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East Ventures

East Ventures is an early-stage, sector-agnostic venture capital firm founded in 2009, with offices in Tokyo, Singapore, and Jakarta. The firm has invested in over 170 companies across Southeast Asia, with a strong emphasis on Indonesia, Singapore, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. It is recognized as a pioneer in the Indonesian startup ecosystem, being the first investor in notable unicorns such as Tokopedia and Traveloka. East Ventures' diverse portfolio includes prominent companies like Mercari, Ruangguru, and Fore Coffee. In 2018, the firm established a growth-stage fund called EV Growth to provide further support to startups in the region. East Ventures has garnered accolades for its consistent performance, being named the most active investor in Southeast Asia and Indonesia, as well as a top-performing VC fund globally by various industry observers. The firm primarily targets investments in technology, consumer web, fintech, and mobile sectors, typically investing between $0.1 million and $0.5 million in early-stage ventures.

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Batara Eto

Co-Founder & Partner

Michito Fukkai

Associate

Keisuke Fukumura

Associate

Devina Halim

Investment Associate

Sena Hamilton

Investment Manager

Wai Kit Koh

Managing Partner

Taiga Matsuyama

Co-Founder & Partner

Jordy Tenka

Senior Investment Associate

Amanda Umezono

Associate

Past deals in FinTechs

KoinWorks

Series C in 2022
KoinWorks is Indonesia Super Financial App and winner of Asian Banker Financial Innovation Award 2019 for Lending Category. With multiple financial product offers where users can manage both their asset and liabilities under one single platform. A true financial technology evolution, with core DNA in providing accessible and affordable financial solutions for everyone.

Qapita

Series A in 2021
Qapita Fintech Pte. Ltd. develops an equity and transaction management platform for private companies and startups. The company offers a platform, QapMap, for capitalization tables, equity ownership, and employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) management. It also provides QapMatch Solutions for networking and structuring deals. It serves private companies, legal counsels, employees, financial advisors, chartered accountants, and investors. Qapita Fintech Pte. Ltd. was formerly known as CAPITAL CODE DIGITAL PTE. LTD. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Singapore. It has an additional office in Hyderabad, India.

Fairbanc

Seed Round in 2021
Fairbanc is a scalable, AI-powered mobile loan and payments platform for emerging market small-medium enterprises (SMEs) that requires no collateral or credit history. The company's AI-powered platform can read digital footprints such as transaction history with large suppliers, and data on the mobile phone to grant instant digital credit line that SMEs can use to purchase inventories from our selected suppliers. Fairbanc's proven gender-intelligent ecosystem for loans and payments can be used in many vertical markets, eliminating the shortcomings of cash. Retail shop-owners can boost sales up to 20%, eliminate cash shortages, enjoy an easier payments regimen, and develop a credit history; suppliers receive more consistent order cycles, more instant payments upon delivery, and SKU sales expansion.

Finantier

Seed Round in 2021
Finantier develops and operates an open finance platform that offers infrastructure and data products. It offers accounts integration, income and identity verification, and recurring repayments and subscriptions. The company’s platform collects datasets from banks and financial companies, enrich the data, and pass them to other companies through an application-programming interface (API). The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Jakarta Selatan, Indonesia.

Qapita

Seed Round in 2021
Qapita Fintech Pte. Ltd. develops an equity and transaction management platform for private companies and startups. The company offers a platform, QapMap, for capitalization tables, equity ownership, and employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) management. It also provides QapMatch Solutions for networking and structuring deals. It serves private companies, legal counsels, employees, financial advisors, chartered accountants, and investors. Qapita Fintech Pte. Ltd. was formerly known as CAPITAL CODE DIGITAL PTE. LTD. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Singapore. It has an additional office in Hyderabad, India.

Qapita

Venture Round in 2021
Qapita Fintech Pte. Ltd. develops an equity and transaction management platform for private companies and startups. The company offers a platform, QapMap, for capitalization tables, equity ownership, and employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) management. It also provides QapMatch Solutions for networking and structuring deals. It serves private companies, legal counsels, employees, financial advisors, chartered accountants, and investors. Qapita Fintech Pte. Ltd. was formerly known as CAPITAL CODE DIGITAL PTE. LTD. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Singapore. It has an additional office in Hyderabad, India.

Finantier

Seed Round in 2020
Finantier develops and operates an open finance platform that offers infrastructure and data products. It offers accounts integration, income and identity verification, and recurring repayments and subscriptions. The company’s platform collects datasets from banks and financial companies, enrich the data, and pass them to other companies through an application-programming interface (API). The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Jakarta Selatan, Indonesia.

Helicap

Series A in 2020
Fintech Investments Platform that specializes in the alternative lending space in South-east Asia & Oceania. They are agnostic investors promoting industry’s best practices through our strategic expertise. They provide lending capital to platform partners and enable them to transform the way corporates and consumers access credit today.

Helicap

Seed Round in 2018
Fintech Investments Platform that specializes in the alternative lending space in South-east Asia & Oceania. They are agnostic investors promoting industry’s best practices through our strategic expertise. They provide lending capital to platform partners and enable them to transform the way corporates and consumers access credit today.

Cicil

Series A in 2018
PT CICIL SOLUSI MITRA TEKNOLOGI develops a financing platform which enables students to purchase products to support their study. The company is based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Cicil

Seed Round in 2016
PT CICIL SOLUSI MITRA TEKNOLOGI develops a financing platform which enables students to purchase products to support their study. The company is based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Cermati

Series A in 2016
Their vision is to use technology to make financial information more available and more useful to everyone. Their mission is to enable people to take control of their financial situation and save a lot of money by doing so. Their products allow people to easily make the best financial decision for their situation. Come join our adventure in transforming Indonesian financial landscape through technology.

Cermati

Seed Round in 2015
Their vision is to use technology to make financial information more available and more useful to everyone. Their mission is to enable people to take control of their financial situation and save a lot of money by doing so. Their products allow people to easily make the best financial decision for their situation. Come join our adventure in transforming Indonesian financial landscape through technology.