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January 5, 2012

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New venture capital allocates up to $10 million for startups in Indonesia

by Goutama Bachtiar

New venture capital allocates up to $10 million for startups in Indonesia

After making their presence in Vietnam, in 2009, CyberAgent Ventures continued their expansion by setting up their office in Indonesia in October last year. The Jakarta office is the eight office after Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Taipei, Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi. The Indonesian office is intended to enhance their…

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December 29, 2011

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Wego caters more to Indonesian travelers through localization and new features

by Goutama Bachtiar

Wego caters more to Indonesian travelers through localization and new features

Price-sensitive travelers are always looking to find the lowest fares at their desired dates with plenty options of airlines. For those who have flexible schedule, usually they have several preferred dates when they can travel. Most of them probably don’t have any concerns to have their carriers mixed to reduce the travel…

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December 26, 2011

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Johan Svanstrom Reveals Hotels.com’s plans in Asia Pacific

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Johan Svanstrom

Hotels.com is the hotel booking arm of Expedia that have had a presence in Asia for about nine years. The company believes that local accessibility, customization and local knowledge will capture greater market share and build the trust. In short, “familiar local look-and-feel”, comfortable online reservations and local language call…

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December 22, 2011

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Collaborative social media platform Tapestrix to expand outside Indonesia

by Goutama Bachtiar

Collaborative social media platform Tapestrix to expand outside Indonesia

This white-label, customizable Social Media Platform was born July last year. Tapestrix, also known as TPX, was developed from scratch by IndoSterling Technomedia with four full-time engineers. Positioned as the Enterprise Social Platform (ESP), it is optimized for scalable deployment across different social-networks, ranging from communities, corporations, commercial brands,…

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December 19, 2011

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Founders Drinks and StartupLokal Meetup v20 Takeaways

by Goutama Bachtiar

Founders Drinks and StartupLokal Meetup v20 Takeaways

After holding a Founders Drinks Jakarta last February, e27 has once again brought the Founders Drinks series to Jakarta last week, on December 8, at AtAmerica, Pacific Place Mall. The event was held in partnership with StartupLokal to combine the Founders Drinks with their last meet up…

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November 24, 2011

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Asia’s Top 50 Apps Winners’ Series: GreenPost targets 6 countries and 4.5 million users in 3 years

by Goutama Bachtiar

Asia’s Top 50 Apps Winners’ Series: GreenPost targets 6 countries and 4.5 million users in 3 years

Most consumers would love to receive their bills electronically, rather than physically in envelopes. But receiving e-bills creates another challenge. These bills are usually stored on several online and offline services and need to be managed properly. GreenBills Pte Ltd, a Singaporean-based company, sees this as an opportunity and launched 

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November 23, 2011

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Asia’s Top 50 Apps Winners’ Series: Lobangclub plans new feature roll outs in weeks ahead

by Goutama Bachtiar

Asia’s Top 50 Apps Winners’ Series: Lobangclub plans new feature roll outs in weeks ahead

This year’s Most Valuable App for Asia’s Top 50 Apps, Lobangclub, plans to enhance their app features by introducing two new features in upcoming weeks. They will be rolling out  a feature called “midnight vision” where users will be able to scan barcodes under any lighting conditions and even…

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November 22, 2011

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Yahoo! Koprol now integrated with RIM’s BBM6

by Goutama Bachtiar

Yahoo! Koprol now integrated with RIM’s BBM6

With more than five million BlackBerry Internet Services (BIS) subscribers in Indonesia, the BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) is considered as one of the most popular apps that Indonesians, who love to chat and text, use on daily basis. This is more so after RIM released its social platform on…

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November 21, 2011

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Online marketplace for creative talent, Gobann, prepares for launch

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Online marketplace for creative talent, Gobann, prepares for launch

If you have a “kangtao” (Hokianese word for “job” or “order”) and want to find someone to do it, Gobann (pronounced Goban, another Hokianese word which means “fifty thousand”), the web site founded by Michael Luhukay,  Teddy Koentjoro and Hyung Gyu Byun(a.k.a Shawn) has the answer. The service…

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November 16, 2011

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Startup Weekend Gurgaon, “Your interface is the product for the customer!”

by Goutama Bachtiar

Startup Weekend Gurgaon, “Your interface is the product for the customer!”

Photo courtesy of Meng Weng Wong

More than 50 ideas pitched from 110 attendees, 150 votes and more than 15 teams formed to create prototypes to be presented at the end of the program. All these happened within 54-hours at the first-ever Startup Weekend in Gurgaon, New Delhi last…

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