Amiyandra Suratman
1982 Ventures, an early-stage VC firm in Southeast Asia, has appointed Amiyandra Suratman as Regional VC Ecosystem and Platform Lead based in Jakarta, Indonesia.
In this role, she will support the fund with strategic stakeholder relations, including portfolio companies, Limited Partners, and corporate and ecosystem partners.
The hiring comes as 1982 Ventures prepares to launch its second fund, targeted at US$50 million. According to Founding Partner Herston Powers, the VC firm has raised about a quarter of the target and expects to hit the first close in early 2024. Fund II will look to invest in 30-35 startups across fintech and tech infrastructure.
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Suratman brings extensive experience in managing partnerships, building platforms for startup founders and supporting corporates in fostering collaboration with the VC and startup ecosystem. Previously, she managed Strategic Synergy at MDI Ventures, the corporate VC arm of Telkom Indonesia. She managed the synergy between MDI’s startup portfolios and state-owned enterprises and programmes.
Before MDI, Suratman held senior roles in sales, business development and partnerships at Innovation Factory Block71 Jakarta, a partnership between the National University of Singapore and Salim Group. She established a series of accelerators, market access and corporate innovation programmes.
Established in early 2020, the fund focuses on seed-stage fintech startups in Southeast Asia. By the end of 2021, the company said that its portfolio firms had made nearly 3x return, with first-round investments in Brick, Infina (YC S21), Homebase (YC W21) Wagely, Go Zayaan, Lista, Bluesheets, and Monit, among others.
1982 Ventures is backed by global institutions, MNCs, major family offices, general partners of leading VC funds and unicorn founders.
Last year, 1982 Ventures announced the final close of its debut seed fund with over US$20 million in committed capital. It is backed by the family office of an Indonesian conglomerate, Trihill Capital, US fintech unicorn Carta, Genting Group’s venture arm, US fund of funds First Close Partners, and rali_cap.
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