Founder by day, angel by night: Indonesian startup bosses double up as early-stage investors

Founder by day, angel by night: Indonesian startup bosses double up as early-stage investors

Angel wings on the Indonesian flag. Graphic: DealStreetAsia

Two months before the Indonesian coffee chain Kopi Kenangan announced raising a $109 million funding round in May, its founder and CEO Edward Tirtanata was sitting on the other side of the deal table, closing in on a personal investment into the fintech startup BukuKas.

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