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PT Prasetia Dwidharma is a telecommunications infrastructure contractor that focuses on base transceiver station (BTS) construction projects. The company was founded in 2008 by Budi Setiadharma, the chairman of the board of Indonesian conglomerate PT Astra Internasional. Besides its contractor business, the company has also invested in notable startups such as Indonesia’s smart city app Qlue and online language course site SquLine.com.
PT Prasetia Dwidharma is a telecommunications infrastructure contractor that focuses on base transceiver station (BTS) construction projects. The company was founded in 2008 by Budi Setiadharma, the chairman of the board of Indonesian conglomerate PT Astra Internasional. Besides its contractor business, the company has also invested in notable startups such as Indonesia’s smart city app Qlue and online language course site SquLine.com.
PT Juvisk Tri Swarna (JTS) was established in 2013 to provide technical project management, financial consultancy, site audits and other support services in diverse business sectors; ranging from infrastructure, civil engineering, construction and mineral mining. Juvisk is currently involved in the construction of radio and cellular towers and other related services. In 2016, Juvisk became an investor and business partner of Qlue.
PT Juvisk Tri Swarna (JTS) was established in 2013 to provide technical project management, financial consultancy, site audits and other support services in diverse business sectors; ranging from infrastructure, civil engineering, construction and mineral mining. Juvisk is currently involved in the construction of radio and cellular towers and other related services. In 2016, Juvisk became an investor and business partner of Qlue.
Established as an Internet forum in 1999, Kaskus is one of Indonesia's most successful online communities, outlasting many other Indonesian dotcom companies established at the turn of the century. Originally hosted in the USA where its founders lived and studied at the time, Kaskus eventually branched out into content creation and online advertisements, growing via several investments and acquisitions.
Established as an Internet forum in 1999, Kaskus is one of Indonesia's most successful online communities, outlasting many other Indonesian dotcom companies established at the turn of the century. Originally hosted in the USA where its founders lived and studied at the time, Kaskus eventually branched out into content creation and online advertisements, growing via several investments and acquisitions.
Based in Singapore, Antler is a venture capital firm that runs a global five-month venture building program. Aside from funding and company building, Antler matches founders and the talent they need prior to the start of the program. Antler's programs are run in Singapore, Stockholm, Sydney, Amsterdam and London. Antler was founded by former managing director of Zalora, Magnus Grimeland.
Based in Singapore, Antler is a venture capital firm that runs a global five-month venture building program. Aside from funding and company building, Antler matches founders and the talent they need prior to the start of the program. Antler's programs are run in Singapore, Stockholm, Sydney, Amsterdam and London. Antler was founded by former managing director of Zalora, Magnus Grimeland.
Shaanxi Culture Industry Investment Group
With RMB 2.2 billion registered capital, this state-owned cultural enterprise was established by Shaanxi province. It receives subsidies from the regional government each year and currently holds total assets of more than RMB 16 billion. The group has 24 subsidiaries, which invest in a range of cultural industries: film and TV, cultural tourism, art, media, etc.
With RMB 2.2 billion registered capital, this state-owned cultural enterprise was established by Shaanxi province. It receives subsidies from the regional government each year and currently holds total assets of more than RMB 16 billion. The group has 24 subsidiaries, which invest in a range of cultural industries: film and TV, cultural tourism, art, media, etc.
Haier Group Corporation is a Chinese consumer electronics and home appliances company headquartered in Qingdao, Shandong province. It started as a refrigerator manufacturer in 1984 and has become the world's largest producer of major home appliances, with more than 10% of global market share. Now Haier is focusing on offering smart home solutions to customers.
Haier Group Corporation is a Chinese consumer electronics and home appliances company headquartered in Qingdao, Shandong province. It started as a refrigerator manufacturer in 1984 and has become the world's largest producer of major home appliances, with more than 10% of global market share. Now Haier is focusing on offering smart home solutions to customers.
Founded in July 2013, Liangjiang Capital directly manages a total asset of around RMB 5 billion. Liangjiang Capital mainly invests in the fields including telecommunication, new media, medical instrument, bio-engineering, clean technology, information technology, robotics, and artificial intelligence. Liangjiang Capital provides invested companies with both funding support and services of financial, legal and management consulting.
Founded in July 2013, Liangjiang Capital directly manages a total asset of around RMB 5 billion. Liangjiang Capital mainly invests in the fields including telecommunication, new media, medical instrument, bio-engineering, clean technology, information technology, robotics, and artificial intelligence. Liangjiang Capital provides invested companies with both funding support and services of financial, legal and management consulting.
Spanish-born Felipe Navio has previously worked as a business analyst at McKinsey & Company. Since 2009, he has worked as the co-CEO and co-founder of UK-based employment site Jobandtalent.Navio and co-CEO Juan Urdiales are also angel investors, participating in the €1.15m seed round of fintech StudentFinance in 2019.
Spanish-born Felipe Navio has previously worked as a business analyst at McKinsey & Company. Since 2009, he has worked as the co-CEO and co-founder of UK-based employment site Jobandtalent.Navio and co-CEO Juan Urdiales are also angel investors, participating in the €1.15m seed round of fintech StudentFinance in 2019.
