📌 MAROKO133 Update startup: Qiscus expands via acquisition 🤝. Superbank IPO frenzy
Dear subscriber,
As we close out the year, Indonesia’s digital landscape continues to show strong momentum, with new funding and acquisitions in healthtech and AI alongside strong investor confidence reflected in Superbank’s IPO and growing interest in tokenization and applied AI. At the same time, rising consumer adoption of AI is reshaping how technology is used, even as many organizations work to improve governance and readiness.
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🚨 What’s New
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Save the Children Global Ventures has invested in PrimaKu, an Indonesian digital health platform for early childhood development, to help address under-immunisation and stunting. The partnership will expand PrimaKu’s services, which are used by over two million parents for child health guidance, vaccinations, and nutrition monitoring, with a focus on underserved communities. Endorsed by national health authorities, PrimaKu has shown strong impact and is expected to scale further across Indonesia and beyond. [Read More]
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Local omnichannel provider, Qiscus, has acquired AI voice platform Kokatto to expand beyond chat and strengthen its voice-based AI capabilities, responding to growing enterprise demand for handling higher volumes and more complex customer inquiries. Kokatto’s technology will be integrated into Qiscus’ offerings, enhancing its conversational AI stack as businesses increasingly seek advanced voice solutions. [Read More]
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Satu Dental, an Indonesian dental clinic chain offering a wide range of general and cosmetic services, has raised US$3 million in a Series A1 funding round. The round included new and existing investors such as Stockhausen International, Alpha JWC Ventures, and Supernova Capital Investment, bringing the company’s total equity funding to over USD 14 million. As part of the transaction, Sai Global Singapore fully exited by selling its 12.5 percent stake through a secondary sale. [Read More]
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Indonesia’s government is finalising two key AI regulations covering a national AI roadmap and AI ethics, which are now awaiting President Prabowo Subianto’s signature. The rules are expected to be issued as presidential regulations in early 2026 and will serve as a broad policy framework rather than sector-specific rules, allowing ministries and agencies to develop their own AI regulations as needed. [Read More]
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Superbank’s IPO drew exceptionally strong investor demand, with the offering oversubscribed by 318.69 times and attracting more than one million orders ahead of its listing on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. Priced at Rp 635 per share, the IPO marks one of the largest debuts in Indonesia’s digital banking sector and reflects strong market confidence in Superbank’s fundamentals, growth strategy, and the broader outlook for digital banking in the country. [Read More]
👏 What’s Exciting
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EDENA Capital Partners has secured up to US$100 million in investment from GEM Token Fund to accelerate the rollout of government-approved digital securities infrastructure in emerging markets. The funding will support the launch of regulated Security Token Offering (STO) exchanges in Indonesia and Egypt, enabling the tokenization of real-world assets such as real estate, carbon credits, equities, bonds, and commodities. EDENA aims to generate first revenues in 2026, scale across ASEAN, MENA, and Africa, and reach more than 30 countries with over US$10 billion in tokenized assets by 2030, positioning itself to capitalize on the rapid growth of real-world asset tokenization.
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Antler has invested US$5.6 million in 14 AI startups as part of its 2025 Disrupt AI portfolio, backing early-stage companies building applied AI solutions for enterprise and industrial use. Launched through two cohorts in May and October 2025, the startups operate across sectors such as manufacturing, robotics, enterprise software, energy, and travel automation, with several already serving customers in Asia, Europe, and North America. Each company received US$400,000 after completing a four-week Disrupt sprint, marking their first institutional funding and highlighting Antler’s focus on AI startups with early commercial traction rather than experimental projects.
