Top 10 Publishing Startup Investors in Indonesia (July 2026)

East Ventures is an early stage venture capital (VC) focused on Southeast Asia, Indonesia & Japan. Success cases include Tokopedia, Traveloka, and Mercari.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
Stage:Seed, Series A
Geography: Japan, Indonesia, Singapore

Investor stats

Total investments: 464
Round size: Seed $560k–$17M; Series A $2.2M–$38M
Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow

Portfolio highlights

Eko — Turning workplaces into places where all employees can thrive.
FitHappy — FitHappy is a behavioral & medical-based wellness app to solve diet problems for good.
Bioma — Media Desa Terkini

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Genesia Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on seed/early stage startups in Japan and Southeast Asia. Since it's inception in Dec 2016, Genesia Ventures has invested in over 90 companies in Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore and the US. Genesia Ventures invests in various sectors: SaaS, marketplace, Media, Finance, Insurance,RealEstate, Healthcare, Medical, Travel, Education, Manufacturing, Construction, HR, Agriculture, Sports, Retail, Entertainment, etc.

Investment focus

Industry: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
Stage:Seed, Series A
Geography: Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia

Investor stats

Total investments: 220
Round size: Seed $774k–$14M; Series A $1.5M–$50M
Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $589M in 2017

Portfolio highlights

AI Mage —
Umami United — Umami United is a plant-based food brand with unique focus on Japanese food technologies and traditional ingredients to make delicious and healthy food to unite people at one table. The wide lineups are designed to be vegan-friendly, buddhist friendly, and halal friendly for all.
Albatross Technology — Albatross Technology is a technology company that develops offshore renewable energy devices and floating offshore wind turbines.

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We are an independent subsidiary of Kakao Corp. & the most active, startup-friendly early stage VC of Korea. (Limited Partnerships, not strategic.).

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
Geography: South Korea, United States, Indonesia

Investor stats

Total investments: 319
Round size: Seed $297k–$4.2M; Series A $891k–$14M; Series B $3M–$27M
Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $9.6M in 2012

Portfolio highlights

LifeLabs — LifeLabs is a Canadian-owned company that has been serving the healthcare needs of Canadians for more than 50 years. Today, LifeLabs performs more than 100 million laboratory tests every year, helping healthcare providers diagnose, treat, monitor and prevent disease in patients.LifeLabs is strongly committed to continual innovation in testingservices. For our patients and healthcare providers, this means we always strive to provide access to the latest specialized clinical tests—to detect cancer for example, to monitor heart disease, identify neurological disorders and pinpoint allergies.LifeLabs is well-positioned to deliver care at home, in the community and across Ontario and British Columbia. We have over 5,400 professionally trained staff members, over 360 conveniently located patient service centres and an extensive network of couriers and mobile phlebotomists on the job.
MakeDashy — Maximize repeat purchases with targeted user segmentation and dynamic product recommendation at Retentics, powered by AI
Tect Group — We deliver real beauty based on distinctive brands and innovative marketing solutions, fostering confidence and positivity around the world.

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Korea Investment Partners (KIP) is a leading venture capital & private equity firm that has over 30 years of experience in providing venture capital to bold and innovative entrepreneurs who want to change the world. Korea Investment Partners invests in leading pioneers like Kakao(KOSDAQ:035720), Naver(KRX:035420), YGEntertainment(KOSDAQ:122870), Bodyfriend, Osstem Implant(KOSDAQ:048260), Doubleu Games(KOSDAQ:192080) and Didi Chuxing. KIP manages over 20 venture and private equity funds with US$1.8 billion in total assets under management. The company operates globally from its Seoul headquarters office with other locations in Shanghai, Beijing, and Sunnyvale.

Investment focus

Industry: Biotechnology, Information Technology, Health Care
Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
Geography: South Korea, United States, China

Investor stats

Total investments: 434
Round size: Seed $973k–$11M; Series A $1.9M–$23M; Series B $2.7M–$50M
Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $6.7M in 2014

Portfolio highlights

90days — 90days is an electronic bill-based P2B investment brokerage platform.
New Id —
Art Together — Art Together is a crowdfunding platform to buy an artwork.

