Monday, October 17, 2011

Leadership isn't about Ability, It's about Responsibility

In a dialog between the ship captain to his protege, played by Bruce Greenwood and Hilary Swank at The Core, a disaster movie in which the Earth's core has stopped rotating, he mention that being a leader isn't about ability, it's about responsibility. A good leader responsible for the good decision, as well as the bad ones, even the shitty one ... and ones can not really a leader until they've lost.


I learn this from my father, he told me that he had to fire all of the company's staffs when he closed down his bookstore business. He shared this story when I was teenager. He kept only one, that remains working in my parent company to this day. He was so proud to do this, and learn his lesson as a leader.


He taught me about responsibility when I was a kid. I refuse to become class leader as I don't like to lead. He told me to step up to the plate as others has rely on me to select me as one. Now I am glad to take those small responsibility, experience the burden of responsibility while I was young.




Monday, September 19, 2011

A Simple List of Indonesian Tech Investors



 

Investments in Indonesia is going crazy these days, everyone’s doing something with tech startups – sort of. These days, I’m seeing more fund being set up rather than high-quality startup launches, which proofs that everybody is trying to get a piece of the cake but the startups aren’t prepared yet, or the startups simply doesn’t need fund (less likely).

So, in this post I’m gonna give some overview info on the several tech investment funds being set up to invest in Indonesian startup companies, their background and portfolios. Hopefully this can give you guys a clear objective comparison on the investors currently active on looking and partnering with startups in a form of an incubator, business accelerator or venture capital.


East Ventures
The first investment company focusing on tech startups in Indonesia, based in Singapore but managed by 3 Indonesians : Batara Eto (ex Mixi.jp), Chandra and Willson Cuaca (XSago). They also have partners in Japan, I would guess most of their fund came from Japanese investors. East Ventures usually invest in early stage startups, and we’ve heard that each investment ranging from US$200-500k in exchange for 15-30% equity.
Check out their website
Portfolio : Tokopedia, Urbanesia, Disdus (sold to Groupon), Penn-Olson, TeknoUp, Scraplr, AppsFoundry, PriceArea, Nightspade.

MerahPutih Inc,
An incubation fund set up by Djarum Group that gives incubation space, resources and capital for early-mid stage startups. MPI take at least 25% equity in exchange for capital, office space, human resources, marketing effort etc. They’re a part of a larger fund, GDP Ventures, will be explained below.
Check out their website
Portfolio : Dailysocial (yep, that’s us), Krazymarket, Infokost, Bolalob, Lintas.me.

GDP Ventures
A fund set up by Djarum Group focusing on larger and more mature tech, mobile and internet companies. They’re not interested in early stage startups, only profitable startups who need partner to scale the business. Currently, they only have one portfolio company and it’s probably one of the most high profile tech company in Indonesia, Kaskus.us.

InvestIdea
Nothing much about this fund except that they have funded 3 startups : Kartumuu, Bistip and WhuzzNet. You can check out their website InvestIdea.net.

Nusantara Ventures
A Singapore-based fund set up as a joint venture between several companies, with Indonesia’s Bakrie Group and IDG Ventures as the major stakeholder. Nusantara Ventures just launched this year although it began operating since last year and focusing on later-stage companies with plans to scale globally.
Check out their website

Nusantara Incubation Fund
A private investment firm set up by media magnate and technologist Anindya Bakrie of Bakrie & Brothers in conjunction with Bakrie Groups’ BtelVision2.0 plan. It’s an US$10 million fund and they only invest in early stage startups with valuations between US$1-5 million. Fund managed by Shinta Dhanuwardoyo, Hasan Yahya and Erik Meijer, and so far they haven’t announced any portfolio.
Check out their website

Bandung Ventures
It’s pretty obvious that these guys are focusing on investing Bandung-based startups, and that’s because they claim to have deep links with Bandung Institute of Technology who has been producing high quality engineers. Bandung Ventures is managed by Jeff Paine from Battle Ventures and Colin Gan.
Bandung Ventures makes seed-stage investments in the ecosystem of creative innovation in and from Bandung. They want first money in, and the typical investment size is US$1,000-10,000. They also plan to invest as part of a syndicate of angels and early stage funds. So far, no portfolio.
Check out their website

