In a market once dominated by imported sneakers and international logos, Ventela stands as a quiet rebellion from Bandung’s industrial heartland. Founded by William Ventela in 2017 after decades operating a vulcanized-shoe factory, the brand represents a generational...
Harry NP Danardojo, founder and chairman of Asco Prima Surya, a renewable energy company, passed away on Sunday (Oct 26). Sadly, his car was hit by a fallen big palm tree in the upscale neighbourhood Pondok Indah, South Jakarta, around one mile from home. Harry had a...
More transformative story may be happening quietly in the back alleys of traditional markets, where small traders are learning to replace notebooks with apps. One of the startups driving this shift is CrediBook, a home-grown bookkeeping platform built to help...
When Salesforce launched Hyperforce in Indonesia, it sounded like yet another cloud expansion headline. But behind that lies a deeper transformation—one that redefines how global software giants align technology architecture with the political geography of data....
Amidst global giants such as SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM, Odoo, and Workday, LinovHR — a homegrown product developed by PT Lawencon Internasional — has quietly emerged as a local contender in the Human Resource Information System (HRIS) landscape. Founded in 2009...
The story of Privy reads like a classic startup success. Founded in 2016 by Marshall Pribadi, a University of Indonesia law graduate, and Guritno Adi Saputra, an AKPRIND Yogyakarta-trained engineer, the company has grown from a small Yogyakarta outfit into the...
When Indonesia’s gaming discourse tends to circle around the explosive rise of esports and the global expansion of platforms like Garena or PUBG Mobile, it is easy to overlook the quieter revolution taking place in indie studios across the archipelago. Kejora, an...
When Agate unveils RIFTSTORM at Steam Next Fest 2025, it is not merely releasing another title—it is making a statement. With an investment exceeding Rp 100 billion and a team of 120 local developers, the Bandung-based studio is betting that Indonesia can move beyond...
Wings Group, co-owned by Katuari and Sutanto families, is one of the largest business groups in the country with interest in almost all economic sectors. As those from the second generation are getting older, third generation take more managerial positions in the...
When studio Gamecom Team launches Troublemaker 2: Beyond Dream on September 15, 2025, it will be staking more than just the reputation of a single franchise. It is staking the identity of the studio itself—whether it can move beyond being remembered for a scrappy,...