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📌 MAROKO133 Update startup: IFRF rallies food-resilience leadership 🍚. Quantum-saf
Dears subscriber,
Indonesia is moving fast this week—across food resilience, digital innovation, and cybersecurity. IFRF 2025 brought together agri leaders to accelerate collaboration, backed by insights from the new report Food Resilience Through Innovation and Technology. Major tech moves are also underway with StarHub–NeutraDC advancing quantum-safe connectivity, and PLN Indonesia Power–Huawei launching AI-powered power-plant digitalization. Meanwhile, Indonesia’s AI scene shows big room for growth, and OJK reports lost to online-transaction fraud, highlighting the urgency for stronger digital safeguards. The opportunities are wide open—and now is the time to build boldly.
Stay ahead,
DailySocial Team
🚨 What’s New
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IFRF 2025: Uniting Innovation and Collaboration for Indonesia’s Food Future — The IFRF 2025 forum brought together more than 200 policymakers, investors, agritech founders, and industry leaders to align strategies for strengthening Indonesia’s national food resilience. The event underscored that food security is not only a sustainability goal but also a major economic opportunity. The forum underlined findings from the report “Food Resilience through Innovation & Technology” — including Indonesia’s agricultural-food sector value (USD 43.9 billion in 2024, projected to reach USD 56.3 billion by 2033), and the untapped potential in circular-economy models for food waste.
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StarHub partners NeutraDC for Quantum-Safe Connectivity in Southeast Asia — StarHub and NeutraDC (the data-center arm of Telkom Indonesia) signed an MoU to deploy quantum-safe encryption and low-latency inter-data-center connectivity. The partnership aims to provide enterprises in Indonesia and Singapore with secure, high-performance data exchange via next-generation network infrastructure — future-proofing against evolving cyber threats.
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PLN Indonesia Power and Huawei kick off a new era of AI-driven power-plant digitalization — PLN IP signed a Joint Study Agreement with Huawei to apply artificial intelligence for “smart inspection,” digital HSSE (Health, Safety, Security, Environment), cybersecurity, and IT integration at power plants. The pilot project at PLTU Banten 3 Lontar is designed to improve operational efficiency, safety, and support Indonesia’s energy transition — marking a major step towards “intelligent,” more sustainable electricity generation.
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Indonesia Has Only 25 AI Startups vs. 300+ in Singapore — Opportunity Ahead
Recent insights into the regional technology landscape reveal a significant gap between Indonesia’s and Singapore’s AI startup ecosystems: Indonesia currently hosts around 25 AI startups, while Singapore has surpassed 300. Industry leaders argue that this gap is not a weakness but a vast growth opportunity, especially given Indonesia’s large population, expanding digital economy, and increasing institutional interest in AI adoption across agriculture, finance, logistics, and public services.
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OJK Reports IDR 111 Trillion in Losses from Transaction-Fraud Scams
The Indonesian Financial Services Authority (OJK) issued a warning regarding the sharp rise in e-commerce and digital-payment fraud, particularly transaction-manipulation scams, which have generated estimated losses of IDR 111 trillion nationwide. These tactics often exploit social-engineering techniques to deceive consumers into unauthorized payments. OJK urged banks, e-commerce platforms, and fintech players to strengthen cybersecurity and user-education programs, highlighting the urgent need for robust fraud-prevention frameworks to protect the public in an increasingly digital economy.
🚀 What’s Next:
Strengthening Indonesia’s Food Future Through Innovation & Collaboration
Indonesia is entering a pivotal moment in building long-term food resilience, driven by urgent structural challenges such as fragmented smallholder systems, climate pressure, and supply chain inefficiencies. The report “Food Resilience Through Innovation and Technology: Pathways for a Nourished Future – Case Study: Indonesia” highlights Indonesia’s critical journey toward long-term food sovereignty. To secure food sovereignty and economic stability, the nation must modernize agricultural production through technology, data, and sustainable practices. The government’s national vision under Indonesia Emas 2045 prioritizes reducing import dependency, strengthening farmer welfare, and enhancing infrastructure for irrigation, logistics, and research.
The momentum is strengthened by an expanding agritech ecosystem of more than 276 startups delivering real impact—from precision farming and agri-fintech to circular economy models and AI-driven analytics. Case studies such as Agrari’s yield-doub…
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