Best Internet First Media Companies in Indonesia
The 116 best Internet First Media companies in Indonesia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: IDN Media.
Tracking the best Internet First Media companies in Indonesia, ranked by disclosed equity funding and recent momentum, our directory covers 116 players with $45M in total disclosed capital.
IDN Media leads at $22M, followed by Baca at $20M, and those two alone account for roughly 93% of the pool. That concentration tells you something real: most of the 116 tracked companies are still pre-institutional, scrapping for early traction while a handful of funded names pull away. Investors like East Ventures, GDP Venture, and Alpha JWC Ventures are the repeat names here, which tracks with the broader pattern of a tight circle backing mobile-first content at scale. According to PQ Media, the sector's growing at a ~2.3% CAGR, driven by on-demand consumption, programmatic buying, and OTT video pulling audiences off linear. And if you want a leading signal, median app install growth is running at +12% YoY across nearly 4,700 media and online media apps, which I'd argue is the stat worth watching this quarter.
So where's the momentum heading? Hot themes right now include audio editor tooling, playback engines, and mindfulness content, suggesting the next funding cycle may reward utility-layer plays as much as pure publishing brands.
- Galal & Karawi Management Consulting
Ranked: Best Internet First Media companies in Indonesia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IDN Media Provider of news and entertainment media services | $22M | 48 mo ago | Series D | Winston Utomo Co-Founder & CEO | 2014 | Node.jsChakra UIReact+16 | 2 awards |
| 2 | Baca Online news aggregator platform | $20M | 118 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2015 | Alexa Certified Site MetricsCloudflareHTTP/3 | — |
| 3 | Agrakom Digital Media and mobile content delivery serivce provider in Indonesia | $2M | 241 mo ago | Series A | abdul rahman Founder & CEO | 1992 | — | — |
| 4 | Asumsi Online platform offering multi category news | $700K | 57 mo ago | Seed | Pangeran Siahaan Founder/Chief Executive Officer | 2015 | WordPressMySQLPHP+18 | — |
| 5 | Mobilkamu Online car marketplace in Indonesia | $20K | 87 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2014 | — | — |
| 6 | Bingkai Karya Blog focused on multiple topics | — | 41 mo ago | Seed | Rizal Rosyadi Founder | 2018 | WordPressMySQLPHP+27 | — |
| 7 | Hipwee Curated social news site | — | 70 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2014 | WordPressMySQLRedis+28 | — |
| 8 | Kumparan Online platform offering multi-category news | — | 93 mo ago | Series A | — | 2016 | SentryZohoGoogle Sign-in+26 | 1 job opening · 1 internship · 2 awards |
Top 12 Internet First Media companies in Indonesia
#1
Series D · Surabaya, East Java · founded 2014 · 333 employees$22Mraised▾
Provider of news and entertainment media services
- Jun 2022Series D$22M
- Feb 2021Angel—
- Jan 2019Series C—
- Nov 2017Series B—
#2
Seed · Jakarta, Jakarta · founded 2015 · 45 employees$700Kraised▾
ASUMSI is an online platform which provides news on multiple categories. It provides news under various categories including politics, entertainment, health, current affair, pop culture, and others. It monetizes through display advertisements.
- Sep 2021Seed$700K
- Sep 2020Seed—
#3
Deadpooled · Indonesia · founded 2015 · 18 employees$20Mraised▾
Online news aggregator platform. It provides news from multiple sources based on various categories such as news, economy, entertainment, sports, lifestyle, technology, politics, automotive, humor, and more. Users can also comment and interact with other users through the app. Monetizes through display advertisements.
- Jul 2016Series B$20M
- Dec 2015Series A—
#4
Series A · Jakarta, Jakarta · founded 1992$2.4Mraised▾
Agrakom operates a digital media platform and offers mobile content services in Indonesia. Operates a digital media platform, Detik that covers and publishes news covering national and international markets. Claims to have had crossed over 4M page views per day in 2006. Partnered with content providers for distribution and print media for content syndication. Claims to have partnered with all cellular operators and 26 regional newspapers for news syndication, as of Sep 2016.
- Apr 2006Series A$750K
- 2000Series A$1.6M
#5
Deadpooled · Kuningan, West Java · founded 2014 · 147 employees$20Kraised▾
Mobilkamu is an Indonesian company which offers a web based platform to its users who are looking to buy a car. It contains details and review of various cars available in the market and searches among the various dealers for deals.
- Mar 2019Series A—
- Nov 2017Seed—
- May 2015Seed$20K
#6
Seed · Malang, East Java · founded 2018—raised▾
Blog focused on multiple topics
- Jan 2023Seed—
#7
Acquired · Jakarta, Jakarta · founded 2014 · 50 employees—raised▾
Hipwee a social news site that focuses on curated original and community generated content based on entertainment, relationships, travel and inspirational articles aiming at Indonesia's young urbanites as its main readership. Withing four months of launch the portal was reported to reach over 1 million unique readers. Hipwee has 16 staff providing curated and original community generated content, as well as 100 active contributors and six offline communities. Acquired by Migme in Aug'15 in a scrip deal.
- Aug 2020Seed—
#8
Series A · Jakarta, Jakarta · founded 2016 · 557 employees—raised▾
Online platform offering multi-category news. It provides news related to various categories such as entertainment, tech and science, business, automotive, food and travel, and much more.
- Sep 2018Series A—
- Jul 2017Seed—
- Jan 2017Seed—
#9
Series A · Jakarta, Jakarta · founded 2012 · 194 employees—raised▾
Online platform providing multi-category news. The platform provides new on business and finace, technology, and more. It monetizes through display advertisement.
- Aug 2018Series A—
- Sep 2017Series A—
#10
Seed · Malang, East Java · founded 2014 · 9 employees—raised▾
Boombastis is an online media and content platform for Indonesian readers. The content is available in the English language. The platform claims to have attracted 4M users per month, and a total of 16.9M page views since it went live (as of Apr'17). The company has an internal editorial team and also source content from freelancers.
- May 2017Seed—
#11
Seed · Jakarta, Indonesia · founded 2016 · 89 employees—raised▾
RevivalTV is an Indonesian eSports channel, tournament organizer, and digital media resource on e-sports. Covers games like Counter-Strike, DotA 2, League of Legends, Point Blank, Overwatch, and others as well as provides commentary for live games. Primary source of monetization is e-sports events.
- Mar 2017Seed—
#12
Seed · Jakarta, Jakarta · founded 2012 · 7 employees—raised▾
Oomph is aimed at the growing number of Android smartphone users in Indonesia. It provides digital content for the Android platform that is packaged in a form of app store. It has apps, games, wallpaper, and music. Users can pay for their downloads via prepaid mobile credit, that's something Google Play doesn't offer in Indonesia. Oomph is also more localized for Indonesian than Google Play with its language and content. In Feb'15, Oomph claimed to have 6 million users and was aiming to reach 10 million users by the end of 2015.
- 2016Seed—
- Feb 2015Seed—
Funding & investor landscape
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