Search

Largest Co-working Space in Southeast Asia Continues Rapid Expansion

Largest Co-working Space in Southeast Asia Continues Rapid Expansion
EVhive © Digital News Asia

EV Hive, Southeast Asia's largest collaborative workspace, announces the closing of the merger with Clapham Collective ("Clapham"), a community workspace located at the heart of Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Mr. Chris Angkasa, founder of Clapham, will also join EV Hive's Board of Advisors.

Evhive.co
Evhive.co

 

Incubated by East Ventures in 2015, EV Hive aims to serve as a world class community hub for entrepreneurs and startups to start and grow their business. As a first step of a wider EV Hive's cross-city expansion throughout Indonesia, EV Hive will connect multi-city entrepreneurs, freelancers, as well as small and medium enterprises (SMEs) by providing community hubs at the third most populous city in Indonesia. With this merger, Clapham's members will also get immediate access to EV Hive's ecosystem, particularly to government bodies, venture capital investors and business partners, as well as skill-based events, workshops and flexible workspaces across the country. 

EvHive | Moi Story - blogger
EvHive | Moi Story - blogger

 

Chris Angkasa remarked, "Medan is the third largest city in Indonesia and a primary gateway to start a business in Sumatra. Through this collaboration, we will fulfill the vision of EV Hive's founders to use co-working spaces as a platform to encourage cross-cultural exchange while strengthening business among the entrepreneurs in Jakarta and Medan."

After the new leadership team invested and joined EV Hive in May 2017, the company grew 1,200%, achieving more than 1,300 residential active members across 10 locations. It successfully strengthens EV Hive as the largest coworking space in Southeast Asia today. By Q1 2018, EV Hive will manage more than 34,000 sqm of collaborative workspaces across 16 locations.

EVVhive | evhive.co
EVVhive | evhive.co

 

EV Hive is a coworking space based in Indonesia, providing flexible workspace, business services and networking for entrepreneurs and startups. EV Hive counts many venture capital funds among its investors, including East Ventures, Sinar Mas Digital Ventures (SMDV), Insignia Ventures, Intudo Ventures and Jacumen Investments.

Up to November 2017, EV Hive has nine locations spread across Jakarta, Tangerang and Medan.  

Source : prnewswire.com | e27.co| evhive.co | 

Akhyari Hananto

I began my career in the banking industry in 1997, and stayed approx 6 years in it. This industry boost his knowledge about the economic condition in Indonesia, both macro and micro, and how to More understand it. My banking career continued in Yogyakarta when I joined in a program funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB),as the coordinator for a program aimed to help improve the quality of learning and teaching process in private universities in Yogyakarta. When the earthquake stroke Yogyakarta, I chose to join an international NGO working in the area of ?disaster response and management, which allows me to help rebuild the city, as well as other disaster-stricken area in Indonesia. I went on to become the coordinator for emergency response in the Asia Pacific region. Then I was assigned for 1 year in Cambodia, as a country coordinator mostly to deliver developmental programs (water and sanitation, education, livelihood). In 2009, he continued his career as a protocol and HR officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Surabaya, and two years later I joined the Political and Economic Section until now, where i have to deal with extensive range of people and government officials, as well as private and government institution troughout eastern Indonesia. I am the founder and Editor-in-Chief in Good News From Indonesia (GNFI), a growing and influential social media movement, and was selected as one of The Most Influential Netizen 2011 by The Marketeers magazine. I also wrote a book on "Fundamentals of Disaster Management in 2007"?, "Good News From Indonesia : Beragam Prestasi Anak Bangsa di dunia"? which was luanched in August 2013, and "Indonesia Bersyukur"? which is launched in Sept 2013. In 2014, 3 books were released in which i was one of the writer; "Indonesia Pelangi Dunia"?, "Indonesia The Untold Stories"? and "Growing! Meretas Jalan Kejayaan" I give lectures to students in lectures nationwide, sharing on full range of issues, from economy, to diplomacy Less
View all posts

Thank you for reading until here