Donald Wihardja
Chief Executive Officer at MDI Ventures
Donald Wihardja
Chief Executive Officer at MDI Ventures
Jakarta, Jakarta
Overview
Work Experience
Chief Executive Officer
2020 - Current
As the largest Corporate VC to an Indonesian State owned Enterprise, MDI seek to invest in all stages of tech companies, from Seed to Series C and beyond. We invest mainly in Southeast asia, but we have a global mandate as well. We put extra emphasis in synergy with our Telkom parent companies, as well as other SOE of Indonesia, with a dedicated team to bridge the gap between the agile and growing tech startups, and the established, dominant SOE with large reach and dedication to find the next frontier.
Partner
2020 - 2020
As a merged entity of Agaeti and Convergence Ventures, AC Ventures continues to focus on early stage technology venture fund focused on investing in Indonesia. Our partners are seasoned entrepreneurs with extensive operating experience in Internet businesses in emerging markets. We seek to back exceptional founders by leveraging our experience, network and resources to empower them to build long lasting and impactful businesses for Indonesia and the South East Asia region. I sourced deals from all over Indonesia and Southeast Asia, and properly evaluate the teams, the merits of their ideas and the traction that they have made before investing. I also coordinated the investment process and monitored and mentored the companies that had received investments.
Partner
2014 - 2020
Convergence Ventures is an early stage technology venture fund focused on investing in Indonesia. Our partners are seasoned entrepreneurs with extensive operating experience in Internet businesses in emerging markets. We seek to back exceptional founders by leveraging our experience, network and resources to empower them to build long lasting and impactful businesses for Indonesia and the South East Asia region. I sourced deals from all over Indonesia and the region, and properly evaluate the teams, the merits of their ideas and the traction that they have made before investing. I also coordinated the investment process and monitored and mentored the companies that had received investments.
Country Manager; Chief Information Officer
2014 - 2014
2C2P (short for Card & Cash Payment Processor) is an e-commerce payment provider offering innovative payment processing solutions for businesses in Asia-Pacific. Launched in 2008 as a spin-off of leading payment technology provider SinaptIQ, 2C2P has since established itself as one of the leading e-commerce payment providers in Asia-Pacific. PT Integrasi Synaptiq is the Indonesian local entity. As Country Manager of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Philippines, I expanded the reach of our payment processing to merchants and payment agents in my region.
Chief Financial Officer
2010 - 2013
PT SITTI is a contextual advertising network in Indonesian language. We deliver hundreds of millions of ads per month through our networks of tens of thousands of websites in Indonesia. SITTI was the winner of Global Entrepreneurship Program - Indonesia's EDel Showcase, for the Non-Technology Entrepreneur category. in July 2011. http://bit.ly/xijoYh I managed PT SITTI's multiple rounds of angel investors to raise over $3m in seed funding.
Chief Technology Officer
2010 - 2013
PT Indomog provides payment solution to Online Games and other Digital Content Providers in Indonesia. From Game and Mobile voucher resale, to Micropayment solution, we provide access to all Indonesian Bank accounts, credit cards, as well as over 35,000 physical top-up station throughout the Indonesian Archipelago. INDOMOG was the winner of Global Entrepreneurship Program - Indonesia's EDel Showcase, for the Technology Entrepreneur category. in July 2011. http://bit.ly/xijoYh As Chief Information Officer, I design the system and how it intergrates with all our vendors, payment providers, and customers.
Chief Information Officer
2005 - 2010
PMG is a deal execution and management company specializing in Corporate Finance and Deal Execution for an Indonesian private equity. As CIO and member of the technology, content, and multimedia practice, I focus on Indonesia's growing internet industry. Seconded as CFO for PT Nap Info Lintas Nusa, for the Matrix Submarine Cable System project. Seconded as Director for Qonnection Network Pte Ltd, for reselling of Managed Network Data Services between Singapore and Indonesia. Seconded as CTO for PT Indomog, for building Indonesia based online game and content payment gateway.
Senior Vice President
2002 - 2005
Intimedia is an IT Solution Provider concentrated in delivering custom solution. Its area of expertise is Microsoft .NET solutions.
Director
1999 - 2001
DJP delivers custom client-server solutions. I manage a company of about 10 programmers.
Project Manager
1998 - 1999
Project Manager for onsite Telkomsel Billing System implementation. I lead a team of 6 people onsite and coordinate work with our counterparts in Malaysia and Netherland.