Indonesia's Gojek, Tokopedia announce merger in country's biggest deal

SINGAPORE, berita teknologi, teknologi tercanggih, porta berita teknolohi May 17 (Reuters) – Indonesian ride-hailing and payments firm Gojek and e-commerce leader Tokopedia announced a merger on Monday in a transaction that would create a technology powerhouse in the country’s largest deal.

Sources familiar with the situation had earlier said the companies were seeking a $18 billion merger.

Neither firm confirmed a valuation for the merged group.

Alibaba Group Holding and SoftBank Group Corp are among Tokopedia’s investors, while Gojek’s include Warburg Pincus and Tencent Holdings. (Reporting by Anshuman Daga: teknologi tercanggih Editing by Neil Fullick and teknologi tercanggih Kenneth Maxwell)