Raja Capital
Founded in 2011, Raja Capital is one of the early Indonesian-based venture capital that specializes in seed stage, early stage, and growth stage investments in three main sectors: the Internet, mobile technology, software technology. Fund managed by Gunther M. Tampubolon, Ibnu Magda and Estu Larasati.
Check out their website

Ideosource
Founded by ex-Plasa.com CIO, Andi S Boediman and managed by several influential people in the tech, marketing, and telco industries in Indonesia. They’re a US$5 million fund with focus on seed investment and incubation programs for all their companies. They launched end of June 2011 and currently have event management startup, eEvent, under their umbrella.
Check out their website

Jakarta Founder Institute
Essentially an intense single semester business school for entrepreneurs to help shape, accelerate, and launch their ideas, projects, or companies by the end of the course.
Inaugural semester is scheduled to begin in October 2011 with SF Founder Institute graduates Sanny Gaddafi, and Novistiar Rustandi as directors along with Andy Zain from Mobile Monday Indonesia. Mentors include Andi S. Boediman (IDS, Ideosource), Batara Eto (Mixi, East Ventures), Izak Jenie (Jatis, Nexian), and many more.
Read more on their website

Project Eden
Backed by Jardintech Capital, is run by some of the most influential people in Indonesia’s digital marketing scene and startuplokal community. Project Eden claims to be Indonesia’s first tech startup accelerator, but they haven’t announced any deals just yet.

Indonesians Starting to Fill Their Online Shopping Bags

Faisal Maliki Baskoro | July 15, 2010
Source: Jakarta Globe 
Online shopping is becoming an increasingly regular part of Indonesian commerce, with Internet users devoting 10 percent of their disposable income to online purchases.  (JG Photo/Afriadi Hikmal) Online shopping is becoming an increasingly regular part of Indonesian commerce, with Internet users devoting 10 percent of their disposable income to online purchases. (JG Photo/Afriadi Hikmal) 

Once wary of online transactions, Indonesian consumers are quickly embracing the Internet for their shopping needs, and are beginning to catch up with their Asian neighbors, according to a survey released on Wednesday.

Nielsen Indonesia’s survey, conducted in March, found that 68 percent of Indonesia’s online population had shopped on the Internet at least once, an increase from 63 percent in the fourth quarter of last year and up from a mere 3 percent in 2008.

“The trend of online shopping is increasing over time, mainly caused by the improvement in the level of comfort when buying online and an increasing sense of security,” said Catherine Eddy, Nielsen’s director of consumer research.

About 24 percent of the country’s online population now spends more than 10 percent of their monthly shopping budget online, compared with an Asia-Pacific average of 35 percent who say they spend more than 10 percent of their monthly budget online.

That compares to 13 percent in Malaysia, 17 percent in Thailand and the Philippines and 32 percent in Vietnam.

“Indonesian consumers are similar to the other Southeast Asia nations of Malaysia, Phillipines, Thailand and Vietnam, where one third claim to never shop online, and those who do, tend to allocate less than 10 percent of their monthly shopping expenditure,” Eddy said.

Books are the most popular online purchase among Indonesians, with 38 percent saying they would buy a book online at some time during the next six months.

An additional 33 percent said they intended to buy clothing, while 29 percent said airline tickets and 27 percent electronics.

“Amazon.com boosts online book spending in Indonesia because the Web site provides security and trust. Also, it’s easier to look for books in English [at Amazon.com] rather than the translated version,” Eddy said.

Online retailers have been eagerly eyeing the nation’s massive, untapped market, as low broadband penetration and a lack of trust in the security of payment systems held back online shopping in a country whose wired population is expected to explode from an estimated 30 million now to 150 million.

Japanese Internet company Rakuten and PT Global Mediacom in May announced they were planning to launch a joint-venture online shopping mall in Indonesia this year.

Meanwhile, PT Telekomunikasi has invested $2 million to develop Plasa.com — an e-commerce portal that aims to attract 1,000 merchants and have a million products for sale by the end of the year.

Andi S Boediman, chief innovation officer at Plasa.com, said he expected the number of merchants and items on the Web site to rapidly multiply by the end of this year.

“We have around 1,600 merchants selling 16,000 items since our opening on April. We’re expecting that the number [merchants and items] could grow up to fivefold,” Andi said.

Contrary to Nielsen’s survey, Andi said that the most preferred method of payment on Plasa.com was by credit cards and bank transfer.

