In today’s briefing:
- East Ventures Leads $3m Round of Indonesian Raw Materials Platform
East Ventures Leads $3m Round of Indonesian Raw Materials Platform
- MSMEs play a big role in Indonesia’s economy. In 2019, the Indonesian government reported that there were 65.4 million MSMEs in Indonesia, constituting 60.5% of its GDP.
- But for many of these small companies across the region, digitalization is still a new concept, and this provides opportunities for big tech companies as well as startups to fill the gap.
- One such player is Indonesia-based Bababos, which targets SMEs in the manufacturing space. The startup operates a platform that matches these SMEs with suppliers of raw materials like steel, polymers, and chemicals.