Bistip now possesses new direction after being vacuum for the past two-three years. As Tech In Asia reported, Bistip has just closed an undisclosed seed funding from anonymous investor and changed its CEO, from Willy Ekasalim (Bistip’s Co-Founder) to Rohit Kanwar as per February this year. Continue reading Bistip Appointed New CEO and Closed A New Funding after Four Void Years
Menindaklanjuti artikel kami tentang investasi yang dilakukan oleh Investidea di Bistip dan Kartumuu, e27 mencari informasi yang lebih mendalam dan mewawancarai Charles Gandha, salah satu mitra di perusahaan tersebut.
Menurut Gandha, industri teknologi di Indonesia akan segera booming dan social commerce adalah peluang terbesar, dan mungkin yang terbaik yang bisa didapatkan oleh investor yang ingin masuk dalam industri ini. Wawancara di e27 tersebut mengungkapkan rincian lebih lanjut tentang Investidea serta menyoroti aspek-aspek tertentu dari industri teknologi Indonesia.
Gandha sendiri terlibat dalam dua perusahaan yang beroperasi di bidang telekomunikasi dan layanan informasi industri. Dia adalah presiden direktur di Lasmana Swasti Prashida, penyedia infrastruktur untuk telco, dan wakil presiden senior di Scientek Computindo, sebuah perusahaan solusi penyimpanan data.
Continue reading Investidea: Social Commerce Adalah Peluang Terbesar di Indonesia
Following our story on Investidea’s investments in Bistip and Kartumuu, e27 did a little more digging and interviewed Charles Gandha, one of the partners at the company.
According to Gandha, Indonesia’s tech industry is about to explode and social commerce presents investors with the largest, and perhaps best opportunity to embrace the industry. The interview reveals more details about the company as well as highlighting certain aspects of the Indonesian technology industry.
Gandha himself is involved in two companies operating in the telecommunications and information services industries. He is president director at Lasmana Swasti Prashida, an infrastructure provider for telcos, and senior vice president at Scientek Computindo, a data storage solutions company.
Continue reading Investidea: Social Commerce Presents Biggest Opportunity in Indonesia
Investidea adalah sebuah VC company yang relatif baru di Indonesia, dan diluncurkan hanya beberapa bulan yang lalu. Dan ternyata secara diam-diam sudah deal dengan 3 startup yaitu Bistip, Kartumuu dan Whuzznet. Bistip adalah sebuah startup dimana anda bisa menitipkan barang untuk dijual, Kartumuu adalah lulusan SparxUp 2010 di bisnis kartu ucapan online printing, sedangkan untuk Whuzznet sepertinya masih belum diluncurkan.
Investidea sendiri mengaku lebih mengarah ke inkubasi dan bukan sekedar VC biasa, dimana mereka juga membantu memberikan space kantor untuk portfolio companies mereka, dan juga mentoring dari pakar di bidang teknis dan non-teknis.
Info lengkap mengenai Bistip dan Kartumuu ada disini.
Investidea is a new player in Indonesia’s tech investment scene, launched just over 3 months ago. And much to everyone’s surprise, they’ve been quietly close several deals, 3 deals to be exact, with Bistip, SparxUp 2010 Finalist Kartumuu and Whuzz.net. Bistip is an unique online marketplace, Kartumuu is an social and online greeting card platform and Whuzz.net is still yet to be seen.
Investidea claims they’re going more to a tech business incubator rather than your regular investment company, because they’re being run by technical people and not the usual finance guys, InvestIdea also give office space for their portfolio companies.
You can click here to see our reviews on Bistip and Kartumuu