<article><p>Hear from 15 top investors and leaders in Jakarta on January 12, 2023, at the <a href="https://events.dealstreetasia.com/">fourth edition of the Indonesia PE-VC Summit</a> to gain vital insights on navigating SE Asia’s maximum market.</p></article>

<p>Hear from 15 top investors and leaders in Jakarta on January 12, 2023, at the <a href="https://events.dealstreetasia.com/">fourth edition of the Indonesia PE-VC Summit</a> to gain vital insights on navigating SE Asia’s maximum market.</p>
<p>Our speakers will share perspectives from their operational experience and expertise across diverse sectors. These leaders have led some of Indonesia’s landmark deals, minted unicorns, discovered early winners and backed untapped sectors.</p>
<h3>Willson Cuaca<br />
<strong style="font-size: 16px;"><em>Founding Partner, East Ventures</em></strong></h3>
<figure id="attachment_119277" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-119277" style="width: 978px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-119277 size-full" src="https://media.dealstreetasia.com/uploads/2019/01/willson.jpg?resize=640,362" alt="Willson Cuaca East Ventures" srcset="https://media.dealstreetasia.com/uploads/2019/01/willson.jpg?w=978 978w, https://media.dealstreetasia.com/uploads/2019/01/willson.jpg?resize=300,170 300w, https://media.dealstreetasia.com/uploads/2019/01/willson.jpg?resize=768,434 768w" sizes="(max-width: 978px) 100vw, 978px" data-recalc-dims="1" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-119277" class="wp-caption-text">East Ventures managing partner Willson Cuaca speaks at DEALSTREETASIA&#8217;s Indonesia PE-VC Summit 2019 in Jakarta</figcaption></figure>
<p>At East Ventures, which is the most active VC firm in SE Asia, Willson manages both the seed and growth funds that have backed 250+ tech companies. East Ventures captured the early wave of digital transformation in Indonesia by becoming the 1st investor of Indonesia’s unicorns—Tokopedia and Traveloka.</p>
<h3>Jefrey Joe<br />
<strong style="font-size: 16px;"><em>Co-Founder &amp; General Partner, Alpha JWC Ventures </em></strong></h3>
<p>Jefrey Joe is a venture capitalist with tech, product and consulting background. Prior to co-founding Alpha JWC, Jefrey was the COO of Groupon Indonesia, the leading daily deals site. He currently sits on the board of some of Indonesia’s fastest-growing startups, including Kopi Kenangan, Kredivo, and Lemonilo.</p>
<h3>Pandu Sjahrir<br />
<strong style="font-size: 16px;"><em>Managing Partner, Indies Capital</em></strong></h3>
<p>Pandu Sjahrir is one of Southeast Asia’s leading investors in the seed and early growth stages. Indonesia-focused Indies Capital has invested over $700 million in the past 7 years. Indies Capital also has a strategic alliance with AC Ventures, an ASEAN-focused seed and early-stage fund.</p>
<h3>John Riady<br />
<strong style="font-size: 16px;"><em>CEO, PT Lippo Karawaci Tbk</em></strong></h3>
<p>John Riady helms Lippo Karawaci and Siloam International Hospitals, respectively the largest real estate and hospitals company in Indonesia. He is also the executive director at Lippo Group and is an active investor in the Southeast Asia technology sector. The Lippo Group is often seen as a proxy for the Indonesian economy.</p>
<h3>Patrick Walujo<br />
<em style="font-size: 16px;"><strong>Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Northstar Group</strong></em></h3>
<figure id="attachment_170677" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-170677" style="width: 750px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-170677 size-full" src="https://media.dealstreetasia.com/uploads/2020/01/Patrick-1-2-e1621208864647.jpg?resize=640,346" alt="Northstar Group" srcset="https://media.dealstreetasia.com/uploads/2020/01/Patrick-1-2-e1621208864647.jpg?w=750 750w, https://media.dealstreetasia.com/uploads/2020/01/Patrick-1-2-e1621208864647.jpg?resize=300,162 300w" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" data-recalc-dims="1" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-170677" class="wp-caption-text">Patrick Walujo. Photo: Northstar Group</figcaption></figure>
<p>Patrick Walujo leads The Northstar Group, a Singapore headquartered private equity firm that manages more than $2.5 billion in committed equity capital predominantly dedicated to investing in growth companies in Indonesia.</p>
<h3>Donald Wihardja<br />
<strong style="font-size: 16px;"><em>CEO, MDI Ventures</em></strong></h3>
<p>Donald Wihardja has over 20 years of experience and a track record of running and managing technology companies and tech investments. As CEO of MDI Ventures, Telkom Group’s corporate VC unit, he seeks to not only deliver capital gains on investments but foster innovation in the startup ecosystem.</p>
<h3>Karan Mohla<br />
<em style="font-size: 16px;"><strong>Partner, B Capital</strong></em></h3>
<p>Karan has 18 years of global experience with over 11 years in technology-focused venture investing. At B Capital, Karan Mohla leads early-stage investments in India &amp; South-East Asia. B Capital Group this year closed its $250-million early-stage Ascent Fund II, which seeks to invest in pre-seed to Series A rounds globally.</p>
