Merger Gojek dan Tokopedia Semakin Dekat Terwujud

Gojek and Tokopedia Close to Creating Indonesian Tech Champion

Editor : Kemal A Praghotsa
Translator : Novita Cahyadi


Merger Gojek dan Tokopedia Semakin Dekat Terwujud
STARTUP: Reuters melaporkan pada bulan Januari bahwa Gojek dan Tokopedia sedang dalam pembicaraan merger lanjutan menjelang kemungkinan pencatatan ganda di Jakarta dan Amerika Serikat. [Foto: Reuters/MailOnline]

PERUSAHAAN bisnis transportasi masal sekaligus pembayaran digital Indonesia Gojek dan e-commerce Tokopedia hampir menuntaskan rencana merger mereka untuk bersiap mencari persetujuan pemegang saham resmi, kata tiga sumber yang dekat dengan kedua penyedia layanan online tersebut, Jumat [9/4].

Kesepakatan sebelumnya dipatok oleh senilai US$18 miliar akan menciptakan pembangkit tenaga teknologi yang menawarkan belanja online, layanan kurir, tumpangan, pengiriman makanan, dan layanan lainnya di negara ekonomi terbesar di Asia Tenggara.

Alibaba Group Holding dan SoftBank Group Corp termasuk di antara investor Tokopedia, sedangkan Gojek termasuk Warburg Pincus dan Tencent Holdings.

Reuters melaporkan pada Januari bahwa Gojek dan Tokopedia sedang dalam pembicaraan merger lanjutan menjelang kemungkinan pencatatan ganda di Jakarta dan Amerika Serikat.

"Jika persetujuan pemegang saham diterima, startup berusia satu dekade itu akan menyelesaikan transaksi beberapa minggu ke depan," kata salah satu sumber.

"Syarat kesepakatan semuanya sudah disepakati. ini mempertemukan dua perusahaan yang tidak bersaing satu sama lain," kata sumber lain.

Sumber menolak untuk diidentifikasi karena sensitivitas masalah.

Gojek dan Tokopedia menolak berkomentar.

Investor umum di Gojek dan Tokopedia termasuk investor negara Singapura Temasek Holding, Seqouia Capital, dan Google.

Kesepakatan yang berhasil dapat mengubah lanskap pasar e-commerce Indonesia, yang pertumbuhannya semakin cepat karena pembatasan kegiatan di luar akibat pandemi telah memicu permintaan pengiriman makanan dan pembayaran elektronik.

Kesepakatan yang diusulkan juga datang pada saat minat investor di sektor teknologi tumbuh pesat di Asia Tenggara seperti dikutip Reuters yang dilansir MailOnline.

Grab, perusahaan bisnis transportasi massal dan pengiriman makanan terbesat di kawasan itu, sedang dalam pembicaraan untuk go public melalui merger dengan perusahaan akuisisi bertujuan khusus di Amerika Serikat, kata sumber lainnya bulan lalu.

INDONESIAN ride-hailing and payments company Gojek and the country´s leading e-commerce business Tokopedia are close to sealing their proposed merger as they prepare to seek formal shareholder approval, three sources close to the matter told Reuters on Friday.

A deal that sources have previously pegged at $18 billion would create a technology powerhouse offering online shopping, courier services, ride-hailing, food delivery and other services in Southeast Asia´s largest economy.

Alibaba Group Holding and SoftBank Group Corp are among Tokopedia´s investors, while Gojek´s include Warburg Pincus and Tencent Holdings.

Reuters reported in January that Gojek and Tokopedia were in advanced merger talks ahead of a potential dual listing in Jakarta and the United States.

If shareholder approval is received, the decade-old startups would then move to completing the transaction a few weeks later, one of the sources said on Friday.

"The terms of the deal have all been agreed. This brings together two companies which didn´t compete with each other," another source said.

The sources declined to be identified because of the sensitivity of the matter.

Gojek and Tokopedia declined comment.

Common investors in Gojek and Tokopedia include Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings, Sequoia Capital and Google .

A successful deal could transform the landscape in Indonesia´s e-commerce market, the growth of which has accelerated as stay-at-home pandemic restrictions have stoked demand for food delivery and e-payments.

The proposed deal also comes at a time of growing investor interest in Southeast Asia´s rapidly-growing tech sector.

Grab, the region´s biggest ride-hailing and food delivery company, is in talks to go public through a merger with a U.S. special purpose acquisition company, sources said last month.

Singapore-based Sea is also muscling into food delivery and financial services in Indonesia.