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Agriculture is a lifeline for the Indonesian economy, contributing 12.8 per cent to national GDP. The agriculture sector is also the second-largest employer in Indonesia after services, employing around 30 per cent of the total workforce – although this share has been falling over the past decade. Rapid digitalisation is impacting the Indonesian economy at […]

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With the term “venture building” gaining popularity in the startup and innovation ecosystem, VCs, incubators, accelerators, technology transfer offices (TTOs) and other similar organisations have all started to label themselves as venture builders. The truth is, however, that they are not really involved in the “building” of the venture, but rather only facilitate certain functions […]

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How early-stage startups Sparadise, Omniaz, and Jadore are overcoming their fundraising woes through this programme With Southeast Asia and its vibrant tech ecosystem currently enjoying its position as one of the best places in the world to rear and scale one’s startup vision, many obstacles still await startup founders running companies in their early growth […]

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Like baseball, cricket relies on grass, dirt, wood, cork, spit, spin, drop and rise en route to either victory or loss. And like baseball — and just about any other sport, really — cricket coaching staffs and their players worldwide are looking for more ways to track every move. Tracking statistics is nothing new. With […]

Stem, a startup that helps independent musicians get paid, is expanding with a new financing program called Scale. Co-founder and CEO Milana Rabkin Lewis described the company’s core offering as a way for collaborators to “memorialize the split” of the proceeds from a song — once they’ve uploaded a track, Scale can automatically handle splitting […]

A quick hit as we have a podcast to record, but a few public companies in the broader SaaS market reported earnings in the past week. Their results are worth unpacking as they paint a good picture of what the markets are hunting for in modern software companies. Of course, we’re covering the firms’ share-price […]