“Security is the biggest concern. To ensure security, we check every transactions manually by telephone,” he said.

He said that online shopping had not yet reached a mass market level in Indonesia, but that it was growing in terms of peer-to-peer sales.

Eddy said that the Nielsen survey found that security remained the top concern of consumers, with recommendations from family and friends being the most trusted sources when making a purchase.

Paypal was the most preferred method of payment, followed by debit card, bank transfers, and credit cards.

“Unfortunately, there are cases when international portals often don’t accept Indonesian banks’ credit cards.

“Banks have to be more creative so that international portals will accept Indonesian credit cards,” she said.

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Game Indonesia Masuk Daftar Populer App Store

Hiyoko Jungle bertengger di peringkat 18 aplikasi berkategori Top Free di App Store.

Sumber: Vivanews
Senin, 12 September 2011, 22:46 WIB
Muhammad Firman 
 
Hiyoko Jungle, aplikasi buatan pengembang anak negeri yang laris di App Store. (apple.com)

VIVAnews - Kabar gembira hadir buat bangsa kita. Salah satu game besutan pengembang aplikasi anak negeri, yakni Hiyoko Jungle, berhasil masuk ke dalam daftar aplikasi terlaris di toko aplikasi Apple, App Store.

Game itu sendiri dikembangkan oleh TouchTen, sebuah perusahaan pengembang aplikasi yang terdiri dari sekelompok kaum muda yang menempuh studi di Tokyo, Jepang dan Michigan, Amerika Serikat.

Kecintaannya terhadap iPhone dan iPad membuat mereka menciptakan aplikasi dan game untuk platform tersebut.

Hiyoko Jungle, game yang tersedia secara gratis untuk periode waktu tertentu itu bertemakan tentang seekor burung yang ingin menikmati hidupnya. Namun banyak faktor yang mengganggu ketentraman burung tersebut.

Pada game ini, pemain diminta membantu Hiyoko kembali ke sarangnya, mengetuk dan menghancurkan kotak, meledakkan bom dan lain-lain dengan tujuan memandu Hiyoko pulang.

Saat berita ini diturunkan, Hiyoko bertengger di peringkat 18 aplikasi berkategori Top Free di App Store untuk kawasan Amerika Serikat, di bawah aplikasi NFL Mobile yang dikembangkan oleh Verizon Wireless IT. (umi)

Batik Fractal, an Inspiration from Indonesia



In this Visibly Smart film, contemporary Indonesia is revealed through the eyes of batik fabric and clothing designer, Nancy Margried. Batik is a fabric dyeing and printing method dating back as far as the 6th century and remains a treasured cultural symbol of Indonesia. UNESCO designated Indonesian batik as a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in 2009. Nancy's Bandung-based design atelier, Batik Fractal, is reinventing batik design with 3D modeling software her team created while maintaining much of the traditional production process. The film illustrates how everyday people can realize their creative ambitions while remaining true to their culture through the use of technology.

Bubu.com, an Indonesian digital agency was appointed to adapt this Visual Life global campaign and find the Indonesian heroes that reflect the marriage between inspiration of culture and technology. We believe that batik, our true heritage and culture, should be portrayed in this vignette. Collaborating with Nancy Margried as the creator of Batik Fractal, the story of Indonesian inspiration and craftsmanship translated into this beautiful story. The vignette is brilliantly shot and executed by an Amsterdam production house and I am honored to be part of this story creation. Intel is truly a great client to work with, that enabled the Indonesian inspiration to be told and shared.







Saturday, August 27, 2011

TouchTen, Studio Game yang Terima Angpao USD 1 Juta dari Ideosource

Sumber: Atoh




Wajah bahagia TouchTen (3 di kiri) dan Ideosource (3 di kanan).

Developer iOS asal Jakarta TouchTen menjalin kerja sama dengan venture capitalist Ideosource, dan meresmikannya Selasa, 23 Agustus di Jakarta. Tak tanggung-tanggung, puluhan undangan–pebisnis digital, investor, dan media–menghadiri acara di kantor baru mereka, di Epicentrum Walk Level 3, Jl. Rasuna Said, Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan. Maklum, kucuran dana segar itu cukup membelalakkan mata: USD 1 juta!

