Media & Entertainment Landscape of Indonesia
1,746 Media & Entertainment companies in Indonesia, in one picture: who is hiring, who is raising money, who founded them, where they are based, what the news is about and which skills employers want. Updated August 2026.
Who leads Media & Entertainment in Indonesia
Shows the 1,746 Indonesian media & entertainment firms, highlighting the top hiring firms, best‑funded companies and those currently hiring or reporting a funding round.
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Goers4last posted Jun 2026
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Female Daily4last posted Jun 2026
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Genexyz4last posted Mar 2026
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Kios Tix3last posted Jun 2026
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Kumparan3last posted Jun 2026
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Kisai Entertainment3last posted Jul 2026
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Liga.Tennis2last posted Aug 2026
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INews.id1last posted Sep 2025
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Vidio$195MSeries D · Jun 2022
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TipTip$23MSeries A · Nov 2022
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Noice$22MSeries A · Apr 2022
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IDN Media$22MSeries D · Jun 2022
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MSIN$11.7MPost IPO · Feb 2021
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SweetEscape$7MSeries A · Jul 2019
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Visinema$5.2MSeries A · Feb 2020
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Agrakom$2.4MSeries A · Apr 2006
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TADO7tracked employees
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Peto40.0%4 tracked events
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Mindtalk10.0%1 tracked events
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IDN Times≥10articles in the window
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Katadata≥9articles in the window
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Dailysocial≥7articles in the window
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Beritasatu≥2articles in the window
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See all 1,746 Media & Entertainment companies in Indonesia
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How the Media & Entertainment ecosystem in Indonesia grew, 2016–2025
Displays the number of companies founded each year, with a peak of 217 in 2024 and 32 founded in 2025.
Where Media & Entertainment companies in Indonesia are based
Lists the cities where these firms are located, led by Jakarta with 532 companies followed by Bandung, Yogyakarta, Tangerang and Medan.
The Media & Entertainment market map of Indonesia: what these companies actually do
Breaks down the product sub‑categories and revenue models, noting the largest groups such as consumer digital (1,536 firms) and advertising as the most common revenue source (1,483 firms).
The biggest kinds of Media & Entertainment company, by how many we track.
- Consumer Digital1,536 companies · $252.3M raised · 11 hiring
- Internet First News Publishers753 companies · $700k raised · 4 hiring
- Real Money Gaming245 companies · $362k raised
- B2C E-Commerce112 companies · $224M raised · 3 hiring
- Enterprise Tech108 companies · $56.5M raised · 2 hiring
- Marketplaces59 companies · $30.6M raised · 1 hiring
- Loneliness Economy28 companies · $1M raised · 2 hiring
- Internet First News Aggregators24 companies
- Video on Demand24 companies · $195M raised · 1 hiring
- Internet First Sports Media24 companies
- Enterprise Software24 companies
- Internet First Automotive Media21 companies
Monetization
How Media & Entertainment companies make money
How many companies earn revenue each way. Plenty use more than one model, so the counts add up to more than the sector.
Funding, M&A and the deals moving Media & Entertainment in Indonesia
Counts corporate events over the past two years, totaling nine events including announcements, funding rounds, earnings releases, an IPO and an M&A deal.
- IPOThe unit of Indonesian conglomerate Elang Mahkota Teknologi raised 2.8 trillion rupiah (S$217 million) through the offering by selling approximately a 13 per cent stake.2025-12-17
- FundingMindTalk, a digital mental health platform, secured $7.3 million from Cadabams Group to strengthen its AI infrastructure and accelerate the integration of clinical research.2025-11-14
- M&AThe deal, comprising the purchase of prominent brands Best Friends, Our Vet, My Pet Warehouse and Pet City, has transformed PetO from a 17-store regional chain into a national operator with 58 sites and a projected $200 million in annual revenue.2025-09-29
- FundingPanasonic is investing through its Heating & Ventilation A/C Company in Tado, founded in 2011. With this equity investment, Panasonic intends to further strengthen its cooperation with the Energy manager Last year, the two companies announced a partnership to optimize Panasonic's Aquarea heat pumps.2025-03-25
- EarningsThe entertainment platform reported 56% quarter-on-quarter gross revenue growth in ticketing for Q1 2026, with net revenue surging 283% from the previous quarter.2026-05-04
Mergers and acquisitions
Deals from the last 24 months where a Media & Entertainment company in Indonesia was the buyer or the one bought, newest first. “Undisclosed” means the price was never published — not that the deal was worth nothing.
| Acquirer | Target | Deal value | Status | Date |
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| Best Friends, Our Vet, My Pet Warehouse and Pet City | undisclosed | Completed | 2025-09-29 | |
| undisclosed | Completed | 2024-05-28 | ||
| Divested pet and vet operations | undisclosed | Pending | 2024-05-28 | |
| undisclosed | Announced | 2023-08-18 | ||
| GFJ ESG Acquisition I | undisclosed | Terminated | 2022-10-07 | |
| GFJ ESG Acquisition | undisclosed | Completed | 2022-01-20 |
Who is building Media & Entertainment in Indonesia
Profiles 206 founders and CEOs across 171 firms, showing their education and prior employers, with University of Indonesia and Microsoft appearing most often.
