Hear from 6 prolific investors at Indonesia PE-VC Summit

By Team DealStreetAsia

October 28, 2022

We are happy to introduce our next set of six headline speakers for the upcoming Indonesia PE-VC Summit 2023, scheduled for January 12 at The Langham, Jakarta.

Our speakers have been at the forefront of venture capital activity and digitalisation trends unfolding in SE Asia’s maximum market. They will share their rich insights of having witnessed the transition of Indonesia from a nascent market to one of the most lucrative investible opportunities in this part of Asia.

We feature speakers from 6 active investors in the region: Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India, DSG Consumer Partners, Intudo Ventures, MDI Ventures, Innoven Capital SEA and Alpha JWC Ventures.

Vertex Ventures’s portfolio covers unicorns such as Grab, Nium, Licious, Patsnap and homegrown Indonesian startups including HappyFresh, Aruna, and TaniHub. The investor is raising Vertex Ventures SEA and India Fund V, which has a target of $500 million. Vertex is one of Singapore’s largest and oldest venture capital firms, managing assets of over $5.1 billion across six partner funds in China, Southeast Asia and India, the US, and Israel.

MDI Ventures is one of Indonesia’s most prolific corporate venture capitalists with an extensive network of co-general partner funds under its purview. These include the Bio-Health Fund with Bio Farma; Arise Fund with Finch Capital; and Centauri Fund with South Korea’s KB Investment. MDI Ventures is also an anchor LP in the $600-million Merah Putih Fund, a growth-stage vehicle collectively backed by Indonesian state-owned enterprises.

Set up in 2012, DSG Consumer Partners looks at funding consumer-focused companies in India and Southeast Asia. The companies it has invested in include restaurant booking app Chope, grocery e-mart Redmart, plant-based frozen food chain Kind Kones, and gummy vitamin brand YOUVIT, among others.

InnoVen Capital SEA, a venture debt provider in the region, enables companies to accelerate growth and extend cash runway while optimizing equity dilution. It has invested over $210 million across 100+ debt transactions. It has three unicorns in its portfolio.

Indonesian venture capital firm Intudo Ventures, which closed its third fund at $115 million in September last year, counts unicorn payment gateway Xendit, telemedicine firm Halodoc, agritech startup TaniHub, crypto exchange Pintu, logistics provider Kargo, and cloud kitchen Yummy Corp., among its portfolio companies.

Indonesia-focused early-stage investor Alpha JWC Ventures raised $433 million for its third fund last year in the largest final close by a SE Asian VC firm in 2021. Alpha JWC manages around $650 million in assets, positioning itself as the largest early-stage fund in Southeast Asia. It closed its second fund at $123 million in 2019, while its debut fund was launched in 2016 with a size of $50 million. Its most recent investments include Sayurbox, UpBanx, Hangry, NOICE, among others.

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Following vacancies can be applied for (only in Singapore).

Following vacancies can be applied for (only in Singapore).   

  • A reporter to track companies/startups that have raised private capital, and have the potential to become unicorns. SEA currently has over 40 companies with a valuation of over $100 million and under $1 billion.
  • A reporter who can get behind the scenes and reveal how funding rounds are put together, or why they’ve failed to materialise. She/he in this role will largely focus on long-format stories. 
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Singapore Reporter/s

In Singapore, we are looking to double our reporting team by this year-end to comprehensively cover the fast-moving world of funded startups and VC, PE & M&A deals. We want reporters who can tell our readers what is really happening in these sectors and why it matters to markets, companies and consumers. The ability to write precisely and urgently is crucial for these roles. Ideal candidates must have to ability to work in a collaborative, dynamic, and fast-changing environment. We want our new hires to be digitally savvy and ready to experiment with new forms of storytelling. Most importantly, we are looking for hard-hitting reporters who work well in a team. Collaboration and collegiality are a must.

Following vacancies can be applied for (only in Singapore).

Following vacancies can be applied for (only in Singapore).   

  • A reporter to track companies/startups that have raised private capital, and have the potential to become unicorns. SEA currently has over 40 companies with a valuation of over $100 million and under $1 billion.
  • A reporter who can get behind the scenes and reveal how funding rounds are put together, or why they’ve failed to materialise. She/he in this role will largely focus on long-format stories. 
  • A journalist to track special situations funds, distressed debt and private credit (from the PE angle) across Asia.
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