Ini tentu saja deal besar untuk kedua pihak. Terutama TouchTen, yang mengaku kerja sama itu tidak akan menghambat proses kreativitas mereka. Ideosource notabene hanyalah salah satu pemegang saham dan pembimbing pengembangan bisnis. Bukan pilihan keliru.

Touchten terhitung produktif. Sejak April 2009, 16 aplikasi telah mereka rilis. Termasuk beberapa e-book Kho Ping Hoo dan 8 titel game.

Kedua, kualitas game mereka diakui gamer dari beragam negara. Hachiko HD Lite untuk iPad sempat bertengger di jejeran Top 10 Free Apps beberapa App Store, yaitu nomor 1 di Indonesia App Store, nomor 8 di Japan App Store, bahkan nomor 7 di US App Store. Kini seluruh game TouchTen telah mencapai total 2 juta unduhan.

Oke, kalau kita mau jujur, orang Indonesia punya kebiasaan aneh: Menyukai sebuah produk bukan karena memang bagus, tapi karena buatan anak negeri sendiri. Sah-sah saja. Cuma, di mata saya, itu patokan kurang kredibel. Hachiko dan karakternya, anjing legendaris Jepang, resep memikat untuk pasar Jepang dan karenanya lebih layak diacungi jempol. Ngetop di US App Store yang kelewat ramai dengan rip-off sehingga titel-titel emas susah terlihat? Walau sempat sedikit dibantu komunitas indie developer, itu prestasi!

TouchTen didirikan oleh Anton Soeharyo. Dia ajak sepupunya, Dede Indrapurna, dan adik kandungnya, Rokimas Putra Soeharyo, untuk ikut membesarkan studio itu.

TouchTen menyambut para undangan.

Saya sempat berbincang secara casual dengan Roki, yang saat ini masih intern. Malas mendengar kalimat klise yang terluncur dari bibir CEO dan investor, saya ajak lelaki berusia 24 tahun ini ngobrol lebih terbuka. Siapa sih TouchTen?
Jawabnya sungguh menarik.

Cinta Game dan Buku sedari Kecil


Adalah ayah kandung mereka, Rudi Haryo, yang telah menanamkan kecintaan pada dunia game. Saat istrinya, Peggy Puger, mengandung Anton, Rudi beli Atari 2600 dan main game hampir tiap hari. Saat mereka kecil, akses ke konsol dan game pun terbuka. Camkan bahwa akses semacam itu pada akhir 1970-an di Indonesia sungguh langka.

Akses pendidikan juga terbuka lebar. Mereka dihibahi buku-buku. Seisi rumah gemar membaca. Anton bahkan mengaku lewat situs resmi TouchTen, ”Saya beruntung bisa tidur di tengah geletakan buku-buku dan tugas sekolah.”

Anton kuliah di Peking University, China. Dia lanjutkan kuliahnya dan meraih Master Degree dari Waseda University, Jepang pada 2010.

Pendidikan Dede tak kalah menakjubkan. Memperoleh Diploma bidang Information Technology (IT) dari Monash College dengan Award of Excellent Certificate (nilai tertinggi di antara semua murid IT Monash College di Melbourne, Jakarta, dan Guangzhou), dia juga peroleh Bachelor Degree bidang Computer Science dari Monash University, dengan menyabet Top 15% Students. Tak heran kalau mantan IT Consultant di IBM Global Business Services ini kemudian didapuk jadi Chief Technology Officer TouchTen.

Roki hingga hari ini masih kuliah, mempelajari Physics and Computer Science, di University of Michigan, AS. Tapi dia mengaku lebih tertarik mengembangkan game dari elemen seninya. ”Saya suka visual. Saya suka musik. Saya ingin terlibat lebih jauh di TouchTen dengan mengelola keduanya,” jelasnya.

Di antara mereka bertiga, Dede termasuk yang paling hardcore main game. Roki setali tiga uang. Sementara Anton lebih terpikat dunia bisnis.



Dari kiri: Anton Soeharyo, Rokimas Putra Soeharyo, Dede Indrapurna.

 

Angpao dari Orang Tua dan Investor


Walau mereka beruntung soal akses fasilitas dan pendidikan, bukan berarti TouchTen tidak diwarnai kerja keras. Uang saku–dalam budaya keluarga China kerap disebut (amplop) angpao–yang Anton dan Roki terima semasa kuliah, mereka tabung. Bukan dihabiskan untuk mabuk-mabukan dan belanja. Dengan uang itu mereka sewa apartemen berkamar 3 di Jakarta, alias kantor lawas TouchTen. ”Yang sungguh tampak seperti warnet,” aku Roki sambil tertawa.

