Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Digitalization is inevitable nowadays, along with technological developments. This was also acknowledged by the Managing Partner of East Ventures, Roderick Purwana.
According to him, digitalization has become part of everyday life. So it is not surprising that many investment companies or venture capital companies invest heavily in startups and digital technology companies.
Apart from that, digitalization has also encouraged domestic companies to continue to innovate and transform in order to overcome changes in behavior in society.
“This (digitalization) has become part of our daily lives,” said Roderick at the CNBC Indonesia Economic Outlook 2024 event at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Pacific Place, Jakarta, Thursday (29/2/2024).
He said that East Ventures itself started investing 15 years ago. One of the big investments made by his party was in a startup, namely Tokopedia. He revealed that when he first invested in Tokopedia, there were only dozens of transactions in one day.
Now, with people's lifestyles continuing to develop, transactions on Tokopedia have reached millions a day.
For this reason, Roderick said, East Ventures is always optimistic about supporting domestic companies, especially technology companies.
“So digital is not a rival, digital is a complement to working together. We, from the investor side, see this as a complement to improving the lives of consumers and the people in them. We see this optimistically and as investors we support these companies,” he explained.
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