Markus Bihler
HappyFresh raises fresh round of funding, more than US$12mil
Online grocery platform HappyFresh has successfully raised a fresh round of funding led Samena Capital, with existing investors Vertex Ventures, SinarMas Digital Ventures and Endeavor Catalyst also taking part.
Is Indonesia trying to have its digital cake and eat it too?
On the one hand, Indonesia seeks to become the biggest digital economy in the region and is wooing foreign investors and technology companies; while on the other, it is tightening the regulatory noose.
HappyFresh enters Philippines, appoints former Lazada exec as MD
Online grocery startup HappyFresh has opened an office in the Philippines, its fifth in Asia, and also announced the appointment of Isabel ‘Pao’ Barientos as MD.
Grocers facing ‘Uberisation,’ says HappyFresh
Increased mobile accessibility and broadband penetration are disrupting the traditional grocery-buying business model, enabling consumers to purchase groceries anywhere, at any time.
Jakarta’s HappyFresh raises US$12mil in Series A
Jakarta-based online grocery company HappyFresh said it has completed a Series A funding round led by Vertex Ventures, the venture arm of Singapore’s Temasek Holdings, and Sinar Mas Digital Ventures, the venture arm of Sinar Mas Group of Indonesia.
