JAKARTA - Online transportation giant Gojek has reportedly received fresh funds from investors. The injection of funds is estimated to be worth US $ 1.2 billion or the equivalent of Rp. 18 trillion (assuming Rp. 15,000 / US dollar).
Quoting from Bloomberg, the injection of funds from a leading e-commerce company in America was carried out to finance Gojek so that it could compete with Grab. Especially at this time the COVID-19 pandemic is endemic and continues to be worrying.
This injection of funds marks one of Gojek's biggest deals for growth. This means that the new investment has made Gojek funding in the F Series amounting to US $ 3 billion or around Rp.46 trillion.
"We won't just stop there because we still see strong demand among the investment community to partner with us," co-CEOs Andre Soelistyo and Kevin Aluwi told employees in an internal Gojek memo, Thursday, March 18.
In the memo, Gojek did not reveal the identity of the investor who injected the funds. However, it is suspected that Jeff Bezos' company, Amazon, provided the funds for Gojek.
This is reinforced by the results of serious discussions from the leading American e-commerce company, to disburse investment funds to Gojek. However, the accuracy of this information has not been confirmed.
Gojek itself has indeed been competing with Grab, in pioneering ride-hailing services in Southeast Asia. Not only that, these two companies are also competing to be present as a multi-purpose service provider for their customers.
Gojek itself has grown rapidly since it was founded in 2010. CB Insights calculates that Gojek's valuation has reached US $ 10 billion funded by Google, Tencent Holdings Ltd, Visa and Mitsubishi Motor Corp. This also makes Gojek entitled to have the status of decacorn.
Long before Gojek, Amazon had invested in a British online food delivery company, Deliveroo, in early 2019. The aim was to compete with Uber Technologies, which also launched Uber Eats services in the UK.
Reuters also reported that Jeff Bezos' company was expanding their partnership by cooperating with startups engaged in transportation services. Moreover, Gojek has now grown into a leading ride-hailing company in Southeast Asia.
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