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Cheatsheet of startup acquisitions in Southeast Asia

Cheatsheet of startup acquisitions in Southeast Asia

Here’s a quick guide to the past exits that have happened in the region.
Terence Lee · · 1 min read
Work Hard, Play Hard: Koprol Founders Launch Ice House With a Halloween Party

Work Hard, Play Hard: Koprol Founders Launch Ice House With a Halloween Party

Ice House, an Indonesian software development startup for the mobile web, wanted to display the Silicon Valley ‘work hard play hard’ ethos yesterday, holding a launching event in the afternoon
Enricko Lukman · · 3 min read
After Yahoo, Koprol Founders Set up Ice House and Barito Labs

After Yahoo, Koprol Founders Set up Ice House and Barito Labs

This is Barito Labs' logo. Ice House's isn't out yet. Yahoo acquired Koprol before it got into trouble. And after two years, Koprol was shut down. So moving on, the
Willis Wee · · 2 min read
Yahoo returns Indonesia’s Koprol back to its founders after saying it wants to shut the service down

Yahoo returns Indonesia’s Koprol back to its founders after saying it wants to shut the service down

Yahoo has returned Koprol, an Indonesia-based Foursquare-like service, back to its owners, reported tech blogs DailySocial and TheNextWeb. That includes ownership of the Koprol name, domain, and all intellectual property and trademarks. The service
Terence Lee · · 1 min read
Yahoo is Shutting Down Koprol in Two Months

Yahoo is Shutting Down Koprol in Two Months

After months of rumours floating around, finally the news is out: Yahoo is shutting down its social network Koprol effective August 28, 2012. Most people saw this coming after it
Joshua Kevin · · 2 min read

Yahoo! kills Koprol after massive layoffs in Indonesia

Come 28th August 2012, Koprol will be no more. Indonesian tech blog DailySocial has reported that Yahoo!, which acquired the Indonesian location-based social networking startup in 2009, is shutting down
Terence Lee · · 1 min read

Yahoo Koprol, in Major App Update, Now Integrates With BBM6

Yahoo Koprol, the first location-based social network in Indonesia, has announced that a major update to the Koprol app for BlackBerry has integrated it into Blackberry Messenger 6 (BBM6), the
Joshua Kevin · · 2 min read

Koprol, Elasitas, Bouncity Now Integrated with BlackBerry’s BBM6

We just received some great news from RIM that three Asian developers have integrated their apps into BlackBerry’s latest messenger service, BBM6. Apart from chatting with other BlackBerry users, BBM6
Ratri Adityarani · · 5 min read

Indonesia Digest – 13 Jul

Here you can find some interesting startup news from Indonesia, not only in its capital, Jakarta, but also other their tech startup hubs such as Yogyakarta, Medan, Surabaya, and many
Egi SEPTIADI · · 2 min read

Yahoo and Koprol Celebrate Anniversary With New Features and Design

It was about 14 months ago that Koprol was acquired by Yahoo. And since then, the location-based service has seen its user growth rate increase 20 fold. The Koprol team
Joshua Kevin · · 3 min read