Morning News Roundup: Proptech investments in Southeast Asia grew to US$72.9M in 2019, says study

Business Funding for proptech in Southeast Asia holds strong at US$72.9M...


Meet the VCs: Why BRI Ventures puts emphasis on creating value over valuation

In mid-2019, Indonesian state-owned Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) made headline...


Today’s top tech news: Xurpas to acquire Wavemaker Partners US, LinkAja teams up with Grab

Xurpas to acquire VC firm Wavemaker Partners US – Dealstreet Asia...


Today’s top tech news, Sept 16: Indonesian e-wallet LinkAja to release sharia-based service

In addition to LinkAja, we also have updates from Lee Fixel, AttainU, and Roots...


Grab reportedly wants to merge OVO with Ant Financial’s DANA. What does it mean for the rest of us?

In the past two years, gojek’s Go-Pay has been consistently being the top...


Nicko Widjaja to head Indonesian bank’s US$250M venture arm BRI Ventures

BRI Ventures plans to back growth and late-stage startups by the allocation of...


Indonesia’s state-owned lender BNI to set up a US$50M VC arm, to invest in LinkAja

BNI is yet to decide whether to acquire an existing VC firm or set up a new fund...


If you can’t beat ’em, sleep with ’em

Go-Jek and LinkAja just announced a partnership, and we are excited to see where...


Telkomsel’s LinkAja partners with Go-Jek, adding the digital payment option to the unicorn’s main app

LinkAja was formerly known as T Cash, a scan-and-pay service runs by...


Happened in Indonesia: Bukalapak launches R&D centre, bike-sharing service in Bandung

The last week of January saw many great moves from some of the biggest tech...