Groupon Enters Indonesia With Acquisition Of East Ventures’ Disdus
April 6, 2011 by Gwendolyn Regina T
Back in Dec 2010, daily deal giant Groupon entered Asia with acquisitions of assets in Singapore, Philippines, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Today, they have expanded again with its acquisition of Indonesian site, Disdus.
Launched in August 2010, Disdus currently serves Greater Jakarta and Bandung, with plans to expand to other major cities in Indonesia by the end of 2011.
Disdus joins the Groupon family, with more than 6K employees worldwide and millions of customers in 46 countries.
Disqus is a portfolio company of Singapore and Indonesia-based venture fund, East Ventures.
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Apart from SGE, Gwen is also a Partner at Thymos Capital, where she focuses on early stage investments in technology firms. She has had two exits out of her investments via the firm, one of which is iHipo. A frequent judge for business competitions both locally and overseas, she graduated from the National University of Singapore. Gwen also spent some time in Silicon Valley and studied in Stanford University under the NUS Overseas College programme. Gwen is a mentor at Spanish incubator Tetuan Valley, Polish incubator Gamma Rebels, the Singapore Ambassador for the Sandbox network and the Singapore curator for StartupDigest. She enjoys languages, travelling, dance and adventure sports. Gwen can be found on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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