Zurich-based Übermorgen Ventures was founded in 2019 to invest in climate-change startups that focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The VC has invested in five startups including recent participation in the €500,000 seed investment of German low-cost solar provider Sunvigo in January 2021 and the $6.2m seed round of Finnish biocarbon startup Carbo Culture in April.
Zurich-based Übermorgen Ventures was founded in 2019 to invest in climate-change startups that focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The VC has invested in five startups including recent participation in the €500,000 seed investment of German low-cost solar provider Sunvigo in January 2021 and the $6.2m seed round of Finnish biocarbon startup Carbo Culture in April.
Prosperity7 Ventures is the $1bn diversified VC fund of Aramco Ventures, a subsidiary of Aramco, the world's leading integrated energy and chemicals company. The fund's name derives from “Prosperity Well", the 7th oil well drilled in Saudi Arabia and the first to strike oil. Prosperity7 Ventures invests globally, focusing on highly scalable startups in the US and China.
Prosperity7 Ventures is the $1bn diversified VC fund of Aramco Ventures, a subsidiary of Aramco, the world's leading integrated energy and chemicals company. The fund's name derives from “Prosperity Well", the 7th oil well drilled in Saudi Arabia and the first to strike oil. Prosperity7 Ventures invests globally, focusing on highly scalable startups in the US and China.
Charles Xue Biqun (b. 1953), alias Xue Manzi, is a popular Chinese-American billionaire venture capitalist and angel investor with over 10 million followers on Weibo. He studied foreign relations at the University of California, Berkeley. His most famous deal to date is his US$250,000 investment in Unitech in the early 1990s, which later became UTStarcom. The company went public in 2000, reaching a post-IPO value of over US$5 billion. He was also chairman of 8848.com (the earliest Chinese e-commerce network). Xue has invested in many internet startups in China, including PCPOP, Autohome, Xueqiu, CreatyChina, Community001 and 265.com (bought by Google).
Charles Xue Biqun (b. 1953), alias Xue Manzi, is a popular Chinese-American billionaire venture capitalist and angel investor with over 10 million followers on Weibo. He studied foreign relations at the University of California, Berkeley. His most famous deal to date is his US$250,000 investment in Unitech in the early 1990s, which later became UTStarcom. The company went public in 2000, reaching a post-IPO value of over US$5 billion. He was also chairman of 8848.com (the earliest Chinese e-commerce network). Xue has invested in many internet startups in China, including PCPOP, Autohome, Xueqiu, CreatyChina, Community001 and 265.com (bought by Google).
Based in Porto, Nuno Miller joined Sonae as head of digital channels in 2015 and eventually became the chief digital and information officer at Sonae S&F in March 2018. He was CIO at Farfetch for three years until 2014 when he was named as European CIO of the year by CIONET and INSEAD.Graduating as an IT engineer in 1994, Miller initially worked as a systems engineer at DTTI for four years before joining Deloitte's as a business unit manager. He completed an executive MBA at EUDEM in 2002 and became the CIO and director of Organtex.
Based in Porto, Nuno Miller joined Sonae as head of digital channels in 2015 and eventually became the chief digital and information officer at Sonae S&F in March 2018. He was CIO at Farfetch for three years until 2014 when he was named as European CIO of the year by CIONET and INSEAD.Graduating as an IT engineer in 1994, Miller initially worked as a systems engineer at DTTI for four years before joining Deloitte's as a business unit manager. He completed an executive MBA at EUDEM in 2002 and became the CIO and director of Organtex.
London-based financial services company Octopus Investments was founded in 2000. Since then, the firm has grown to a 500-strong company that manages £6 billion on behalf of more than 50,000 investors. It is part of Octopus Group. The VC firm has offices in New York, Singapore and Shanghai, besides London and has invested in 200 companies to date, almost half of them as the lead investor. It has seen 27 exits among its portfolio companies, including acquisitions by Microsoft, Amazon, and Google, with notable divested companies including Graze, Adbrain, SwiftKey and Zoopla.
London-based financial services company Octopus Investments was founded in 2000. Since then, the firm has grown to a 500-strong company that manages £6 billion on behalf of more than 50,000 investors. It is part of Octopus Group. The VC firm has offices in New York, Singapore and Shanghai, besides London and has invested in 200 companies to date, almost half of them as the lead investor. It has seen 27 exits among its portfolio companies, including acquisitions by Microsoft, Amazon, and Google, with notable divested companies including Graze, Adbrain, SwiftKey and Zoopla.
Labeled "world’s most powerful startup incubator" by Fast Company, Y Combinator was established in 2005 as a seed accelerator. Since then, Y Combinator has funded over 1,850 startups with a combined valuation of over US$100 billion. Twice a year, Y Combinator invests US$150,000 per company across a large number of startups in exchange for a 7% stake. The startups then move to Silicon Valley for three months. Each cycle ends with a Demo Day, where the startups pitch to an invite-only audience of high-profile investors. Its most valuable startups to date are Airbnb, Stripe, Cruise, Dropbox and Coinbase.
