One venture capital, subsidiary of a state-owned company, claimed fair value of its investment in fintech company Kredivo at US$74.9 million last year, down from US$78.3 million in 2024, but still nearly 10 times its principal investment. 

Andi Taufan Ganda Putra, founder and CEO of P2P fintech platform Amartha (PT Amartha Mikro Fintek) claimed of reporting profit in the past few years. Unfortunately, without quarterly publication of financial report (audited and unaudited), public at large can’t verify such claim.

Composite index of Indonesia Stock Exchange (IHSG) dropped 1.56% to 8,851 this morning on broad market correction mainly from internal issues. Other stock markets in the region were mostly in green territory on stronger economic data from US and Japan or Trump’s scaling down threat on Greenland. 

Govt plan to revise its e-commerce regulation—particularly provisions governing platform administration fees—signals a familiar dilemma in the digital economy: how to rein in dominant platforms without suffocating the very innovation that made them successful.

Public attention often focuses on film quality, audience taste, or censorship when discussing the health of film industry. Yet the real power shaping what audiences see—and when they see it—lies elsewhere. It sits quietly in scheduling rooms, negotiation tables, and capital structures that determine which films receive prime-time slots and which are quietly sidelined.

PT Rama Indonesia has informed stock market authorities that it enters into a negotiation to acquire a controlling 59.24% shares in PT Dua Putra Utama Makmur (DPUM) Tbk, a fish and shrimp exporter, from PT Pandawa Putra Investama.

Interpark Global (has been rebranded NOL World) might be successful as an online ticket platform in South Korea. The company, however, failed in its attempt to grow such business in Indonesia in partnership with Emtek Group (EMTK), which developed the collapsed ecommerce platform bukalapak.com (BUKA). 

Indonesia likes to believe that hosting foreign-built data centers equals digital sovereignty. It does not. In fact, without strict control mechanisms, foreign-owned data centers risk becoming symbols of dependence rather than pillars of national resilience.