Gojek

SINGAPORE (Dec 11): Indonesia’s ride-hailing giant Gojek is close to acquiring a mobile point-of-sale startup called Moka for at least US$120 million ($163 million), as it aims to become a leading player in the country’s digital payments industry, acc

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(Oct 22): Indonesian President Joko Widodo asked the nation’s opposition leader and the founder of its biggest startup to join a revamped cabinet as he puts the Southeast Asian nation on a path to become a US$7 trillion ($9.5 trillion) economy.

The republic’s young, 264 million-strong population and burgeoning internet economy make it a behemoth in the region. Yet, it is hampered by a highly complex regulatory landscape and a massive, fragmented domestic market. In the third of our series on S

(Sept 11): SoftBank-backed ride hailer Grab is in talks to merge OVO, an Indonesian digital payments firm in which it owns shares, with an Ant Financial-backed local peer to build heft and power ahead of archrival Gojek, people familiar with the matter s

SINGAPORE (Sept 5): Southeast Asian ride-hailing startup Grab Holdings Inc intends to invest US$150 million ($207.5 million) into artificial intelligence research over the next year, accelerating its expanding business that now includes food delivery, dig

(Aug 29): Amazon.com Inc is in talks to make an investment in Indonesian ride-hailing giant Gojek, people familiar with the negotiations said, a move that could bolster the US company’s presence in Southeast Asia.

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SINGAPORE (July 17): Visa has invested in Gojek, the mobile on-demand service and payments platform, as part of the latter’s ongoing Series F fundraising round.

SINGAPORE (Feb 1): Gojek announced Friday it has finalised the first closing of its ongoing Series F funding round, led by Google, JD.com and Tencent. Other investors include Mitsubishi Corporation and Provident Capital.