Founder FCN, JWT Jakarta. President University 2015
Parahyangan Catholic University 2016
Universitas Pelita Harapan 1998
Box2box Podcast Network, ex-Bein Media, ex-Detik Com, Universitas Prof. Dr. Moestopo (Beragama)
CEO Standard Capital Group, ex-Multispectrum Investment Group, Prime Partners Chartered Accountants.
Ex-Wooz, BHD. Bandung Institute of Technology SDs 2002
LSPR Communication and Business Institute
Co-Founder Radbug Singapore Technology, ex-Co-Founder Jindal Group of Industries, The M-Tex Group, Da Vinci Home Corporation. Rice University BS 2009
PT. Elang Mahkota Teknologi, Microsoft Indonesia, rajawali citra televisi indonesia, Sony Music Entertainment. University of Notre Dame BSC 1989…
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Who funds Media & Entertainment in Indonesia
Summarizes 53 funding rounds since 2016 from 63 investors, with a typical round size of $2 million.
| Investor · most active investors since 2016 | Rounds | Led | Latest |
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| East Ventures | 12 | 8 | Aug 2023 |
| GDP Venture | 7 | 3 | Feb 2020 |
| Alpha JWC Ventures | 3 | 2 | Apr 2022 |
| Go Ventures | 3 | 1 | Apr 2022 |
| North Base Media | 2 | 1 | Sep 2016 |
| Beenext | 2 | 1 | Jul 2019 |
| Openspace Capital | 2 | 1 | Jun 2020 |
| Kinesys Group | 2 | 1 | Sep 2021 |
| Alpha Momentum | 2 | 1 | May 2023 |
| Media Development Investment Fund | 2 | — | Aug 2018 |
The typical round is $2M — half were bigger, half smaller.
The biggest Media & Entertainment funding rounds in Indonesia
Highlights the largest disclosed round—Vidio’s $150 million Series D—and lists ten other large funding events.
| Company | Round | Size | When | Backers |
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| Series Dmega-round | $150M | Nov 2021 | Affinity Equity Partners | |
| Series D | $45M | Jun 2022 | Grab | |
| Series D | $22M | Jun 2022 | East Ventures, GV Media Ventures, Dentsu +4 more | |
| Series A | $22M | Apr 2022 | Northstar, Alpha JWC Ventures, Kinesys +1 more | |
| Series A | $13M | Nov 2022 | East Ventures, SMDV, Big Ventures +1 more | |
| Seed | $10M | Mar 2022 | East Ventures, Vertex Ventures, SMDV +1 more | |
| Series A | $6M | Jul 2019 | Burda Principal Investments, East Ventures, Beenext +4 more | |
| Series A | $3.2M | Feb 2020 | Intudo Ventures, GDP Venture, Ancora | |
| Seed | $2M | — | GDP Venture | |
| Series A | $1.6M | Jan 2000 | — |
What the news says about Media & Entertainment in Indonesia
Counts 187,335 news articles about the sector in the last year, noting the most covered topics such as international entities and geopolitical issues.
What the coverage is about
The subjects that dominate Media & Entertainment news in Indonesia. The arrow shows whether each one is being written about more or less than a year ago.
- International and transnational geographic entities≥300,011▲+33%
- Geopolitical disputes and contested areas≥300,002▲+33%
- Administrative and political subdivisions≥299,982▲+33%
- International political relations≥10,168▲+66%
- Government international agreements coordination≥7,258→+8%
- International relations and diplomacy≥6,765▲+28%
- Trade policies and agreements≥6,451▲+104%
- Government diplomacy and foreign affairs support≥6,386▲+11%
- International sports competitions≥5,990▼-19%
- New product launches and innovations≥5,275▲+16%
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8 Media & Entertainment companies here were named in the news over this period.
Watch Media & Entertainment coverage in Indonesia as it happens
Prism follows these subjects story by story — which companies are named, what is said about them and how the tone moves.
Momentum
The words getting louder — and quieter
Which terms are showing up in more stories than a year ago, and which are fading. The percentage is the change in how many articles mention them.
The pressures the press keeps returning to
Three recurring angles in Indonesia Media & Entertainment coverage, and whether each is getting more attention year on year (through 2025).
Media & Entertainment jobs in Indonesia: who is hiring and what they ask for
Reports a single job posting in the past year from three employers, listing the most requested skills like entertainment, agile product delivery and cloud platforms.
Demand
The Skills Employers Ask For
What Media & Entertainment employers in Indonesia put in their job ads. The bar is how many postings ask for it; the arrow shows whether demand grew or shrank against the year before.
- entertainment2▲
- loyalty programs1▲
- agile product delivery1▲
- cloud platforms1▲
- e-commerce1▲
- digital products1▲
- hospitality1▲
- digital ticketing1▲
- mobile applications1▲
- consumer services1▲
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