Layanan Tanya Jawab Berbasis Audio Pundit Melenggang ke Program Disney Accelerator

Billy Shaw Susanto berhasil membawa startup-nya, layanan tanya jawab (Ask Me Anything) berbasis audio Pundit menjadi satu dari sepuluh startup dunia yang terpilih dalam Disney Accelerator, sebuah program akselerasi startup bergengsi dunia yang dimotori oleh Disney dan salah satu startup accelerator terbaik dunia Techstars. Selama 3 bulan, Billy akan berkesempatan mendapatkan mentor untuk pengembangan startup-nya dari tokoh-tokoh trnama perusahaan sukses dunia, termasuk Chairman and CEO The Walt Disney Company Robert A. Iger.

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DScussion #24: Adrian Li tentang Mitos Investasi Startup di Indonesia

Kali ini kami masih berbincang dengan Managing Partner Convergence Ventures Adrian Li. Setelah minggu lalu Adrian berbagi soal alasannya berinvestasi di Indonesia, kini kita membicarakan mitos investasi startup di Indonesia yang kabarnya sejumlah investor semakin sulit mencari startup berkualitas. Adrian juga berkomentar soal kapan waktu yang tepat bagi pendiri startup untuk mencari pendanaan eksternal.

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Ralali Booked Rp 33 Billion of Funding

Ralali, a marketplace of MRO (Maintenance, Repair, ad Operational) for B2B, secured US$ 2,5 million (around Rp 33 billion) from two Japanese investors, Beenos Plaza and CyberAgent Ventures (CAV), today (8/6). The previous investors of Ralali, East Ventures (EV) and couple of angel investors, also joined this investment round. The funding will be spent to support Ralali’s vision of becoming the largest MRO for business marketplace in Indonesia. Continue reading Ralali Booked Rp 33 Billion of Funding

DScussion #15: Kevin Mintaraga on Tricks to Attract Investors (Episode 3)

BrideStory’s Co-Founder and CEO Kevin Mintaraga is still on this week’s DScussion. This time, he shared about the tips and trick to get investors investing in your business. According to Mintaraga, upon providing seed funding investors assess the startup’s founder (his personal background and track record), market size (the startup’s business segment and the method to calculate the market size), and idea (how it can solve problems). In Series A phase, the most important thing would be traction, with different metric for different business idea.

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Kudo Secures Additional Funding to Expand in Other Cities

Kudo, O2O startup that focus on building digital kiosk for e-commerce payment, announced it has secured an additional seven-digit funding round ($1-9 million), led by GREE Ventures and East Ventures, just six months after it received seed funding. The investment will fuel expansion to many cities in Indonesia. 500 Startups and IMJ Investment Partners also participated in this round.

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MatahariMall Tunjuk Credit Suisse dan Bank of America Merrill Lynch Untuk Pencarian Pendanaan

MatahariMall mengumumkan penunjukkan Credit Suisse dan Bank of America Merrill Lynch untuk memimpin proses pencarian pendanaan sebesar $200 juta. Pendanaan ini nantinya akan dilakukan untuk menjadikan MatahariMall, layanan e-commerce O2O Grup Lippo, sebagai layanan e-commerce terbesar di Indonesia. Rothschild masuk menjadi Financial Advisor Grup Lippo untuk putaran pendanaan ini.

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Livaza Peroleh Pendanaan Awal dari East Ventures (UPDATED)

Satu lagi berita pendanaan dari East Ventures minggu ini. Layanan e-commerce furnitur Livaza mengumumkan perolehan pendanaan awal senilai enam digit dollar (di atas satu miliar Rupiah) dari East Ventures. Livaza akan menggunakan dana ini untuk pengembangan organisasi, produk, dan teknologi.

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Otten Coffee Raih Pendanaan Seri A dari East Ventures

Layanan e-commerce spesialisasi kopi Otten Coffee yang berbasis di Medan mengumumkan perolehan pendanaan Seri A dari East Ventures. Didirikan oleh Robin Boe dan Jhoni Kusno, pendanaan ini akan digunakan untuk membantu Otten Coffee meningkatkan seleksi produk dan menambah nilai bagi layanannya, termasuk mendorong positioning layanan ini di pasar kopi Indonesia.

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Social Shopping Platform WhatWeLike.co Receives Seed Funding From East Ventures

Social shopping platform WhatWeLike.co announces it has received a seed funding from East Ventures. The investment will be used to recruit talents, develop mobile initiatives, and aggressive marketing strategies to further accelerate growth. WhatWeLike.co is founded and run by the same team that has established AdaDiskon.

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