Build windmills, not walls: How to tap Indonesia's digital economy boom

Interesting conversations from four panellists at the recent BT webinar 'Investing in the Indonesian Digital Economy'

Sharanya Pillai

Published Mon, Sep 6, 2021 · 05:50 AM

Indonesia

Singapore

INDONESIA'S digital economy is thriving with opportunities, and traditional players should build windmills - not walls - to embrace the winds of change.

This was one sentiment that surfaced at "Investing in the Indonesian Digital Economy", an hour-long webinar hosted by Garage, the startups portal of The Business Times, on Aug 31. The event attracted over 1,000 sign-ups.

The session was moderated by Claudia Chong (above), a tech journalist at BT. Members of the discussion panel were four prominent individuals in South-east Asia's tech ecosystem:

John Riady, chairman of Siloam Hospitals and managing partner at Venturra Capital;
Jeffrey Seah, a partner for the Asia Fund at venture firm Quest Ventures;
Willson Cuaca, managing partner at venture capital firm East Ventures
Jonathan Sudharta, chief executive and co-founder of Indonesia-based healthtech startup Halodoc.

We revisit several interes…