Tim pun belum lengkap. Hanya Dede yang jago coding. Belum ada UI designer sehingga mereka harus outsource peran itu ke teman-teman dekat.

Game pertama Touchten, iPhong, terhitung kurang laku dibandingkan kesuksesan Hachiko HD Lite. Hanya 2 ribu unduhan! Tapi mereka tidak menyerah. Terus belajar mengembangkan game dengan desain lebih cocok untuk mobile gaming. Dan resep yang lebih pas mulai mereka temukan sejak merilis Sushi Chain. Lalu Hachiko HD Lite. Dan Castle Runner yang sempat diulas di TUAW.


Kini mereka terima angpao tebal dari Ideosource, isinya mencapai USD 1 juta. Tentu mereka bisa manfaatkan uang itu untuk pengembangan, PR, dan marketing yang lebih baik.

Lalu, Mau Ngapain?


TouchTen bertekad terus mengembangkan game-game iOS. Menurut Anton, inilah platform yang saat ini paling mudah menghasilkan uang. Tapi bukan berarti mereka tidak mau merambah platform lainnya. ”Android juga memikat, tapi kami tentu butuh tim yang tepat,” jelas CEO yang juga desainer game itu.

TouchTen tidak ingin selamanya berada di jalur indie. Dirangkul publisher besar ada dalam wish list. Mereka bahkan berambisi bisa dikenal sebagai developer yang melahirkan game laris manis seperti Rovio Mobile dengan Angry Birds.

Sanggup Capai Impian?


Saya justru lebih berharap TouchTen berprestasi lebih baik ketimbang Rovio Mobile, yang portfolionya sesungguhnya lumayan tragis. FYI, mereka baru terkenal selewat 7 tahun, melambung berkat Angry Birds, bukan 51 game lain yang bahkan saya tidak bisa ingat titelnya, bahkan nyaris bangkrut.

Kalau boleh saya pribadi berpesan untuk Touchten, tetap dengarkan apa kata gamer. Gamer–berarti termasuk teman-teman developer–jauh lebih penting ketimbang investor dan publisher. Kalau arogan, tidak mau mendengar saran dan kritik dari gamer, titel apa pun yang kalian kembangkan takkan pernah abadi. Belajarlah dari Markus Persson (Minecraft), Masova (Parampaa), dan Blizzard (StarCraft, WarCraft) yang telaten mengelola komunitas gamer-nya. Tetaplah humble seperti yang sempat ditunjukkan Roki–sorot matanya berbinar antusias–saat saya memberikan sejumlah masukan untuk Hiyoko, game terbaru TouchTen.



Jurnalis main Hiyoko, game terbaru TouchTen.

Bagi kebanyakan developer, game yang diapresiasi oleh gamer adalah hadiah terbaik.

Kemarin kalian peroleh suntikan dana segar. Besok mungkin dirangkul publisher besar (amin!). Tapi andaikan suatu hari kerja sama itu bubar (ingat-ingat Infinity Ward dan Activision!), siapa yang akan tetap mendukung kalian kalau bukan gamer?

Selamat ya, Touchten! Dan teteup, traktiraaan… XD

Friday, August 26, 2011

Ideosource Office


Minal Aidin Wal Faizin. Have a wonderful Eid!


Kolaborasi Ideosource dan Touchten

foto kolaborasi ideosource.- touchten

Source:Antara
JAKARTA, 23/8 - KOLABORASI IDEOSOURCE.- TOUCHTEN. Director Ideosource Edward Ismawan Chamdani (tengah) bersama Director Ideosource Andi S Boediman (kanan) dan Managing Director TouchTen Anton Soeharyo (kiri) memberi penjelasan terkait kolaborasi bisnis TouchTen � Ideosource saat jumpa pers di Jakarta, Selasa (23/8). TouchTen dan Ideosource mengukuhkan kerja sama pengembangan game berbasis iOS, serta meluncurkan game terbaru �Hiyoko�.

