Semenjak Tech in Asia berdiri pada tahun 2011, misi utama kami adalah membantu dan mengembangkan ekosistem teknologi di Asia.
Sebagai startup yang secara aktif mendorong perkembangan ekosistem dan komunitas, kami selalu merasa senang dan rendah hati untuk bertemu dengan individu dan organisasi yang percaya dengan visi ambisius kami, dan tentunya terbuka dengan berbagai opsi pendanaan. Di hari yang penuh berkah ini, kami berbagi informasi bahwa Tech in Asia telah berhasil memperoleh putaran pendanaan baru, dan yang lebih penting adalah kami ingin mengucapkan selamat datang pada investor baru kami. Mereka adalah:
- SB ISAT Fund, yang merupakan kerjasama antar SoftBank dan Indosat
- Eduardo Saverin, Co-Founder Facebook
- Walden International
- Marvelstone
- m&s Partners
- Andrew James Solimine, Co-Founder dari Nitrous
Perlu diketahui pula, bila investor sebelumnya, yaitu East Ventures, Fenox Venture Capital, dan Simile Venture Partners juga ikut berpartisipasi dalam putaran pendanaan ini.
Bersamaan dengan pemberitaan ini, halaman etika kami juga telah diperbarui, dengan menambahkan nama-nama investor baru dan kami akan tetap menyertakan catatan kaki di setiap artikel yang menyebut nama mereka.
Bagi Anda atau siapa saja yang ingin mengetahui mengenai hal ini, press release tentang berita pendanaan ini bisa dilihat di bagian bawah artikel ini. Sekali lagi kami ingin menyampaikan rasa hormat bagi Anda yang telah menaruh kepercayaaan kepada kami. Anda telah memungkinkan kami untuk melakukan apa yang telah kami buat.
Apabila Anda mempunyai pertanyaan lain, silakan utarakan pada kolom komentar di bawah dan kami akan dengan senang hati menjawab pertanyaan tersebut.
Apabila tidak, berarti ini saatnya bagi kami untuk kembali bekerja!
Tech in Asia raises US$4 million to better connect Asia’s tech ecosystem
Top-notch list of new investors joined by existing investors to back ambitious vision
Singapore, 22 June 2015 – Tech in Asia, an online platform for Asia’s startup ecosystem, secured a total of US$4 million in funding to build more relevant features for its community.
Led by the SB ISAT Fund, which counts SoftBank and Indosat as its key partners, the latest financing round also includes participation from:
- Eduardo Saverin, co-founder of Facebook
- Walden International
- Marvelstone
- m&s Partners
- Andrew James Solimine, co-founder of Nitrous
Existing investors East Ventures, Fenox Venture Capital and Simile Venture Partners also participated in this round.
“We are humbled to have found a league of distinguished investors who believe in the value we want to bring to the ecosystem,” said Willis Wee, founder and CEO of Tech in Asia. “This investment will be used to evolve Tech in Asia’s businesses so that we can better serve the needs of our community.”
To date, Tech in Asia has revamped its website to encourage more discussion and content from its readers. It most recently integrated Techlist, Asia’s first platform for investors and founders to connect. More features are already in the pipeline to make Tech in Asia the definitive one-stop platform for Asia’s tech ecosystem. To that end, the team is actively looking to expand, and welcomes all who are interested to explore career opportunities with us.
“We are excited to partner with Willis and the Tech in Asia team as they solidify their position as Asia’s leading source for technology-related content and pursue other strategies to bolster Asia’s technology community,” says Teddy Himler, Vice President of the SB ISAT Fund.
Earlier this year, Tech in Asia underwent and graduated from the Winter 2015 batch of Y Combinator’s highly acclaimed accelerator program, during which it premiered its first version of Techlist.
About Tech in Asia
Tech in Asia (YC W15) is an online platform for Asia’s startup ecosystem. Right here is where you can keep abreast of Asia’s tech industry, share your thoughts alongside ours, and connect with startups and investors alike. With an ever-growing team based all across Asia and the US, spanning editorial, events and data functions, Tech in Asia fully dedicated to bringing Asia’s tech ecosystem closer together, by providing a platform and facilitating meaningful discussions amongst all who are willing to add value to Asia’s tech community and ecosystem.
(Diterjemahkan oleh Ketut Krisna Wijaya dan diedit oleh Pradipta Nugrahanto)
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