Friday, September 12, 2025

Pintarnya raises $16.7m to provide Indonesians with Jobs and Money

Pintarnya - have raised $16.7M to power jobs and financial services in Indonesia 


Founded in 2022 by co-founders Nelly Nurmalasari, Henry Hendrawan, and Ghirish Pokardas is an employment platform connecting people to jobs and money!!


It provides filtered job opportunities with AI-assisted matching and CV creation for job seekers in Indonesia. 


Investors - led by Square Peg i include Vertex Ventures SE Asia & India and East Ventures


The problems 


Many workers are not earning enough and borrowing responsibly 


Where do they find jobs?

Where do they find money?


What Pintarnya does


Pintarnya  digitises job matching with AI to make hiring faster and provides workers with safer, healthier lending options — designed around what they can reasonably afford, rather than pushing them deeper into debt.


60pc work in informal sector , so lack verifiable income and official employment documentation. They are providing loans using collateral such as gold, electronics, or vehicles.


Customers 


Pintarnya have 10 million job-seeker users and 40,000 employers nationwide.


Ideal client -  aged 21 to 40, most of whom have a high school education or a diploma below university level who do not have  steady monthly income and bank account activity.


It’s vision


To empower Indonesians to not only make ends meet today, but also plan, grow, and upgrade their lives tomorrow … 


Pintarnya will be  the go-to super app for Indonesia’s workers, not just for earning income, but as a trusted partner throughout their life journey. 


It will be the go to place when someone is looking for work, a place that helps them upgrade their skills, and a reliable guide as they make financial decisions.


Kate Park for TechCrunch today 🔗 : https://lnkd.in/eze6jhEm


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