Penn-Olson officially announced that they are now funded by East Ventures.

The news didn’t come as a surprise for me, because I can say I’ve seen it coming since Jakarta Ventures Night on March 21, 2011.

Along with time, I’ve discussed it with Rama and Aulia, and even though we had no solid evidence at that moment but everyone agreed that East Venture’s (EV) process in funding Penn-Olson.com can be seen from days away.

Finally the news of Penn-Olson being funded by EV appeared few days ago, but still not official. Willis Wee, founder and CEO of Penn-Olson wrote a little disclosure in their article on Tokopedia, and today official release was sent through email to Daily Social, confirming that east Ventures has invested in Penn-Olson.com, and the amount of funding is not disclosed.

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Penn-Olson mengumumkan secara resmi, bahwa mereka mendapatkan pendanaan dari East Ventures.

Berita ini sama sekali tidak mengejutkan bagi saya, terus terang saya sudah melihat dan memprediksikan berita ini sejak Jakarta Ventures Night yang diadakan beberapa waktu lalu, lebih tepatnya 21 Maret 2011.

Seiring berjalan waktu, saya mendiskusikan hal ini dengan Rama dan Aulia, meski belum memiliki ‘bukti’ nyata, tetapi masing-masing dari kami menyetujui, proses East Ventures (EV) mendanai Penn-Olson.com telah terlihat jauh-jauh hari.

Akhirnya berita Penn-Olson didanai oleh EV muncul beberapa hari yang lalu, namun belum resmi, Willis Wee, founder dan CEO Penn-Olson menuliskan sedikit pengungkapan pada artikel tentang Tokopedia, dan hari ini, rilis resmi dikirimkan lewat email pada DailySocial yang menegaskan bahwa East Ventures berinvestasi di Penn-Olson.com, jumlah pendanaan tidak disebutkan.

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