Bukalapak secures series A financing round from Japan’s GREE Ventures

Today we receive news that e-commerce group, Bukalapak, just closed their series A round of funding from Japanese investment company GREE Ventures. No financing details disclosed by both GREE Ventures and Bukalapak. Continue reading Bukalapak secures series A financing round from Japan’s GREE Ventures

Ini Dia 4 Pemenang Tiket Sparxup 2012 Conference & Awarding Night

Kemarin, kami mengumumkan sebuah kompetisi di Twitter untuk membagikan 4 tiket konferensi Sparxup 2012 yang diadakan di Mandiri Tower, Plaza Bapindo pada tanggal 5 Oktober 2012 mendatang. Setelah kompetisi ditutup beberapa jam lalu, kini saatnya mengumumkan 4 pemenang dengan tweet yang paling kreatif mengenai Sparxup 2012. Continue reading Ini Dia 4 Pemenang Tiket Sparxup 2012 Conference & Awarding Night

Groupon Indonesia CEO Ferry Tenka Talks About Mobile, Growth, and Oliver Samwer

At Groupon’s press conference for its second birthday celebrations, we spoke to Ferry Tenka, CEO of Groupon Indonesia about his views on the e-commerce industry, the rapid adoption of mobile devices in the country, as well as Groupon’s lead in the daily deals market in Indonesia and his admiration of Rocket Internet co-founder and former head of Groupon’s International operations Oliver Samwer.

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Siap-Siap, Sparxup Awards 2012 Segera Hadir

Kita sudah sampai di akhir bulan Agustus, yang berarti Sparxup akan segera hadir dengan lebih besar dan lebih baik. Konferensi teknologi dan kompetisi startup tahun ini akan diadakan pada tanggal 3 – 5 Oktober dan akan memiliki acara tambahan berupa hackathon selain konferensi dan kompetisi yang telah menjadi agenda rutin. Foursquare, Evernote dan Nokia bergabung pada acara tahun ini, menyediakan API dan sumber daya lain untuk para hackathon. Tahun ini Sparxup juga akan menampilkan sejumlah pembicara dari berbagai perusahan teknologi dan media.

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Sparxup Awards 2012 Is Coming. Startups Get Ready

It’s the end of August, which means Sparxup is coming up, bigger and better. Our annual technology conference and startup competition will be held from 3 to 5 October this year and will have a hackathon in addition to the established conference and competition events. Foursquare, Evernote and Nokia are on board this year to provide API and other resources for hackathon participants. This year’s Sparxup will also feature a wide range of speakers from various technology and media companies.

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Sparxup winner Bistip unveils affiliate feature to boost membership

Bistip, an online platform where travellers can get money from buying stuff for people back home, recently launched Affiliation feature on the site in order to boost its membership number. Founded back in March 2011 now Bistip has hosted 23.000 conversations between travellers and their “customers” with IDR 187 million ($20.000) worth of transactions serving 3600 routes around the world.

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Sparxup is Back This Year

As media focusing in the world of technology and entrepreneurship in Indonesia, DailySocial always commit to contribute as much as possible to the industry. It is our vision to advance the technology industry in Indonesia through entrepreneurship and it will always be the operational foundation of DailySocial team.

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Sparxup 2012 Kembali Lagi Tahun Ini

Sebagai salah satu media yang memfokuskan diri di dunia teknologi dan entrepreneurship di Indonesia, DailySocial selalu berkomitmen untuk memberikan kontribusi sebesar-besarnya ke industri. Adalah visi kami untuk memajukan industri teknologi di Indonesia melalui entrepreneurship, dan hal itu selalu menjadi landasan operasi dari tim DailySocial.

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Event Report: SparxUp Fowab Mobile Commerce

The SparxUp Fowab Mobile Commerce seminar that is a cooperation between SparxUp Awards and FOWAB was held on February 24th, 2012. The event was held in Bandung Digital Valley (BDV).

The event was attended by over 100 people from various circles, students and developers. The event took the theme of Mobile Commerce and it presented the speaker: Pambudi Baskara (Samsung), Ivan Hudyana (blibli), from Biznet and from Onigi (previously Mysellr) as well as representatives of BDV and FOWAB.

The event was opened by Johanes Adi Purnama as representatives of BDV. In addition to explain the BDV various programs such as seminars, workshops and other activities for BDV members or public, John also explained about some opportunities that could be used by those who joined BDV.

One of these opportunities relates to Telkom AppStore consisting Flexi Market, Telkomsel Market and Speedy Market and upcoming mobile advertising platform. People who joined BDV Community can develop their products for the application store.

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Event Report: SparxUp Fowab Mobile Commerce

Acara seminar yang merupakan hasil kerja sama antara SparxUp Awards dan FOWAB dengan tema Mobile Commerce telah selesai dilaksanakan hari Sabtu 24 Februari 2012 kemarin. Acara yang dilaksanakan di Bandung Digital Valley (BDV) ini dihadiri lebih dari 100 orang.

Acara dihadiri oleh lebih dari 100 orang dari berbagai kalangan, mahasiswa serta developer. Acara yang mengambil tema Mobile Commerce ini menghadirkan pembicara Pambudi Baskara (Samsung), Ivan Hudyana (blibli) dari Biznet serta dari Onigi (dulu Mysellr) serta perwakilan dari BDV dan FOWAB.

Acara dibuka oleh Johanes Adi Purnama sebagai perwakilan dari BDV. Selain menjelaskan tentang berbagai program dari BDV, seperti yang sudah dijalankan serta yang akan dijalankan seperti seminar, workshop dan kegiatan lain baik yang diperuntukkan bagi anggota BDV atau yang akan dibuka untuk umum, Johanes juga menjelaskan tentang beberapa peluang yang bisa dimanfaatkan mereka yang tergabung di BDV.

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