus, Ohio namun perusahaan ini dijalankan sebagian besar oleh orang Indonesia sebelum akhirnya resmi hadir di Jakarta tahun lalu. eEvent juga menjadi satu-satunya perusahaan teknologi di Indonesia yang melakuan pitch di acara Launch Conference milik Jason Calacanis awal tahun 2011.

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