<h3>Deepak I. Shahdadpuri<br />
<strong style="font-size: 16px;"><em>Managing Director, DSG Consumer Partners</em></strong></h3>
<figure id="attachment_125921" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-125921" style="width: 980px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-125921 size-full" src="https://media.dealstreetasia.com/uploads/2019/03/deepak-dsg.jpg?resize=640,353" alt="DSG Consumer founder Deepak Shahdadpuri" srcset="https://media.dealstreetasia.com/uploads/2019/03/deepak-dsg.jpg?w=980 980w, https://media.dealstreetasia.com/uploads/2019/03/deepak-dsg.jpg?resize=300,166 300w, https://media.dealstreetasia.com/uploads/2019/03/deepak-dsg.jpg?resize=768,424 768w" sizes="(max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px" data-recalc-dims="1" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-125921" class="wp-caption-text">File photo: DSG Consumer Partners founder Deepak Shahdadpuri speaks at DEALSTREETASIA&#8217;S Indonesia PE-VC Summit 2019.</figcaption></figure>
<p>Deepak Shahdadpuri has over 20 years of private capital experience in both private equity and venture capital. DSG has backed restaurant booking app Chope, grocery e-mart Redmart, plant-based frozen food chain Kind Kones, and gummy vitamin brand YOUVIT, among others.</p>
<h3>Paul Ong<br />
<em style="font-size: 16px;"><strong>Partner, Innoven Capital SEA</strong></em></h3>
<p>Paul brings more than a decade of experience in corporate debt origination and structuring in Southeast Asia. Paul joined InnoVen Capital to kickstart the Southeast Asian business in 2016 and has gone on to lead more than 30 venture debt investments across the region to companies such as Ruangguru, Tiki, Akulaku and eFishery.</p>
<h3>Eddy Chan<br />
<strong style="font-size: 16px;"><em>Founding Partner, Intudo Ventures</em></strong></h3>
<p>Eddy Chan is a founding partner of “Indonesia-only” independent venture capital firm Intudo Ventures. Intudo’s portfolio companies include Xendit, Pintu, Halodoc, Kargo, PasarPolis, Nalagenetics, Populix, and more.</p>
<h3>Joshua Agusta<br />
<em style="font-size: 16px;"><strong>Executive Director, Vertex Ventures SE Asia &amp; India</strong></em></h3>
<p>Joshua Agusta, who joined the Vertex Ventures SE Asia team in 2022, was previously the director of venture funds at Mandiri Capital Indonesia. Vertex Ventures is a prolific investor in Indonesia having backed homegrown startups including HappyFresh, Aruna, and TaniHub.</p>
<h3>Dimitra Taslim<br />
<em style="font-size: 16px;"><strong>VP, GGV Capital</strong></em></h3>
<p>Dimitra invests in the areas of SMBTech, FoodTech, EdTech, and FinTech. He is actively involved with GGV’s “Evolving for the Next Billion” initiative that connects startup enthusiasts with founders revolutionizing how the next billion internet users live, work, and play through tech.</p>
<h3>Abhishek Mittal<br />
<em style="font-size: 16px;"><strong>Partner, Aavishkaar Capital</strong></em></h3>
<p>Abhishek Mittal manages the ESF First Fund &#8211; a vehicle offering non-dilutive structures to SMEs to meet their growth capital demand. Mittal has over 16 years of experience in investment management, corporate finance and business consulting.</p>
<h3>Sandeep Patil<br />
<strong style="font-size: 16px;"><em>Partner &amp; Head of Asia, QED Investors</em></strong></h3>
<figure id="attachment_297241" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-297241" style="width: 1012px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-297241 size-full" src="https://media.dealstreetasia.com/uploads/2022/06/Patil-QED-e1655768214383.jpg?resize=640,372" alt="QED" srcset="https://media.dealstreetasia.com/uploads/2022/06/Patil-QED-e1655768214383.jpg?w=1012 1012w, https://media.dealstreetasia.com/uploads/2022/06/Patil-QED-e1655768214383.jpg?resize=300,175 300w, https://media.dealstreetasia.com/uploads/2022/06/Patil-QED-e1655768214383.jpg?resize=768,447 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1012px) 100vw, 1012px" data-recalc-dims="1" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-297241" class="wp-caption-text">Asia partner Sandeep Patil.</figcaption></figure>
<p>Patil has extensive experience in consumer internet and is a global veteran of the banking and financial services industry. QED Investors, which has backed six Indian startups, is looking to expand its investment mandate to include Southeast Asia and Africa.</p>
<h3>Eric Kim<br />
<strong style="font-size: 16px;"><em>Co-founder and Managing Partner, Goodwater Capital</em></strong></h3>
<p>Eric has led investments into leading consumer internet companies such as Kakao (IPO), Musical.ly (acquired by Bytedance/Tik Tok), Coupang, Xendit, Viva Republica (Toss), Danggeun Market (Karrot), MoMo, and EverlyWell. Prior to co-founding Goodwater, Eric was a Managing Director at Maverick Capital.</p>


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