Dailysocial.id

What Dailysocial.id does

DailySocial.id is an Indonesia-focused technology media and research company headquartered in Jakarta, founded in 2008. It has historically operated dailysocial.id as a web-based tech portal covering startups, applications, gadgets, gaming, social media, enterprise technology, and emerging tech trends in Indonesia. The company has positioned itself as a primary source of news and analysis on Southeast Asia's largest digital economy.

The company's core product is RISE by DailySocial, a newsletter branded as "Reports on Indonesia's Startup Ecosystem" and distributed on the Substack platform. RISE delivers curated coverage of Indonesian tech, startup activity, and innovation directly to subscribers via email. The underlying technology stack is a standard web content management setup combined with Substack's hosted newsletter infrastructure, which handles subscription management, payment processing for paid tiers, and email distribution. The company maintains a small editorial team of 11–50 employees.

The business model is subscription-based content monetization on Substack, supplemented historically by editorial and research output serving Indonesia's tech ecosystem. Two known funding rounds exist: a $25,000 seed from Optimatic Pte Ltd in August 2010, followed by a second round in June 2014 with B Dash Ventures and Optimatic Pte Ltd (amount undisclosed). No enterprise customers, advertising clients, or partnerships are disclosed in the available data, and the company has not reported revenue figures. Its go-to-market motion is community-led, leveraging long-standing relationships with Indonesian founders, investors, and tech professionals to drive newsletter readership.

Name

Dailysocial.id

Website

https://dailysocial.id

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

DailySocial.id is an Indonesia-focused technology media company founded in 2008 that publishes RISE, a Substack newsletter covering startups, tech, and innovation in Indonesia for founders, investors, and tech professionals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Jakarta

HQ country

Indonesia

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Newsletter Subscription Revenue: DailySocial.id operates RISE by DailySocial, a Substack-based newsletter covering Indonesia's startup ecosystem. The subscription model allows readers to subscribe to receive regular reports and insights on Indonesian tech, startups, and innovation. Revenue is generated through paid subscriptions on the Substack platform, with subscribers agreeing to Substack's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy upon signing up.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Dailysocial.id operates Indonesia's leading technology media portal (dailysocial.id) covering startups, apps, gadgets, gaming, social media, enterprise technology, and future technology. Its flagship product is RISE by DailySocial (Reports on Indonesia's Startup Ecosystem), a Substack-based newsletter providing insightful, regular coverage of tech, startups, and innovation across Indonesia.

Product overview

Dailysocial.id is a technology media platform focused on Indonesia's tech and startup ecosystem. The company's primary product is RISE by DailySocial, a newsletter publication covering technology news, startup ecosystem developments, and innovation across Indonesia. The offering operates as a newsletter-based content platform distributed via Substack.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• RISE by DailySocial: Reports on Indonesia's Startup Ecosystem — an insightful guide to all things tech, startups, and innovation happening across Indonesia.

Products and services

• RISE by DailySocial RISE (Reports on Indonesia's Startup Ecosystem) is a recurring newsletter publication by DailySocial.id that provides in-depth coverage of technology, startups, venture capital activity, and innovation across Indonesia. It is distributed via the Substack platform on a subscription basis and serves Indonesian tech enthusiasts, entrepreneurs, investors, and professionals seeking localized ecosystem intelligence.
• Dailysocial.id tech portal The Dailysocial.id website is Indonesia's leading technology media portal, publishing ongoing coverage of startups, apps, gadgets, gaming, social media, enterprise technology, and future technology aimed at Indonesian tech readers, entrepreneurs, investors, and professionals.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• TechCrunch: TechCrunch is a global technology media brand covering startups, venture capital, and emerging tech, now operating under Yahoo/AOL. It covers Indonesia within a much broader global portfolio and competes with DailySocial.id for international attention on Indonesian startups.

Direct peers

• e27: e27 is a Southeast Asian startup media and community platform that connects founders, investors, and ecosystem players, with deep Indonesia coverage via Echelon events. It overlaps with DailySocial.id on regional startup news, community content, and ecosystem events.
• DealStreetAsia: DealStreetAsia is a media company focused on private equity, venture capital, and startup deal coverage across Southeast Asia and India. It targets a similar audience of founders, investors, and corporate dealmakers interested in Indonesian and regional fundraising activity.
• Tech in Asia: Tech in Asia is a leading online media platform covering startups, technology, and venture capital across Asia, headquartered in Singapore with strong Indonesia coverage. It directly competes with DailySocial.id for the Indonesian tech/startup audience and advertiser dollars.
• CompassList: CompassList is an online media outlet focused on the Southeast Asian tech ecosystem, including Indonesia, producing in-depth startup profiles and ecosystem reports. It overlaps with DailySocial.id's editorial coverage of Indonesian startups and the broader SEA tech landscape.
• KrASIA: KrASIA is an English-language digital media outlet covering technology, startups, and innovation across Asia, with strong coverage of the Indonesian ecosystem. It serves the same audience of founders, investors, and tech operators in the region.
• The Information: The Information is a subscription-based tech and startup news publication that pioneered the paid newsletter/online media model. It shares the same subscription_recurring, niche tech-reporting business model as DailySocial.id's RISE newsletter.

Regional players

• IDN Times: IDN Times is one of Indonesia's largest digital media platforms, covering news, lifestyle, and technology for a millennial Indonesian audience. It overlaps with DailySocial.id on Indonesia-focused digital content distribution and ad-supported media model.
• Katadata: Katadata is an Indonesian data journalism and business media company producing news, research, and data products on the Indonesian economy, including its digital economy. It targets a similar Indonesian business/tech audience but with a broader economic scope than DailySocial.id.
• Sifted: Sifted is a Financial Times-backed subscription newsletter/media outlet covering European startups and venture capital. It mirrors DailySocial.id's model — a subscription-driven regional tech/startup publication — but serves the European audience rather than Indonesia.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/dailysocial
• Facebookfacebook.com/dailysocial
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dailysocial-net

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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