FOTO ANTARA/Wawan/pd/11

Hiyoko Launch by Touchten

TouchTen dapat Suntikan Dana US$1 Juta

Source: Media Indonesia

JAKARTA--MICOM: Pengembang aplikasi game berbasis iOS, TouchTen mendapat suntikan dana baru dari Ideosource sebesar US$1 juta untuk meningkatkan kinerja dan operasional perusahaan.

Direktur Pelaksana TouchTen, Anton Soeharyo kepada pers di Jakarta, Selasa (23/8) mengatakan, suntikan dana baru itu akan digunakan untuk memperkenalkan Indonesia di luar negeri, melalui berbagai game baru yang akan diluncurkannya.

"Kami merasa bangga game ToucTen yang telah diluncurkan memberikan nilai positif bagi kami karena brandnya sudah di luar negeri, " ucapnya.
Sebelumnya, menurut dia, ada beberapa perusahaan yang menawarkan kerja sama investasi sebelumnya. "Namun ketika bertemu dengan tim Ideosource, TouchTen merasa cocok dengan visi dan misinya," katanya.

"Kami menemukan tempat yang aman dimana bisa berkarya lebih baik lagi, hanya memerlukan waktu dua bulan untuk proses evaluasi dan negosiasi sampai akhirnya kerja sama ini terjalin, " tambahnya.

Menurut dia, Ideosource melihat pasar digital Indonesia tumbuh luar biasa. Nilai industri konten di mobile dan internet mencapai lebih dari Rp2 triliun, media iklan melalui digital tumbuh 30 persen sampai 50 persen per tahun dengan nilai belanja mencapai Rp500 miliar.

"Pertumbuhan digital ini juga pastinya menciptakan lahan subur bagi wirausaha kreatif dan mereka adalah pasar yang ditujunya," katanya. (Ant/OL-9)

Pengembang Game Berbasis iOS


SELASA, 23 AGUSTUS 2011 15:52 WIB
Source: Media Indonesia

Pengembang aplikasi game berbasis iOS, Touchten, (dari kiri) Co-Founder Rokimas Putra Soeharyo, Chief Technology Officer Dede Indrapurna dan Managing Director Anton Soeharyo memperlihatkan game terbaru mereka Hiyoko saat acara peluncuran di Mal Epicentrum Walk, Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan, Selasa (23/8). Untuk mengembangkan aplikasi game berbasis iOS, Touchten bekerjasama dengan perusahaan venture capital Ideosource dalam bentuk investasi sebesar US$1 juta.

MI/ROMMY PUJIANTO/pj

Game TouchTen Ditargetkan Raih 20 Juta Download

Wicak Hidayat - detikinet
Source: Detikinet



Screenshot Hiyoko (touchten)
Jakarta - TouchTen, developer game dan aplikasi untuk iOS, telah resmi mendapatkan investasi dari Ideosource. Targetnya, 20 juta download bisa tercapai pada 2012.

TouchTen adalah developer beberapa game dan aplikasi untuk gadget berbasis iOS, seperti iPhone atau iPad. Beberapa aplikasinya termasuk Hachiko dan komik digital Kho Ping Hoo.

Dalam keterangan yang diterima detikINET, Rabu (24/8/2011), perusahaan investasi Ideosource menyatakan telah resmi melakukan investasi di TouchTen. Tidak disebutkan berapa nilai investasi yang dikucurkan.

Bersamaan dengan pengumuman itu, TouchTen mengaku sedang menyiapkan game terbaru mereka berjudul Hiyoko. Game casual ini mengambil nama dari bahasa Jepang yang berarti anak ayam.

"Kami sangat yakin pada tahun 2012, game-game yang diciptakan oleh TouchTen akan dapat mencapai 20 juta pengunduh di seluruh dunia," kata Edward Ismawan Chamdani, salah satu Partner di Ideosource.

Anton Soeharyo, Managing Director TouchTen, mengatakan proses hingga akhirnya mendapatkan investasi dari Ideosource membutuhkan waktu sekitar dua bulan.

"Ada beberapa perusahaan yang menawarkan kerjasama investasi sebelumnya, namun begitu bertemu dengan tim Ideosource kami langsung merasa ada kecocokan visi dan misi," ujar Anton.

Ideosource merupakan perusahaan investasi yang digawangi oleh Sugiono Wiyono Sugialam (Investment Committee), Andi S. Boediman dan Edward Ismawan Chamdani (Partner) serta Andrias Ekoyuono (VP Business Development).