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SOSV is a global, deep tech venture capital firm that operates the HAX and IndieBio startup development programs focused on human and planetary health. SOSV invests $500,000 in startups at their inception as they onboard either HAX or IndieBio for a 4-6 month period designed to accelerate the raise of their next institutional round. SOSV joins thelater rounds of HAX and IndieBio graduates. HAX, based in a 35,000 sq ft facility in Newark, NJ, is equipped with machine tools, 3D printers, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering labs, as well as on-staff engineering and design experts. SOSV's IndieBio has locations in NYC and San Francisco, both of which offer extensive services and facilities to founders including on-site BSL-2 labs, well equipped lab benches and hoods, and advanced lab equipment, such as chromatography equipment.

Investment focus

Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Stage:Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
Geography: United States, India, United Kingdom

Investor stats

Total investments: 1482
Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

MixRift — MIXRIFT - game developers specialized in Mixed Reality
unspun — From 3D scan to perfect fitting custom jeans. unspun makes each pair of jeans unique to your actual body and design. On a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1%. As seen in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, Time's Best Inventions, and PopSci's Best of What's New. Welcome to the future of apparel.
Mesa Quantum — Unlock the potential of chip-scale quantum sensing for enhanced Position, Navigation, And Timing capabilities. Explore Mesa Quantum's practical solutions.

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Building Belonging through Creative Expression

Investment focus

Industry: Digital Media, Media and Entertainment, Film
Stage:Seed, Series A
Geography: Indonesia, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 2
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

IDN Media — IDN Media is the leading media platform company for Millennials and Gen Z in Indonesia.
Canvas Media Studios — Innovative Storytelling For Every Canvas

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AltoPartners is an international alliance of independent executive search firms.

Investment focus

Industry: Insurance, Publishing, Management Consulting
Stage:Seed
Geography: Indonesia, Singapore

Investor stats

Total investments: 2
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Runchise — Runchise is an integrated restaurant and franchise management system to increase operational efficiency and profit.
Gigacover — Digital affinity insurance software services and products

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GDP Venture is a venture builder focusing on commerce, consumer product, media & entertainment and solution companies

Investment focus

Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
Geography: Indonesia, Singapore, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 34
Round size: Seed $200k–$13M; Series A $3.3M–$19M
Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow

Portfolio highlights

Yumi — YUMI is a leader in stage-based nutrition for baby and kids. Organic, nutrient dense, dairy free, gluten free, Clean Label Project approved.
PINTAR — PINTAR is an online education portal that offers courses to increase job opportunities.
Indonesia Creators Economy — Indonesia Creators Economy is a content creator platform, enabling brand-creator collaborations to drive business growth through technology.

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PT Prasetia Dwidharma was founded in 2008 as a telecommunication infrastructure contractor. The company has started to invest in technology startups since 2013.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Geography: Indonesia, Singapore, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 55
Round size: Seed $500k–$3.3M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1.5M; Series A $3M–$15M
Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow

Portfolio highlights

Dataform — Develop and operationalize scalable data transformations pipelines in BigQuery using SQL.
TouchTen — Touchten is a mobile game company founded in 2009.We produce games that have been downloaded by millions of users worldwide. We are the only game company in Indonesia that have reached top 10 iOS market on several occasions. We have developed over ten titles since our establishment in 2009. In the last ten games that we publish, 50% penetratedthe top 10 app rank and 70% made it in the top 50 app Overall category in iTunes U.S.. This goes to show our lean core team of 14 has what it takes to make a big splash in the global market.
Litimetrics — Litimetrics is a legal technology engine for attorneys. They empower attorneys and litigants to make better decisions based on insights about durations, outcomes and behavioral patterns. The insights are based on machine learning and statistics on law firms, attorneys and judges mined from millions of pages of court records.

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