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Crowde-funding Indonesia's fields

  • Indonesia
  • 4 min read
  • Feb 25, 2019
  • By Putu Agung Wija Putera

© CROWDE

Agritech startup Crowde offers retail investors direct access to Indonesia’s US$25 billion agricultural sector, transforming the way traditional farmers fund, run and grow their businesses

Started by an ex-chicken farmer, Crowde joins a growing number of crowdfunding and peer-to-peer (P2P) lending startups offering investors the once rare opportunity to invest directly in Indonesia's agribusinesses.
In particular, it targets novice investors who do not have much spare capital or are new to the crowdfunding scene. The minimum investment required is a relatively low IDR 10,000 (US$0.70) per project. Absent is the complicated paperwork that usually accompanies stocks, bonds and real estate investments traditionally favored by the increasingly affluent Indonesian middle class.

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