Saat ini Ideosource juga masih membuka peluang investasi lainnya di industri digital. Mereka mengaku masih mencari pihak yang bergerak di bidang konten, media, advertising, e-commerce serta infrastruktur pendukung.

Investasi Ideosource tidak terbatas pada perusahan baru mulai alias startup. Ideosource mengaku memiliki beberapa skema dana, misalnya:

  • USD 50 ribu untuk seed funding
  • USD 250 - 500 ribu untuk perusahaan menengah
  • USD 1 - 2 juta untuk perusahaan besar.

IdeoSource Invests in TouchTen, Launches New Game


Ideosource - Touchten

Remember Hachiko? The mobile game app that was mentioned by Google Chairman Eric Schmidt in a talk at Bali, Indonesia last month? Well, Hachiko quickly became a top ten app in the U.S and Japan, and is the most downloaded free mobile app that has been developed by an Indonesia-based app development firm.

More good news from TouchTen was announced in a media conference earlier this week: IdeoSource has invested in TouchTen.

We sort of guessed it when we were at the IDBYTE event at Jakarta recently. We questioned both Anton Soeharyo, the co-founder of TouchTen, and the folks from Ideosource about such a tie-up – but they simply smiled their way through our constant bombardment.

In a press release from TouchTen, a delighted Anton stated:
There were several companies offering investment cooperation before. But when we met with the Ideosource team, we immediately felt there is a match in our vision and mission. With their experience and passion, we can find a safe place where we can work better. It only took two months for the evaluation and negotiation process until the cooperation was officially established. It was nice to get full support from people who are not only intelligent and professional, but also proud of our achievements and willing to take risks with us.
It’s good news because it empowers TouchTen to bring more of its games to the global stage. Besides Hachiko, Sushi Chain is another of its famous games. That was downloaded across the world, racking up a whopping two million downloads within a just a year.

Now TouchTen has released its newest game for iPhone and iPod Touch, called Hiyoko, which stands a good chance of being another App Store hit.

Andi S Boediman of Ideosource last told us that the team is always on the look-out for start-ups who have three core qualities: fundamental capabilities; market awareness and business sense; and good personal character and business ethics. TouchTen must have checked out in all three areas in order to become the second start-up incubated by Ideosource.

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Kolaborasi Bisnis TouchTen dan Ideosource Hasilkan Karya Anak Bangsa Kaliber Dunia

Selasa, 23 Agustus 2011 10:27 


Jakarta, CE News (23/8) – TouchTen dan Ideosource memulai kerjasama untuk mengembangkan video game berbasis iOS serta meluncurkan game terbaru berjudul Hiyoko, yang diharapkan akan menuai kesuksesan sebagaimana yang dicapai oleh game-game populer terdahulu.
 
TouchTen, salah satu pengembang aplikasi game berbasis iOS milik generasi muda Indonesia, terus merilis karya-karya mereka dengan meluncurkan game terbaru Hiyoko untuk iPhone dan iPod Touch, dan mendapatkan dukungan sepenuhnya dari Ideosource, sebuah perusahaan investasi yang unik dan inovatif.


TouchTen adalah sebuah kelompok anak muda yang bergerak dalam dunia developer game untuk platform iOS asal Indonesia. Mereka sebelumnya telah meluncurkan Hachiko HD di iPad yang pernah menduduki posisi 10 besar game yang paling banyak diunduh di Apple AppStore untuk wilayah Jepang, AS dan Indonesia.  Untuk cakupan global, game Sushi Chain (untuk  iPhone dan iPod Touch) bahkan telah diunduh  lebih dari 2 juta kali.


Ideosource sendiri merupakan sebuah pemodal ventura (venture capitalist) yang baru didirikan di tanah air. Beberapa profesional yang tergabung di dalamnya yaitu Sugiono Wiyono Sugialam (investement committee), Andi S. Boediman (partner), Edward Ismawan Chamdani (partner), Andrias Ekoyuono (VP business development). Kehadiran Ideosource ialah sebuah respon atas pertumbuhan pasar digital yang luar biasa di Indonesia. Banyak anak muda yang memiliki produk-produk yang berpotensi besar tetapi masih belum mumpuni dalam bidang manajemen bisnis. Di sinilah Ideosource berusaha membantu.(*Akhlis)