Deal focus: Digital brokerage Ajaib finds the right fit
Ajaib grew from nothing to become Indonesia’s fifth-largest stockbroker by volume in the space of six months. The newly appointed unicorn is now raising capital just as quickly
Anderson Sumarli was still an MBA student when he met Yinglan Tan, founding managing partner at Insignia Ventures Partners, in 2018 to discuss a digital platform for insurance. Tan liked the idea of a...
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