Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – The founding father of Warung Pintar has a brand new occupation as a startup investor. Then, what is going to occur to the “warung expertise” startup that had created a stir in Jakarta.
Warung Pintar founder and former CEO, Agung Bezharie, was introduced as the brand new accomplice at Antler. He’ll lead the actions of the worldwide enterprise capital agency in Indonesia.
Not like different enterprise capitalists who put money into firms, Antler recruits professionals and employees in expertise firms as “co-founders” to be mentored and launched to one another in beginning new startups.
Antler targets to put money into 30 startups in Indonesia all through 2023. At the moment, Antler has invested in 792 firms in 25 cities all over the world.
“After going by way of the expertise of constructing and creating Warung Pintar, I now wish to assist and put money into different entrepreneurs,” Agung mentioned in a press launch acquired CNBC Indonesia.
Agung based Warung Pintar in 2019. The corporate, which began as a expertise supplier for stalls and grocery shops, then expanded to change into a supplier of FMCG distribution platforms.
Warung Pintar has additionally managed to lift hundreds of thousands of US {dollars} from well-known traders together with SMDV, OVO, Triputra, SMDV, and East Ventures earlier than being acquired by Sirclo in 2022.
The acquisition of Warung Pintar is a part of Sirclo’s steps to finish e-commerce ecosystem assist companies. Beforehand, the corporate that offered the web store assist platform had acquired Orami and Bizzy.
To CNBC Indonesia, Agung acknowledged that he had left his place within the administration of Sirclo and Warung Pintar however would nonetheless be retained as an advisor at Warung Pintar.
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