This MindShare episode is all about the next decade of e-commerce in Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest and most important retail market. E-commerce in Indonesia has grown rapidly in recent years, with Lazada, Tokopedia, and Shopee paving the way for new players like Astro. Despite limited internet penetration and low consumer trust a decade ago, the market is now booming with revenue projected to reach US$52 billion in 2023 and US$77 billion by 2027. Hosted by Leighton Cosseboom , Head of Comm...
Mar 01, 2023•25 min•Ep 22•Transcript available on Metacast As we continue our MindShare series with group discussions on current events in Asia’s tech scene, today's episode is all about the future of crypto in emerging markets like Indonesia. The possibilities for blockchain in Southeast Asia are many. The region has a rapidly growing population with a high adoption rate of novel fintech. Governments are taking steps to regulate the crypto industry, while businesses are exploring its use for things like payments, remittances, and more. The region also ...
Feb 10, 2023•31 min•Ep 21•Transcript available on Metacast Today, we continue our MindShare series where we invite guests to have group discussions on current events in Asia’s tech scene. Stakeholders know that blockchain has the potential to radically change financial systems and, therefore, entire economies. The use of digital assets and smart contracts in DeFi can provide greater financial inclusion for the unbanked population and enable cross-border transactions with lower fees. Crypto trading and mining activities can also drive economic growth and...
Feb 07, 2023•29 min•Ep 20•Transcript available on Metacast Continuing our series on impact in Indonesia’s digital economy, AC Ventures ' Head of ESG Lauren Blasco is joined by Angelique Timmer , SVP of Impact and ESG at KoinWorks , a full-fledged neobank for MSMEs that started out as a peer-to-peer lending platform for entrepreneurs to access working capital beyond banks and traditional financial institutions. Today, KoinWorks delivers outsized impact across Indonesia by providing access to financial services and investment opportunities to underserved ...
Jan 31, 2023•26 min•Ep 19•Transcript available on Metacast In our new ongoing series "MindShare," AC Ventures curates expert guests to discuss current events and timely topics in the Southeast Asian tech ecosystem. Via insightful group discussion, we then interpret what it all means for startups, investors, and stakeholders in the region. Hosted by Leighton Cosseboom , Head of PR & Communication at ACV, today's topic is all about good governance in startups. It’s no secret that corporate governance in early-stage ventures has never been particularly...
Jan 17, 2023•27 min•Ep 18•Transcript available on Metacast Today on Indonesia Digital Deconstructed, Lauren Blasco , Head of ESG at AC Ventures , continues our series on impact and ESG investing in Indonesia's vibrant digital economy. In this episode, Lauren is joined by Neels Steyn , Venture Architect Director at BCG Digital Ventures in Southeast Asia. Neels, with the support of Boston Consulting Group , helps the world's largest and most influential corporations invent, launch, and scale innovative new businesses, products, and platforms designe...
Jan 16, 2023•26 min•Ep 17•Transcript available on Metacast Today, we continue our series on ESG and impact in Southeast Asia’s tech scene with Lauren Blasco , Head of ESG at AC Ventures , as our host. AC Ventures recently established the nation’s first quantifiable ESG standards with its debut report, “ Scaling Impact With Technology ,” produced in partnership with Boston Consulting Group and supported by The Upright Project . There is no question that northern Europe is leading the charge when it comes to companies reporting their impact. Helsink...
Dec 15, 2022•27 min•Ep 16•Transcript available on Metacast Today, we kick off a fresh series focused on the intersection of ESG, impact, and tech in Indonesia. AC Ventures recently established the nation’s first quantifiable ESG standards with its debut report, “ Scaling Impact With Technology ,” produced in partnership with Boston Consulting Group and supported by The Upright Project in Finland. Hosted by Lauren Blasco , Head of ESG at AC Ventures, we are joined by Mohamad Bijaksana Junerosano (who goes by Sano for short). He’s the founder and CEO of W...
Dec 09, 2022•26 min•Ep 15•Transcript available on Metacast In today's episode hosted by Helen Wong , Managing Partner at AC Ventures , we are joined by Sreejita Deb , Founder and CEO of RAENA . Sreejita's startup is the largest beauty product reseller platform in Indonesia. It supports beauty entrepreneurs who run home-based businesses with more than 250 brands and over 1,000 original beauty products. RAENA is on a mission to build Southeast Asia’s deepest and most trusted beauty retail network - all without owning a single storefront. The company...
Dec 08, 2022•30 min•Ep 14•Transcript available on Metacast Next up in our series on female founders in Indonesia, we have a very special guest. Hosted by Helen Wong , Managing Partner at AC Ventures , we are joined by Luna Maya , co-founder & CEO of NAMA Beauty . For those who are less familiar with the local entertainment industry, Luna is an Indonesian model, actress, and presenter. Her startup NAMA is a direct-to-consumer (D2C) cosmetics and skincare company. It provides affordable and luxurious goods such as decorative cosmetics and other skinca...
Nov 25, 2022•23 min•Ep 13•Transcript available on Metacast Today, we continue our series of episodes focused on female founders in Indonesia. Hosted by Helen Wong , Managing Partner at AC Ventures , we are joined Ellen Pranata , co-founder and CEO of Klar , an oral wellness startup in the archipelago that manufactures clear dental aligners, with each set tailor-made to suit a patient’s needs. Launched during the pandemic, when most people weren’t making many trips to the dentist, Klar has been making a name for itself as the "Invisalign of Indonesia," b...
