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Universitas Indonesia (UI)

Director at Mandiri Capital Indonesia  -  Venture Capitalist  -  Bridging Corporations-Startups-Policymakers

Leading firm’s investment operations and fundraising initiatives.Currently raising and managing 2 funds:1. Mandiri Venture Fund: a financial-services focused early stage fund (AUM: US$50Mn)2. Indonesia Impact Fund: the first Indonesia-based ESG-driven early stage fund (AUM: US$25Mn)

PT. Mandiri Capital Indonesia (MCI)

Director - Venture Funds

Led the investment department of MDI Ventures. Responsible for all investment activities that include fund deployment, strategic investments, portfolio management, and post-deal integrationManaged to complete 7 exits (2 IPOs and 5 M&As) in less than 4 years of fund lifeNotable exits: Wavecell (acquired by 8x8, Inc), Red Dot Payment (acquired by PayU), Whispir (ASX: WSP.AX), Codapay (acquired by Apis Partners), ObserveIT (acquired by Proofpoint)

MDI Ventures

Vice President of Investments

- Led Pre-Series A and early-stage deals of MDI Ventures. Led the investment activities of Kata.ai, Codapay, Payfazz (YCS17), PrivyID, Kofera, Whispir, FinAccel (Kredivo), and CXA Group- Assisted portfolio companies in follow-on funding and business development efforts.- Formulated investment thesis for potential new funds.- Formulated industry whitepapers as thought leadership initiatives.- Led Telkom Group’s digital M&A initiatives

Head of Portfolio

Led the operations of MDI's Startup Accelerator Program called Indigo, where startups will receive 6 months of incubation support and features like access to markets, business, and technical consultancies, as well as starting funds up to IDR 2 Bn (US$ 180k) with the chance of receiving follow on funding.Our objective is to help startup founders build something that people want, enabled through technological innovation.Managed all aspects of acceleration program, starting from deal sourcing, acceleration process, and follow-on funding.Accomplished a 75% Follow on Funding rate in Batch 1 2016 - the highest among all Indigo batches by far.

Head of Accelerator

HaloMoney is an online comparison site, that assisting consumers with their selection of Banking products. HaloMoney is part of Nova Founder's Capital, the group has raised $50m to focus on fintech ventures in Southeast Asia.My responsibilities were:1. Product development – creating database for Personal Loan & Credit Card section in the website and implementing the new UI & UX of the website.2. Market research – exploring & analyzing market opportunities & feasibility in each new vertical that has been planned to be tapped in the future, which includes medical & vehicle insurance, home loans, and telcos.

HaloMoney.co.id

Product Manager

Touchpoint (<a href="http://www.touch.co.id">www.touch.co.id</a>) is one of Systec Group’s portfolio companies, and it is one of Indonesia's most advanced indoor digital advertising media located in Jakarta's market-dominating malls. Touchpoint’s vision is to create a whole new shopping experience for customers in discovering what’s around them, and to enhance brands/merchants’ engagement toward their consumers by implementing in-Mall activations using Touchpoint’s ability of sophisticated analytics and conversion measurement toward consumers’ mall shopping behavior.1. Successfully managed relationship with 6 existing mall partners (Plaza Indonesia, Senayan City, Central Park, Baywalk Mall, Emporium Mall and Kuningan City).2. Managed relationship and led the deployment project into Lippo Mall Puri, projected to be the biggest mall in Jakarta after the construction completion.3. Managed clients – planning customized campaigns and metrics for each advertiser.Clients: Baskin Robbin’s, HSBC, Soraya Films, Samsonite, Mitra Adi Perkasa.4. Created marketing plans & product development plan for Touchpoint platform – managed to build new UI & UX for Touchpoint device, setting up a new format of landscape display from previously portrait, and exploring new channel opportunities for future monetization.

Touchpoint Digital Innovations

Corporate Development Manager

Systec Group (<a href="http://www.systec.vc">www.systec.vc</a>) is one of SEA's first venture capital and technology holding firms. Spearheading investments into Internet technology, Systec Group partners and guides its suite of entrepreneurs from idea generation to operational execution, successful monetization and scaling up for growth. Portfolios include Trusted Money Solution (<a href="http://www.e-tms.co.id">www.e-tms.co.id</a>), Touchpoint (<a href="http://www.touch.co.id">www.touch.co.id</a>), Tinker Games (<a href="http://www.tinkerworlds.com">www.tinkerworlds.com</a>), Talkmen (<a href="http://www.talkmen.com">www.talkmen.com</a>), Karnivall (<a href="http://www.karnivall.com">www.karnivall.com</a>), Wikasa (<a href="http://www.wikasa.com">www.wikasa.com</a>), and Postaholics (<a href="http://www.postaholics.com).Responsible">www.postaholics.com).Responsible</a> for keeping track of portfolios’ strategic direction & execution during the investment period, setting KPIs, analyzing product-market fit for each product launch, and making market researches & evaluations for further strategic moves.

Systec Group

Investment Associate

Dwarapala (<a href="http://www.dwarapala.com">www.dwarapala.com</a>) is the most user-friendly e-commerce platform in Indonesia, which has a vision to extend businesses from brick-and-mortar into the web. Founded in 2011, it is recognized as one of Indonesia's top 10 Tech Startup by The Wall Street Journal in 2012 (<a href="http://on.wsj.com/1fLrj8e">http://on.wsj.com/1fLrj8e</a>), and one of Systec Group’s portfolio companies.My main role was managing clients of SMEs from Garut & Tasikmalaya region – connecting the SME owners with Dwarapala’s online store platform and helping them to market their products and gain traction for the first 30 days. The average traction gained was +/- 1,500 unique visitors per month per store in that first month with average conversion rate of 12%.

Dwarapala

Business Development Manager

Worked in Unilever Indonesia's Foods & Refreshment Department that contributed 27% of the company's IDR 27 Bn turnover in 2012.I was enrolled the Unilever’s acceleration internship program (ULIP) in Brand Building function of Bango brand (the market leader of soy sauce brand in Indonesia) for 4 monthsThe achievements were:1. Successfully managed the activation of a Indonesia’s culinary festival named "Festival Jajanan Bango" with total visitors of +/- 300,000 people in 5 cities (Bandung, Surabaya, Malang, Semarang, Jakarta) - gathered 230 Indonesian traditional food hawkers with total PR value of IDR 80 Billion, which is the most successful Festival Jajanan Bango in Unilever Indonesia’s history at that point in terms of PR value.2. Led a research project of new product entry “Bango Kecap Manis Pedas” – analyzing product acceptance & consumer behavior regarding the spicy taste in the sweet soysauce and how that may affect Bango’s choices of target market and brand equity.