aastha
Aastha is an Indonesia correspondent at DealStreetAsia, covering startup funding, deals, M&A and public listings in Indonesia as well as Singapore. Her previous stints include roles at NDTV, CNBC TV 18 in India and Forbes Indonesia.
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Exclusive: Indonesian hospitality major Ismaya plans to raise over $30m via stake sale
Plans to open 100 more restaurants in Indonesia and globally in next 2-3 years.
Exclusive: Capsquare Asia hits final close for $150m Indonesia-focused fund
Fund to target consumer, FMCG and retail verticals
Exclusive: Falcon House invests in Indonesia’s pastry shop chain The Harvest
European-style pastry shop chain The Harvest has 30 outlets.
Exclusive: Indonesian kebab chain Baba Rafi in talks to sell large stake
Experts peg the valuation of the company to be as high as $10-15 million.
Saratoga-backed MGM Bosco aims to grow three fold in next two years, plans 2020 listing
Saratoga-backed MGM Bosco plans to invest over $35m in Indonesia for expansion.
Exclusive: Indonesia’s Muslimmarket.com raises Series A from 500 Startups, others
The round values the firm at around $10 million
China’s Ant Financial to ink JV with Indonesia’s Emtek, expand payments empire
The Emtek tie-up is Ant's fifth international payments deal since November.
Rocket-backed ZEN Rooms closes $4.1 m series A led by Korean funds
Redbadge Pacific and SBI Investment Korea invested in the firm.
Indonesia regulator expects fintech firms to double to 250 by year-end
OJK to focus on FinTech in a big way, expect 250 FinTech companies by end of 2017, 2 local Venture Capital companies form VC fund in Indonesia, hope r
Indonesia: Salim Group steps up e-commerce game, others to follow soon
Salim group recently established their B2B e-commerce venture called, IDmarco.com.