Nov 03, 2022•30 min•Ep 12•Transcript available on Metacast Today, we kick off a series of episodes focused on female founders in Indonesia. Hosted by Helen Wong , Managing Partner at AC Ventures , we are joined by Jessica Stephanie Jap , co-founder and COO of Indonesia's top quick commerce startup Astro . Research suggests that online grocery penetration, within the country's overall US$207 billion grocery market, will exceed 3% by the end of 2026. While multiple unicorns in Southeast Asia have tried and failed to crack the sector in Indonesia (and recr...
Oct 13, 2022•28 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast With more than 16 million cars on the streets in Indonesia per day, the automotive servicing industry in the country is now worth around US$16 billion. It is ripe for massive disruption, as auto repair and service shops across the nation are riddled with internal and customer experience problems. These can range from car owners receiving fake spare parts to being greatly overcharged by service providers in general. Meanwhile, the repair service providers themselves (the vast majority...
Oct 03, 2022•34 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast According to the World Bank , Indonesia is the world’s second-largest fisheries producer. The sector creates about US$4.1 billion in annual export earnings and supports millions of jobs. But while the archipelago is one of the world’s largest producers, the industry is highly fragmented, with large swathes of the nation's 12 million fishermen living in poverty. Meanwhile, fishing communities, especially small ones, are routinely forced to cope with fluctuations in demand and price instability.&n...
Sep 07, 2022•22 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast Today, we go into our 7th episode and explore the world of Islamic finance in Southeast Asia. Joining us today is Dima Djani, co-founder and CEO of ALAMI, one of the world's leading sharia-compliant SME lending platforms. Today’s global Islamic banking sector is worth close to US$2 trillion and growing at a CAGR of 14%. Islamic banking has a 6% share in global banking assets. Meanwhile, Indonesia’s Islamic finance market share is set to cross the 10% threshold. For ALAMI, this offers a large and...
Aug 16, 2022•26 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast Today, we go into our 6th episode and zoom in on Indonesia’s premier B2B food supply chain startup EdenFarm. Join me as I speak to the company’s founder David Gunawan about some of the biggest challenges and key opportunities for tech companies in this multi-billion dollar sector. As a unique marketplace, EdenFarm is not only bolstering the livelihoods of micro-entrepreneurs. It’s also educating them at scale about how to pull in weekly income, rather than being at the mercy of a seasonal harves...
Jul 26, 2022•39 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast Today, we go into our 5th episode and do a deep dive into the importance of the best Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices as they relate to startup investing worldwide, but specifically in Southeast Asia. Increasingly, venture capital firms are seeing an imperative from the global community of industry stakeholders to make sure their portfolios adhere to a higher standard of ethics. In places like Indonesia, this is a relatively new paradigm, but is a clear sign that more instit...
Jul 22, 2022•31 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast The MSME retail+ market holds plenty of untapped potentials, with businesses ready to be supercharged through digital solutions that can also combine the scalability of online distribution with an offline presence. In this episode of Indonesia Digital Deconstructed by AC Ventures (IDDbyACV), we present Adi Wahyu Rahadi, Founder & CEO of majoo , who leads an end-to-end MSME platform that helps companies operate seamless omnichannel sales and digitize their operations. majoo, which provi...
Feb 23, 2022•40 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast In Episode 3 of Indonesia Digital Deconstructed by AC Ventures, we continue to explore the players digitizing Indonesia’s 63 million MSMEs which form the backbone of the country’s economy. This episode features Adrian Li, Founder & Managing Partner of AC Ventures, in conversation with Gunawan Woen, Co-founder and CEO of ESB. ESB is a leading end-to-end restaurant management SaaS used by many of Indonesia’s most well-known F&B establishments, including Ismaya, Boga Group, and Starbucks. T...
Nov 18, 2021•44 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast This week we are releasing an incredible podcast episode with Nipun Mehra, Founder & CEO of Ula . This B2B eCommerce platform recently raised US$87Mn Series B led by blue-chip global investors Tencent, Prosus, B Capital, and Jeff Bezos. The MSME market has long been a core thematic vertical at AC Ventures where we believe the power of technology can create enormous value for the 63M enterprises that make up this overwhelming segment of the economy. In this deep dive episode, Nipun and&...
Nov 04, 2021•50 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast In today’s episode, we’re sharing our insights into the tech companies that empower Indonesia’s 63 million MSMEs which form the foundation of the country’s economy. Adrian Li, Founder & Managing Partner of AC Ventures, has invited Alvin Cahyadi, VP of Investment at AC Ventures. He’s led investments into disruptive companies in this sector such as ESB, Majoo, and Ula developed deep insights into the role technology plays in MSMEs, which he’ll share with us today.
Oct 10, 2021•32 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast “Transforming Indonesia’s SOEs into world-class companies through collaboration with young leaders” , hosted by Mr. Pandu Sjahrir, Founding Partner of AC Ventures & Managing Partner of Indies Capital, featuring a panel discussion and open Q&A session with the SOE professionals, including; Mr. Budi Gunadi Sadikin (Vice Minister I of State-Owned Enterprises, ex-CEO at PT Inalum & PT Bank Mandiri Tbk) Mr. Fadli Rahman, PhD (Commissioner at PT Pertamina Hulu Energi, ex-Principal at Bosto...
Jul 17, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Leadership Speaker Series - “SEA Response: What does the current and post-COVID-19 world mean for startups in Southeast Asia” featuring an open Q&A session with our prominent speakers; Mr. Bilahari Kausikan and Mr. Chng Kai Fong , along with participation from Mr. Pandu Sjahrir, Founding Partner of ACV & Managing Partner of Indies Capital. Mr. Bilahari Kausikan serves as a Chairman of the Middle East Institute, an autonomous institute of the National University of...
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