Empowering changemakers in Southeast Asia
AC Ventures champions female founders in US$421B opportunity
Earlier this morning, Helen Wong, Managing Partner at AC Ventures (ACV), rang the opening bell at the Singapore Exchange in …
ACV Academy, Xendit, AWS launch playbook on BD and partnerships for startups
Last week, Indonesia-based venture capital firm AC Ventures (ACV) held an in-person gathering to mark the launch of its latest …
How to find product-market fit and sanity check it in 2023
Written by Alvin Cahyadi, VP of Investment at AC Ventures On the heels of the 2021 bull run, nearly the …
Crypto, DeFi startups pursue ease of use in emerging Asia
In places like Southeast Asia, crypto carries considerable promise as a way to provide financial inclusion to millions of underbanked …
ASEAN’s crypto and DeFi players seek nuanced regulation
The regulatory picture for crypto and digital assets in Southeast Asia remains something of a patchwork. Lawmakers are forced to …
How KoinWorks scales societal impact across Indonesia
Having started out as a peer-to-peer lending platform in Indonesia that connects borrowers with lenders, today KoinWorks can best be …
KoinWorks on economic empowerment and job creation in Indonesia
What are the biggest challenges facing Indonesian startup KoinWorks in delivering social impact via financial inclusion? How can providing Indonesia’s …
How KoinWorks boosts financial inclusion for Indonesia’s MSMEs
Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) form the backbone of the Indonesian economy. It’s been estimated that these often very …
Why early-stage VCs should focus on founders over business models
While traction always warrants analysis, early-stage deals should never proceed if investors have doubts about the founders’ superpowers.
AC Ventures launches advisor community to help startups achieve operational excellence from day one
Earlier today, Indonesia’s leading early-stage venture capital firm AC Ventures (ACV) formally announced its latest value creation initiative in the …
Indonesia’s Waste4Change innovates to tackle trash mountain
Ahead of National Waste Awareness Day, Lauren Blasco, Head of ESG at AC Ventures, conducted an on-site visit with Waste4Change, …
How startups in ASEAN can avoid governance scandals
High-profile cautionary tech tales from FTX, Theranos, WeWork, and other misadventures are shining an international spotlight on what can happen …