Labeled "world’s most powerful startup incubator" by Fast Company, Y Combinator was established in 2005 as a seed accelerator. Since then, Y Combinator has funded over 1,850 startups with a combined valuation of over US$100 billion. Twice a year, Y Combinator invests US$150,000 per company across a large number of startups in exchange for a 7% stake. The startups then move to Silicon Valley for three months. Each cycle ends with a Demo Day, where the startups pitch to an invite-only audience of high-profile investors. Its most valuable startups to date are Airbnb, Stripe, Cruise, Dropbox and Coinbase.
Indogen Capital is Indonesia’s latest VC founded in early 2017. The private fund looks for founder “athletes and shapes them into champions”, with capital injections of US$100,000 to US$500,000.VC advisor and Tokopedia co-founder, Leonitus Alpha Edison is passionate about mentoring startups on how to negotiate founder-friendly deals.The other VC partners are: Hendry Willy (Leon’s friend and founder of TokoUSB.com), private equity veteran Teezar Firmansyah, Nararya Ciputra Sastrawinata of business tycoon family in real estate and Ciputra University. Indogen’s CEO Chandra Firmanto is Leon’s childhood friend whose family business had joint ventures with Ciputra.
Indogen Capital is Indonesia’s latest VC founded in early 2017. The private fund looks for founder “athletes and shapes them into champions”, with capital injections of US$100,000 to US$500,000.VC advisor and Tokopedia co-founder, Leonitus Alpha Edison is passionate about mentoring startups on how to negotiate founder-friendly deals.The other VC partners are: Hendry Willy (Leon’s friend and founder of TokoUSB.com), private equity veteran Teezar Firmansyah, Nararya Ciputra Sastrawinata of business tycoon family in real estate and Ciputra University. Indogen’s CEO Chandra Firmanto is Leon’s childhood friend whose family business had joint ventures with Ciputra.
As Veniam’s “Internet of Moving Things” keeps growing, autonomous vehicles are next
The Portuguese startup is going places with its mesh networking technology, but that’s “just the beginning”, says Veniam founder and CEO João Barros. He talks to CompassList about partnering automakers to design self-driving cars, raising a new round of funding in 2018, and more
Start with the little things: 5 Indonesian social impact startups
From providing student loans to empowering marginalized groups and farmers, these Indonesian startups are revitalizing local communities
Indogen Capital eyes new growth fund of $100m as foreign tech investors stay keen on Indonesia
With its Japanese investment partner Striders, Indogen plans to boost growth-stage funding in Indonesia and open doors for portfolio companies to new markets in East Asia
Smart Agrifood Summit 2021: A global innovation ecosystem is needed to catch up with other sectors
Investors from SVG Ventures/THRIVE, Pinduoduo and others agree that players must join forces to boost agrifood tech investment, internationally and across the value chain
NutraSign: Farm-to-fork traceability app for healthier lifestyles
NutraSign is an app that lets businesses and consumers identify and trace contaminated products within a food supply chain in seconds, using blockchain technology
Modulous: End-to-end construction tech to (finally) disrupt the building sector value chain
Construction is among the most lucrative but least disrupted industries globally. UK-based Modulous aims to change this
SigmaRail in funding talks, eyes 10-fold surge in revenue
The profitable Madrid-based startup is behind the “Google Maps” for railways to help make trains safer and provide better services
Indonesia's aquaculture startup eFishery eyes 1m farmer users in region
Bandung-based eFishery has diversified to fish sales and loan services, seeking to replicate its success in 10 countries in Southeast and South Asia, starting with Thailand
Singapore, the place to start and grow a cellular agriculture startup
A country that imports over 90% of its food supply, Singapore has turned to foodtech, including cellular agriculture, to safeguard food security, supported by proactive regulators
4YFN: Investment booms across Europe during pandemic
Speaking at the recent 4YFN conference, prolific European startup investor Mattias Ljungman provided a highly optimistic assessment of the continent's current ecosystem strength and climate for seed funding
CarBlock eyes opportunities presented by the multi-billion car data market
This startup aims to transform the connected car and transportation industry by building a data circulation system based on blockchain
Renewable energy crowdfunding platform Fundeen eyes 2019 profit amid sector boom
The young Spanish startup is eyeing projects worth €220 million by 2023, while cutting CO2 emissions equivalent to 1.3 million Madrid-New York flights
Sustainable last-mile grocery delivery startup Revoolt eyes French, LatAm expansion
Seeking up to €1m new funding for its growth, the Madrid-based startup with its EV fleet and turnkey IoT solutions has also broken even
Logisly challenges the Indonesian on-demand freight sector with managed marketplace
In less than a year of launching, Logisly has facilitated more than a thousand shipments and raised seed funding from three investors
Exclusive: Patamar Capital to raise US$150 million, eyes Series B investments
The impact investment VC recently scored an exit at Indonesian online-to-offline group buying startup Mapan, when it was bought over by Go-Jek
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