Indonesian VC fund raises US$75 million from investors including Temasek

JAKARTA: Jakarta-based venture capital firm East Ventures said on Wednesday it raised US$75 million for its sixth fund, backed by prominent Asian businessmen, to invest in early-stage startups in Southeast Asia's largest economy.

The list of investors included Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, family offices of Alibaba Group's co-founder Eddie Wu, Chief Executive Officer of Meituan-Dianping Wang Xing as well as Dianping founder Zhang Tao, according to the venture capital fund.East Ventures also received financial backing from Singaporean sovereign fund Temasek Holdings and Indonesian conglomerates Sinarmas and Emtek.

"The way we picked our LPs is strategic and based on geopolitcal arbitrage," East Ventures co-founder Willson Cuaca told Reuters, noting that investors would take an involved role in advising the fund. The decade-old firm was an early backer of several Indonesian"unicorns", or tech startups valued at more than US$1 billion, including online retailer Tokopedia and travel booking site Traveloka.

Funding by venture capital firms in Southeast Asia touched a record high last year, with Indonesia's booming digital economy being a prime destination.

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