GoTo
Northstar's managing partner to become CEO of GoTo
Patrick Walujo, a co-founder and managing partner of Northstar Group, has been appointed group CEO of Indonesian super app GoTo, with the Southeast Asia-focused private equity firm telling LPs it expects minimal impact to day-to-day business.
AVCJ Awards 2022: Exit of the Year – IPO: GoTo
GoTo’s rocky start on the Indonesia Stock Exchange betrays the pioneering nature of the listing and cements a legacy as an ecosystem lynchpin. Long-time backer Openspace Ventures reflects
Glade Brook leads $20m round for Indonesia's Kitabeli
Glade Brook Capital Partners has led a USD 20m round for Kitabeli, which claims to be the largest fast-moving consumer goods social commerce platform in Indonesia’s lower-tier cities.
Indonesia B2B agriculture marketplace gets $35m Series A
AgriAku, an Indonesia-based B2B marketplace that looks to improve agriculture supply chain efficiency for retailers of agricultural inputs, has raised USD 35m in Series A funding led by Alpha JWC Ventures.
Indonesia's GoTo raises $1.1b, gains 13% on debut
Indonesia-based ride-hailing service turned super app GoTo, which has numerous private equity backers, gained 13% on debut following an IDR 15.8trn (USD 1.1bn) offering on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX).
PE-backed GoTo targets $1.1b Indonesia IPO
Indonesia-based ride-hailing service turned super app GoTo, which counts Alibaba Group and SoftBank Vision Fund among its largest external investors, is looking to raise at least IDR 15.2trn (USD 1.1bn) through a domestic IPO.
GoTo gets $1.3b in first tranche of pre-IPO funding
Indonesia-based ride-hailing service turned super app GoTo has raised more than $1.3 billion in a first tranche of pre-IPO funding, which will be used to develop its digital ecosystem.
ADIA to lead pre-IPO round for Indonesia's GoTo
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) has committed $400 million to Indonesia super app GoTo as the lead investor in a funding round ahead of the company’s much-anticipated IPO.
Ribbit Capital backs Indonesia's Bank Jago
Global financial technology investor Ribbit Capital has thrown its weight behind Bank Jago, an Indonesia-based digital lender established by local private equity firm Northstar Group.
Taiwan's Gogoro set for $2.3b SPAC merger
A special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) backed by Homer Sun, former CIO of Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia (MSPEA), has agreed a $2.35 billion merger with Taiwan-based electric scooter manufacturer Gogoro.