MAROKO133 Breaking startup: 🚀 Nusantara Lima lifts off. 💸 Accion closes $61.6m fintech fun

📌 MAROKO133 Update startup: 🚀 Nusantara Lima lifts off. 💸 Accion closes $61.6m fin

Dear subscribers,

We’re back with a concise briefing for founders, investors, VCs, and regulators across Indonesia, the region, and beyond. Inside: the week’s essential shifts in capital, expansion, partnerships, and policy—distilled for fast decision-making. Enjoy!

This week’s newsletter is sponsored by Fazpass. 

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The DailySocial Team

🚨 What’s New

• Indonesia launched the Nusantara Lima (N5) satellite on 10 Sep 2025 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral. Owned by PT Satelit Nusantara Lima (a PSN subsidiary) and developed with Boeing and Hughes, N5 operates at 113°E with 160 Gbps capacity—the largest in Southeast Asia. The mission is to extend high-speed internet across the archipelago to enable distance learning, telehealth, and MSME digital participation. Early local impacts—such as service improvements at Airu Community Health Center (Papua) and “digital village” pilots in East Java—point to better public services and broader economic inclusion. [Read more]

• Bali-based Bliink unveiled a travel-management platform for MSMEs. A companion whitepaper highlights that 97% of Indonesian businesses are MSMEs, most still managing travel manually—leading to up to 30% cost leakage, 60% higher last-minute fares, 1 in 4 employees misclassifying personal expenses, and hundreds of hours lost to manual processes. CEO Larry Chua targets up to 30% savings via corporate fares, policy controls, integrated booking-to-reimbursement (cutting admin time by up to 50%), pay-as-you-go billing, and 24/7 human + AI support. [Read more]

• Investors in Kopi Kenangan—including GIC and Peak XV Partners—are exploring partial stake sales with a financial adviser, according to sources. Talks are early and may not result in a deal or defined stake size. A transaction could value the grab-and-go coffee chain at US$1.2–1.4B (subject to change). Founded in 2017, the company operates 800+ outlets across 45 Indonesian cities, with offices in Jakarta, Singapore, and Malaysia. [Read more]

• Awanio partnered with Techna-X Berhad and PMBI Technology Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia) to advance Indonesia’s digital sovereignty through technology transfer, talent development, and a regional innovation hub spanning cloud, virtualization, and AI. The collaboration covers training curricula, Indonesia–Malaysia talent exchanges, and capacity-building for faster, safer cloud adoption in public and private sectors. CEO Irfan Yuta Pratama aims to boost local competencies and regional go-to-market, nurturing competitive “local hyperscaler” capabilities. [Read more]

👏 What’s Exciting

Carro lines up dual-listing options and Australia expansion
Carro (Temasek/SoftBank-backed) is evaluating a potential dual listing while preparing an Australia launch and 2–3 acquisitions as early as next quarter, said CEO Aaron Tan. The firm is in talks with banks including HSBC and UBS (no advisers appointed yet); possible venues include the U.S., Hong Kong, and Singapore. Tan highlighted a path to US$120–150m EBITDA next year, aided by 20–30% tech-cost reductions from AI adoption. The push follows last year’s Hong Kong entry via the Beyond Cars acquisition and would bring Carro’s full service suite to Australia.

Accion closes US$61.6m early-stage fintech fund
Accion closed Accion Venture Lab Fund II (rebranded to Accion Ventures) at US$61.6m to back ~30 inclusive-fintech startups serving MSMEs and low-income customers across Africa, South & Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the U.S. LPs include FMO, Proparco, ImpactAssets, Ford Foundation, MetLife, and Mastercard. In Indonesia, Accion has previously supported Finfra, Amartha, Semaai, MyRobin, Fairbanc, and Bababos—signaling continued interest in embedded finance and alternative-data solutions, alongside hands-on operational support and networks.

Indonesia’s podcast audience shifts to video
Populix research presented at Radiodays Asia (3 Sept 2025) shows a decisive shift toward video podcasts in Indonesia<…

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📌 MAROKO133 Breaking startup: 🚀 Nusantara Lima lifts off. 💸 Accion closes $61.6m f

Dear subscribers,

We’re back with a concise briefing for founders, investors, VCs, and regulators across Indonesia, the region, and beyond. Inside: the week’s essential shifts in capital, expansion, partnerships, and policy—distilled for fast decision-making. Enjoy!

