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TikTok Invests $1.5 Billion in Indonesia’s eCommerce Platform Tokopedia
Acquisitions // December 11, 2023

TikTok is reportedly investing $1.5 billion in Tokopedia to salvage its Indonesian eCommerce efforts. The company is set to take a controlling 75.01% stake in Tokopedia, the eCommerce arm of Indonesia’s GoTo Group, according to a letter Monday (Dec. 11) to GoTo investors seen by the Financial Times (FT). Under the deal,...

TikTok Looks to GoTo to Jumpstart Indonesian eCommerce Business
eCommerce // November 22, 2023

TikTok is reportedly turning to GoTo to revive its crucial Indonesian eCommerce business. The two firms are working on a plan — which could be finalized in the next few weeks — that would see TikTok invest in Indonesia-based GoTo’s online shopping arm Tokopedia, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday (Nov. 22),...

Indonesian eCommerce Firm Tokopedia Adds BNPL Option 
BNPL // August 22, 2022

Indonesian eCommerce company Tokopedia has added a buy now, pay later (BNPL) option to the range of digital payment methods it accepts.  With the new GoPayLater Cicil, select Tokopedia customers can shop on the company’s platform and then choose to pay in installments over one,...

Indonesia’s GoTo Startup Seeks $2B In Pre-IPO Talks
International // July 26, 2021

Indonesian startup GoTo is aiming to raise as much as $2 billion from investors before it makes its way onto stock markets in its native land and in the U.S., according to a Bloomberg report. The company, which was born this spring out of a...

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TikTok and GoTo Combine eCommerce Businesses in Indonesia

January 31, 2024
TikTok and GoTo, the largest digital ecosystem in Indonesia, announced the formation of a strategic partnership in Indonesia. With this deal, GoTo’s eCommerce company Tokopedia and TikTok Shop Indonesia have combined under the PT Tokopedia entity that is now jointly owned by GoTo and TikTok, the companies said in a Wednesday (Jan. 31) press release. TikTok holds a controlling stake. In addition, […]

TikTok Invests $1.5 Billion in Indonesia’s eCommerce Platform Tokopedia

December 11, 2023
TikTok is reportedly investing $1.5 billion in Tokopedia to salvage its Indonesian eCommerce efforts. The company is set to take a controlling 75.01% stake in Tokopedia, the eCommerce arm of Indonesia’s GoTo Group, according to a letter...

TikTok Looks to GoTo to Jumpstart Indonesian eCommerce Business

November 22, 2023
TikTok is reportedly turning to GoTo to revive its crucial Indonesian eCommerce business. The two firms are working on a plan — which could be finalized in the next few weeks — that would see...

Indonesian eCommerce Firm Tokopedia Adds BNPL Option 

August 22, 2022
Indonesian eCommerce company Tokopedia has added a buy now, pay later (BNPL) option to the range of digital payment methods it accepts.  With the new GoPayLater Cicil, select Tokopedia customers...