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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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

👏 What’s Exciting

• 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.

• 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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📌 MAROKO133 Update startup: Indonesia's golden share in GoTo 🇮🇩. US$300B digi

Dear subscribers,

We’re back with your essential roundup of the latest from Indonesia and Southeast Asia’s digital landscape. This week, we’re covering key developments like the GOTO-Grab merger news, the digital economy growth, and shifts in the latest fintech investment.

We are also excited to invite you to an exclusive event: Indonesia Food Resilience Forum 2025. This forum will bring together key stakeholders to discuss innovative steps towards a sustainable food future for Indonesia.

Secure your spot at this strategic discussion by registering here: https://luma.com/75o04yki.

Best regards,
The DailySocial Team

🚨 What’s New

• Indonesia is reportedly considering a “golden share” scheme as a condition for approving the merger between Grab and GoTo. This plan would grant the sovereign wealth fund Danantara a minority stake with special rights in the merged entity’s Indonesian operations. This golden share would provide the government a direct voice in strategic decisions, including driver welfare and pricing, reflecting a desire to oversee a business that would dominate ~90% of the local ride-hailing and delivery market. While internal pressures, such as SoftBank’s push for a CEO change at GoTo, highlight the urgent need for consolidation, both companies officially state that no final agreement has been reached. For the government, this model represents a new approach to regulating a dominant digital platform critical to Indonesia’s gig economy. [Read more]

• Superbank, the digital bank backed by Grab, Singtel, and Emtek, is preparing for a potential IPO that could be the largest for a digital bank in Indonesia, targeting up to IDR5.36 trillion. This move is bolstered by its strong Q3 2025 results, where it booked a pre-tax profit of IDR80.9 billion, grew its customer base to 5 million, and saw credit disbursement surge 84% to IDR9.04 trillion. This robust financial performance, alongside its deep integration with ecosystems like Grab and OVO, strengthens its market position ahead of the listing. However, Superbank’s management has officially declined to comment on the IPO rumors. [Read more]

• NTT Group is launching a dedicated Southeast Asian investment vehicle, Synexia Ventures Pte. Ltd., based in Singapore and scheduled to commence on December 15, 2025. Managed by NTT DOCOMO Ventures and NTT Finance, the fund will target startups in key markets like Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines, focusing on strategic sectors including AI, IoT, and smart city solutions. This initiative aims to accelerate open innovation and create new business ventures by combining funding with opportunities for co-creation across NTT’s vast network of telecom, data, and IT services. [Read more]

👏 What’s Exciting

• Grab has announced a strategic investment of US$60 million in Vay, a German company pioneering remote driving technology for driverless car rentals. This initial investment, expected to close in Q4 2025, grants Grab a minority stake and is the first part of a potential US$410 million commitment that could see Grab acquire a majority interest in Vay. The partnership aims to explore how Vay’s cost-efficient, “teledriven” service model—where remote operators deliver and retrieve vehicles for self-driving customers—can complement Grab’s long-term mobility strategy in Southeast Asia. Grab will also leverage its operational expertise to support Vay’s expansion in the U.S., while the driving data collected from Vay’s fleet could accelerate the development of AI for autonomous vehicles.

• Southeast Asia’s digital economy is on a strong trajectory, projected to surpass US$300 billion in GMV in 2025, sustaining a robust 15% year-on-year growth. This momentum is fueled by a decisive shift towards monetization, with revenue growth keeping pace with GMV. Key drivers include a resurgent e-commerce sector, where video commerce now accounts for 25% of GMV, and food delivery, which is on the cusp of profitability. Furthermore, AI is rapidly becoming a core competitive frontier, reshaping consumer journeys from discovery to purchase and driving operational efficiencies. The region’s massive, digitally-engaged population, which shows enthusiasm for AI that exceeds the global average, provides a fertile ground for this continued expansion.

• Standard Chartered has partnered with DCS Card Centre to power DeCard, a new credit card that enables users to make payments at physical merchants using stablecoins. As the principal banking partner, Standard Chartered will provide the backend infrastructure—including transaction processing, fiat and stablecoin settlements, and treasury services—to support seamless, real-world digital asset spending. The service launches first in Singapore, with plans to expand to other markets, marking a significant step in bridging traditional…

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