Ride-Hailing Giant Gojek Raises $1.2 Billion for Clash With Grab
- Gojek gets the capital to fight Grab despite talk of a merger
- The funding belies sector turbulence and global uncertainty
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Southeast Asian ride-hailing giant Gojek has raised $1.2 billion for expansion, defying tech-sector turbulence and the coronavirus pandemic to secure funds to take on Grab Holdings Inc.
The new financing was finalized just over the past week, when the Covid-19 outbreak quickened its spread and triggered market routs across the globe. That took the total raised in its current financing round to just under $3 billion, the company said in an internal memo obtained by Bloomberg.