Startup founders to be more cautiously confident this year, says MDI Ventures' Hartanto

Startup founders to be more cautiously confident this year, says MDI Ventures' Hartanto

Aldi Adrian Hartanto, partner at Arise and vice president of investments at MDI Ventures. (Photo courtesy of MDI Ventures)

MDI Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of state-owned telecom network Telkom Indonesia, expects startup founders to become more confident in raising funding this year after months of figuring out the best and most cost-efficient model for their businesses.

“This year, I think, we will see founders become more confident in raising money vis-a-vis last year. However, we’ll still be a bit more cautious compared with last year,” Aldi Adrian Hartanto, Vice-President of Investments at MDI Ventures, told DealStreetAsia in an exclusive interview.

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