Looking for a job in Indonesia? Here’s Pintarnya, an employment and financial services platform. Now, they’ve just raised a $16.7M Series A!

Investor check. Square Peg led the round, while Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India and East Ventures also joined in. 

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👏🏽 The ABCs of Pintarnya

Founded in 2022, Pintarnya’s platform connects job seekers with full-time and part-time job opportunities using their app and website. 

Jobseekers can even receive job updates via SMS channels like Telegram and WhatsApp!

• Unlike existing job platforms in Indonesia, Pintarnya targets blue-collar and informal workers, offering walk-in interviews, affordable e-learning on relevant skills, and connections to financial services like loans. 

Money matters. Most conventional credit scoring for loans overlook blue-collar workers, mostly relying on steady income and bank account activity. 

• Pintarnya tries to bridge the gap by partnering with asset-backed lenders to offer offering secured loans.  
• They have collateral options like gold, electronics, or motor vehicles.

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☝🏼 Looking for candidates? 

Pintarnya uses AI to help you screen candidates faster. Oh, and you can also schedule interviews with WhatsApp-connected invitation templates.

• Wink wink. Posting job openings, contacting candidates, and scheduling interviews with candidates is free using their platform!

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🤓 Run the numbers

The company said that they’ve served over 10M users and 40K employers, facilitating over 8M employment matches.  

• Oh, and they also reported that over 200K users have accessed credit through their financial services network. 

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✨ What’s in store?

They’ll use the $$$ to enhance Pintarnya’s platform and expand access to its financial services across Indonesia.