Foundry Digest

Your Startup, Your Playbook: Indonesia’s First AI Venture Builder Is Here

Foundry and Founder Institute team up, bringing a fresh, agentic approach to founders community

Oct 8 • Foundry Collective

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Inside Foundry’s Take at Indonesia Comic Con 2026: What It Takes to Grow IP in Indonesia

Exploring how IP moves from audience engagement to monetization and ecosystem growth

Oct 6 • Foundry Collective

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September 2026

DANA Gets Fresh Investment from 01Fintech as It Pushes Digital Payment Across Indonesia

Both companies aim to bring more financial solutions to wider reach and support MSMEs growth!

Sep 24 • Foundry Collective

Beyond Equity: What Venture Debt Means for Founders Today

More founders are turning to venture debt to extend runway without giving up equity. Here’s what it takes, and what to watch for

Sep 23 • Foundry Collective

From Satellite to Soil: How Two Founders Are Bringing AI Into Farming

Foundry Collective just held another roundtable on Tuesday, September 15, a short, open session digging into how AI is reshaping Indonesia’s agriculture…

Sep 16 • Foundry Collective

August in Review: Tech Funding Flows, Profit Returns, Fintech Goes Agentic

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Sep 13 • Foundry Collective

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Foundry and Taipei Entrepreneurs Hub Team Up to Bridge Tech Ecosystem Between Indonesia-Taiwan

Foundry Collective is officially teaming up with Taipei Entrepreneurs Hub, a platform linking global founders to Taiwan’s tech ecosystem.

Sep 5 • Foundry Collective

QRIS Surges: Deepening Financial Inclusion at Home, Shaping Standard Beyond Region

With QRIS transactions up 100% YoY in 1H 2026, the MSME-driven adoption is also tracking with Indonesia’s shrinking unbanked population

Sep 5 • Foundry Collective

August 2026

SBI’s $270M Ajaib Deal Signals Growing Confidence in Indonesia’s Crypto

SBI Holdings, a Tokyo-based financial giant, has poured Rp4.8 trillion (approximately US$270 million) to acquire a 20% stake in Indonesian online…

Aug 28 • Foundry Collective

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Global Capital Is Betting Big on Indonesia's AI Compute

Billions are flowing into Indonesia’s AI infrastructure, with large-scale projects collectively set to bring major new computing and data center…

Aug 27 • Foundry Collective

Opposite Strategies, Both Profitable: What SiCepat and J&T's FY2025 Results Say About Indonesian Logistics

Across Indonesia and Southeast Asia, logistics is converging on one play, value over volume, and the system underneath it is still being built.

Aug 4 • Foundry Collective

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June 2026

A 200x-Oversubscribed IPO and 6,500 Smart Machines: Indonesian Coffee Reads Like a Tech Sector

Indonesia's coffee operators have stopped competing on the cup. The contest now runs on loyalty ecosystems, mobile-first ordering, and automated retail…

Jun 25 • Foundry Collective