# Smartfren

> Smartfren is a VC fund in Jakarta backing Artificial Intelligence and iOS. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Jakarta, Indonesia
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Aug 2022
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2074190/
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/smartfrencare
- Website: https://www.smartfren.com/id/corporate/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/smartfren

Smartfren is a VC fund in Jakarta focused on Artificial Intelligence and iOS. Smartfren provides telecommunication services for the retail and corporate segments. Its starter pack for prepaid SIM cards offers Super 4G Unlimited that provides free 24-hour internet on all applications. Its other packages include Super 4G Quota with 30GB and Super 4G Unlimited Voucher.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Smartfren. Shizune tracks 5 team members at Smartfren. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/smartfren-telecom?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series C | $80M–$85M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 67% |
| iOS | 1 | 33% |
| Android | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| Recruiting | 1 | 33% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series C | 2 | 67% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 67% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 33% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Debashis Roy | Vice President - Head of Content, Digital Services, OTT & Digital Transformation | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/debashis-roy |
| Gaurav Goyal | Department Head - LTE & CDMA RF Optimization | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaurav-goyal-3 |
| Hendra Sumiarsa | Head IoT & Digital Enterprise | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hendra-sumiarsa |
| Puneet Garg | CTO Enterprise | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/puneet-garg |
| Rangarajan Kalyanasundaram | CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rangarajan-kalyanasundaram-c9ef |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| KUPU | KUPU is an AI-based mobile recruitment platform connecting job providers and seekers | $5M | Corporate Round | Aug 15, 2022 |  |
| Cyanogen | It was developed as free and open-source software based on the official releases of Android by Google, with added original and third-party code, and based on a rolling release development model. Although only a subset of total CyanogenMod users elected to report their use of the firmware,[8] on 23 March 2015, some reports indicated that over 50million people ran CyanogenMod on their phones.[9][10] It was also frequently used as a starting point by developers of other ROMs. | $85M | Series C | Mar 23, 2015 |  |
| CYNGN | Cyngn's autonomous vehicle software integrates with a suite of commercially available sensors and hardware to deliver safe, scalable, and efficient self-driving vehicle solutions to industrial organizations. The company's solution is vehicle agnostic, which means heterogeneous fleets can tap into autonomy, switching easily betweenfully-autonomous, remotely-controlled, and manual modes. Cyngn tackles pressing issues confronted by industrial organizations in the present, including shortages in labor, expensive safety incidents, and growing consumer demands for eCommerce. | $80M | Series C | Mar 14, 2015 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Access Industries](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/access-industries) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Premji Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/premjiinvest) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Qualcomm](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/qualcomm) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Benchmark](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benchmark) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Foxconn Technology Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foxconn-technology-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Smartfren invest in?

Smartfren invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, iOS and Android startups, most often at Series C and Corporate Round stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Smartfren's check size?

Smartfren typically joins rounds of $80M–$85M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Smartfren participates in.

### How do I contact Smartfren?

Public channels for Smartfren include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Smartfren?

The team at Smartfren includes Debashis Roy (Vice President - Head of Content, Digital Services, OTT & Digital Transformation), Gaurav Goyal (Department Head - LTE & CDMA RF Optimization) and Hendra Sumiarsa (Head IoT & Digital Enterprise). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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