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Joshua Kevin is passionate about tech startups, entrepreneurship and social media. Currently he is actively involved in Indonesia startup scene as a proud writer for TechinAsia. Follow him on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Indonesia’s Fimela Adds E-commerce to its Services With FimelaShop.com
Launched in December 2010, Fimela.com is a web portal dedicated solely to Indonesia’s modern, tech-savvy, and mobile women who want a combo of news, fashion, and family tips. The services has launched its own e-commerce site called FimelaShop.com which will be focusing on exclusive fashion brands, kids and toys, and home. It will not only be selling them, but it is giving a 30 percent to 70 percent discount for a limited time.We can see the similarity of the model to Gilt Groupe, Fab, and Home Decor in Silicon Valley. It ...
Multiply Officially Moved to Indonesia, Announced new CEO
Multiply has officially announced that it has moved its corporate headquarters from Florida to Jakarta after first confirming the move back in January. At the same time, Multiply also replaced Peter Pezaris with Stefan Magdalinski as its CEO.With 15 years of e-commerce experience, Stefan has previously managed e-commerce for MIH (a subsidiary of Naspers Group) in sub-Saharan Africa and he is the co-founder and CTO of Moo.com.With this experience he is happy to help Multiply move forward:I’m very excited to be working with the existing Multiply ...
PegiPegi Launches, Aims to Help Boost Local Travel Industry
PegiPegi, a brand-new Indonesian online travel store, launched a few days ago at an event in Jakarta. Three companies - PT. Alternative Media Group, Altavindo, and Japan’s Recruit Co. - have joined forces to create Go Online Destination (GOLD). The companies are making an effort to participate in improving the tourism and e-commerce sectors in Indonesia. It comes just a few days after the official launch of rival site Tiket.The launch of PegiPegi.com was overseen by Indonesia’s minister of tourism herself, Mari Elka Pangestu. She noted the great possibilities for ...
Qeon Interactive Plans to be Indonesia’s First Social Gaming Platform
Qeon was recently launched at the Scusa Intercontinental Mid Plaza Hotel, Jakarta, where it also featured its first game, Shadow Company. Founded back in June of 2011, Qeon Interactive will focus on publishing games from Korea, Japan, China, and Taiwan into the Indonesian market.Qeon Interactive’s marketing director, Andrian Pauline, explains a little more: With the launch of this company, we want to give gamers the highest level of convenience and satisfaction by leveraging on our gaming social network platform and world class customer services that will enable our customers to achieve ...
E-commerce Association in Indonesia Officially Launches
The official association for e-commerce sites in Indonesia – or idEA – has launched, with an event held at the Kempinski Ballroom, Jakarta. The operational board consists of Daniel Tumiwa (of Multiply) as coordinator, Arnold Egg (of Tokobagus) as vice coordinator, with its secretary office at One Pacific Place, Jakarta.Daniel Tumiwa, coordinator of the idEA operational board, introduced the association thusly:It is our honor to introduce idEA, the association of e-commerce in Indonesia. As you can see by our logo, it has a 360 degree arrow on the dot, and ...
Tiket Officially Launches, Adds Flight Booking to its Services
Tiket has officially launched its site today at an event at Pad 28, Jakarta (pictured above). Soft-launched six months ago with movie tickets, concert tickets, and hotel bookings available, now it has added flight ticketing to complete its tagline of being a “One Stop Travel and Entertainment Gateway.”Unfortunately for the team, the Tiket.com servers are not handling the pressure well, and the site is currently down.In those past six months, Tiket has grown to cover 550 hotels in 50 cities in Indonesia, concert ticket booking for 14 events (added to ...
Nadiem Makarim Talks About Zalora Indonesia and Go-jek
There have been concerns about Zalora’s general performance since it launched. And the news of Nadiem Makarim, managing director at Zalora Indonesia, resigning from the company didn’t come at a great time. I thought it would be nice to learn the situation straight from Nadiem himself. My first question to Nadiem was to find out how Zalora Indonesia is doing. The answer from him? “It’s good.” He added:Zalora is definitely scaling quickly and hiring a lot of local talents from all over the world, but the majority is ...
Nikkei Business Publications to Hold Game Networking Jakarta
Nikkei BP (Nikkei Business Publications) is going to hold Game Networking Jakarta on May 28 at the Grand Hyatt Jakarta Ballroom. Nikkei BP, also the organizer of the annual Tokyo Game Show, said the goal of this networking event is to bridge the Indonesian and Japanese gaming companies, with a particular focus on the smartphone industry.There has been a significant rise in social gaming in correspondence with the rise smartphones, and Japanese game developers are rushing to produce and create games, and they’re hiring too. Yet, there has been a ...
Stilomo and Ifetcha Raise Angel Funding, Both Launching Soon
Stilomo and Ifetcha have both successfully raised funding from angel investors. There hasn’t been a figure attached to the investments, but from what I’ve heard from the founders it is enough for them to launch and market their products. Both Stilomo and Ifetcha were part of the first graduates from the Jakarta Founder Institute, and graduated just two months ago.Stilomo is - or, rather, will be - a mobile app that allows users to get promotions/deals by sharing them to social media accounts. Founded by Stanley Octavian, Rebecca Agiestha, and ...
APMF 2012 to Hold ‘Big Break Session’ For Startups
The Association of Asia Pacific Advertising Media (AAPAM) will hold what it has dubbed its “Big Break Session” for startups for during the Asia Pacific Media Forum (APMF) 2012 event. The session will be a chance for startups across Asia Pacific to present their work in front of leaders in the marketing and communication industry. Five startups will be chosen by a selection committee, which consists of the following notable individuals:Shinta Dhanuwardoyo (managing partner, Nusantara Ventures) Kevin Mintaraga (CEO, XM Gravity) Ricky Pesik (managing director, SatuCitra) Jerry Justianto (new media director, Masima Corp.) Andi ...
RIM Launches Blackberry Curve 9220, Targets Teens, Feature Phone Users
At the X2 Club in Jakarta this afternoon, RIM (NASDAQ:RIMM) officially unveiled its latest addition to the Curve series, the Blackberry Curve 9220 (pictured right). It can be bought for IDR 1,999,999 ($222), an entry price which is more affordable for the lower-end phone market that should make it attractive to some younger Indonesians.The Blackberry Curve 9220 - with its tagline ‘Stop missing out’ - will try capture feature phone users who are starting to move towards smartphones. Some new features in the Curve 9220 include a dedicated button for ...
Windows 8 Boot Camp Held in Indonesia, Produces Dozens of Applications
Hosted in Bandung, the Windows 8 Boot Camp by Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) a few weeks back produced no less than 44 applications for Windows 8. All of the applications, which were made by top Indonesian developers, and are ready to compete in global markets through Windows Store. All of the applications will be launched at the same time as Windows 8 launch in Indonesia, rumoured to be around the fourth quarter this year.The three-day workshop consisted of application development using the latest features of Windows 8, including Metro Apps, Live Tile, ...
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