This week’s newsletter is sponsored by Fazpass. 

Shield Your App in Minutes, Stay Protected Forever. 

Keypaz Hardening makes reverse engineering, tampering, and malware a thing of the past. With instant multi-layer defense code obfuscation, anti-tamper, runtime self-protection, and one-click shielding you keep your app, your users, and your business safe. [Try Now!]

Best regards,
The DailySocial Team

🚨 What’s New

• Indonesia launched the Nusantara Lima (N5) satellite on 10 Sep 2025 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral. Owned by PT Satelit Nusantara Lima (a PSN subsidiary) and developed with Boeing and Hughes, N5 operates at 113°E with 160 Gbps capacity—the largest in Southeast Asia. The mission is to extend high-speed internet across the archipelago to enable distance learning, telehealth, and MSME digital participation. Early local impacts—such as service improvements at Airu Community Health Center (Papua) and “digital village” pilots in East Java—point to better public services and broader economic inclusion. [Read more]

• Bali-based Bliink unveiled a travel-management platform for MSMEs. A companion whitepaper highlights that 97% of Indonesian businesses are MSMEs, most still managing travel manually—leading to up to 30% cost leakage, 60% higher last-minute fares, 1 in 4 employees misclassifying personal expenses, and hundreds of hours lost to manual processes. CEO Larry Chua targets up to 30% savings via corporate fares, policy controls, integrated booking-to-reimbursement (cutting admin time by up to 50%), pay-as-you-go billing, and 24/7 human + AI support. [Read more]

• Investors in Kopi Kenangan—including GIC and Peak XV Partners—are exploring partial stake sales with a financial adviser, according to sources. Talks are early and may not result in a deal or defined stake size. A transaction could value the grab-and-go coffee chain at US$1.2–1.4B (subject to change). Founded in 2017, the company operates 800+ outlets across 45 Indonesian cities, with offices in Jakarta, Singapore, and Malaysia. [Read more]

• Awanio partnered with Techna-X Berhad and PMBI Technology Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia) to advance Indonesia’s digital sovereignty through technology transfer, talent development, and a regional innovation hub spanning cloud, virtualization, and AI. The collaboration covers training curricula, Indonesia–Malaysia talent exchanges, and capacity-building for faster, safer cloud adoption in public and private sectors. CEO Irfan Yuta Pratama aims to boost local competencies and regional go-to-market, nurturing competitive “local hyperscaler” capabilities. [Read more]

👏 What’s Exciting

Carro lines up dual-listing options and Australia expansion
Carro (Temasek/SoftBank-backed) is evaluating a potential dual listing while preparing an Australia launch and 2–3 acquisitions as early as next quarter, said CEO Aaron Tan. The firm is in talks with banks including HSBC and UBS (no advisers appointed yet); possible venues include the U.S., Hong Kong, and Singapore. Tan highlighted a path to US$120–150m EBITDA next year, aided by 20–30% tech-cost reductions from AI adoption. The push follows last year’s Hong Kong entry via the Beyond Cars acquisition and would bring Carro’s full service suite to Australia.

Accion closes US$61.6m early-stage fintech fund
Accion closed Accion Venture Lab Fund II (rebranded to Accion Ventures) at US$61.6m to back ~30 inclusive-fintech startups serving MSMEs and low-income customers across Africa, South & Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the U.S. LPs include FMO, Proparco, ImpactAssets, Ford Foundation, MetLife, and Mastercard. In Indonesia, Accion has previously supported Finfra, Amartha, Semaai, MyRobin, Fairbanc, and Bababos—signaling continued interest in embedded finance and alternative-data solutions, alongside hands-on operational support and networks.

Indonesia’s podcast audience shifts to video
Populix research presented at Radiodays Asia (3 Sept 2025) shows a decisive shift toward video podcasts in Indonesia<…

🔗 Sumber: dailysocial.id