Grab Raises Stake in E-Wallet Ovo to 90%, Buys Out Tokopedia
- Ovo’s fate was in question after Tokopedia merged with Gojek
- Grab plans to go public via a merger with Altimeter this year
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Grab Holdings Inc. is boosting its ownership of the Indonesian mobile wallet provider Ovo to about 90% by acquiring stakes from PT Tokopedia and Lippo Group.
Singapore-based Grab, which plans to go public via a merger with Altimeter Growth Corp. by the end of this year, increased its holding in PT Bumi Cakrawala Perkasa, Ovo’s parent, from about 39%, according to a filing with the ministry of legal affairs. Grab has been expanding beyond ride-hailing into financial services and originally invested in Ovo as part of that effort.