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Mapan

Why We Invested in Mapan: Rising Social Fintech Empowers Indonesian Women

Flourish and Patamar re-teamed to invest in Mapan’s community of digital saving circles. In 2009, smartphones were a mostly untapped invention – and had not…

[Tech in Asia] This Indonesian social commerce firm digitalized ‘arisan’ and grew revenue 3x

Nadya Pramitha, a homemaker residing in Jakarta, has been participating in her family’s arisan activities since 2016. Apart from being a family tradition, arisan is seen as a way to save money. Arisan, a traditional rotating savings and credit scheme in Indonesia, involves a group of people coming together to...

Women Making History in Fintech

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Indonesian fintech firm banks $15m, promotes ex-Gojek exec to CEO

Mapan, an Indonesia-based fintech firm, has raised US$15 million in a series A raise co-led by Patamar Capital and PT Astra Digital Internasional, with 500 Global participating. Ardelia Apti, a former Gojek executive who serves as Mapan’s chief commercial officer, was also appointed as the startup’s new CEO. Founded in...

Mapan Core Tea

[TechCrunch] Mapan's services helps low-income Indonesians users afford goods and services

Originally posted on TechCrunch By Catherine Shu Photo Caption: Mapan’s team, with CEO Ardelia Apti in the front. In Indonesia, arisans are traditionally rotating savings and credit associations (RSCA) that let groups of people, primarily women, save and borrow money together. Mapan digitized that concept and turned it into a service where...

Mapan uses traditional financing method to aid rural communities

The Indonesian Financial Services Authority (OJK) and the financial services industry players have continuously held a range of financial education and inclusion programmes to increase financial literacy. View the full article on Digital News Asia