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☆ Indonesia's GoTo denies merger talks with ride-hailing rival Grab
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Sheila Chiang | In Sheilachiang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesIndonesian tech giant GoTo on Tuesday denied it is in merger discussions with Singapore-based ride-hailing rival Grab . "The company would also like to emphasize that currently, the company is not having any discussion on such matters," said GoTo in a Tuesday filing. "The company would like to emphasize that the company has an increasingly strong fundamentals and financial position," said GoTo. The firm added that it has achieved "positive adjusted EBITDA target in Q4 2023, while exceeding the top end of its full year adjusted EBITDA guidance range." Grab closed 1.2% lower on the Nasdaq on Tuesday amid a broader sell-off in U.S. markets.

Persons: Indonesia's GoTo, Dimas Ardian, GoTo Organizations: ByteDance, Indonesia's, Bloomberg, Getty, Nasdaq Locations: Jakarta, Indonesia, Singapore, U.S

☆ Indonesia's GoTo reports significant drop in Q3 underlying losses
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

JAKARTA, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Indonesia's biggest tech firm PT GoTo Gojek Tokopedia (GOTO.JK) reported 942 billion rupiah ($59.30 million) in underlying losses for the third quarter, a significant drop from last year's 3.7 trillion rupiah, the company said on Monday. The results came after the company reached a positive contribution margin since beginning of this year amid cost-cutting measures. "This was underpinned by a reduction in operating expenses as we eliminated redundancies and leveraged our technology to reduce costs," GoTo Group CFO Jacky Lo said in the statement. GoTo, which offers ride-hailing, e-commerce, and financial services, said its net losses for the period were at 2.4 trillion rupiah, a drop from last year's 6.7 trillion rupiah. ($1 = 15,885.0000 rupiah)Reporting by Stefanno Sulaiman; Writing by Stanley Widianto; Editing by Kanupriya KapoorOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: GoTo Gojek Tokopedia, GoTo, Jacky Lo, Japan's, Stefanno Sulaiman, Stanley Widianto, Kanupriya Kapoor Organizations: Japan's SoftBank, Thomson Locations: JAKARTA

☆ Indonesia's GoTo narrows losses, says on track for profitability
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Stefanno Sulaiman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

JAKARTA, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Indonesia's biggest tech firm GoTo (GOTO.JK) on Tuesday said it had slashed underlying losses in the second quarter to 1.2 trillion rupiah ($78.25 million), down from 4.3 trillion rupiah a year earlier, helped by intense cost-cutting measures. Following positive results for the first half, GoTo revised its 2023 adjusted EBITDA outlook to a loss of between 4.5 trillion rupiah and 3.8 trillion rupiah, from a previously forecast loss of between 5.3 trillion rupiah and 4.6 trillion rupiah. Net revenues for the second quarter of 2023 rose to 3.6 trillion rupiah, up 86.7% from 2022, with the company's overall gross transaction value for the period reaching 143.7 trillion rupiah, it said. The company said it had slashed losses by 48% for the first half compared to a year earlier. Shares in GoTo, shorthand for GoTo Gojek Tokopedia, closed up 6.59% to 97 rupiah per share before the earnings announcement.

Persons: GoTo, Japan's, Patrick Walujo, Walujo, Tokopedia, TikTok, GoTo Gojek Tokopedia, Stefanno Sulaiman, Fanny Potkin, Conor Humphries Organizations: Japan's SoftBank, Thomson Locations: JAKARTA

☆ Indonesia's GoTo reports narrower Q1 loss, expects core profit in Q4
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Like many other tech companies, GoTo has been reducing its spending and laying off staff this year to ride out the global economic uncertainty. Group CEO Andre Soelistyo said in a statement the company was halfway towards becoming adjusted EBITDA positive in the fourth quarter. "A lower cost base will provide us with additional flexibility to allocate capital for the acceleration of growth in the future," GoTo Group CFO Jacky Lo said. GoTo posted a net loss of 3.9 trillion rupiah in the first three months of 2023, versus a loss of 6.6 trillion rupiah a year earlier. GoTo shares closed up 4.21% at 99 rupiah per share on Thursday before the earnings announcement.

☆ These tech giants are still making money, but layoffs are coming hard and fast
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( Sheila Chiang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Here are some of the more prominent global tech firms that have axed staff despite earning big money. 30 despite a "dynamic environment," CEO Satya Nadella said in the tech giant's annual report. Despite that, Microsoft announced in January that it's laying off 10,000 workers as the firm braces for slower revenue growth. The enterprise software company also returned to positive operating profit growth of 2%. However, SAP announced in January that it's cutting up to 3,000 jobs, as the leadership seeks to steer the company toward double-digit profit growth in 2023.

☆ Shares of Indonesia's GoTo fall more than 4% as 2022 loss swells to $2.6 billion
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-21 | by ( Sheila Chiang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

GoTo Group posted a wider full-year 2022 net loss of 40.4 trillion rupiah ($2.63 billion) in its latest earnings report. Shares of GoTo Group fell as much as 4.62% on Tuesday after the Indonesian tech giant's annual net loss for 2022 widened. The full-year net loss came in at 40.4 trillion Indonesian rupiah ($2.63 billion) last year, according to its latest earnings report. Here are the key takeaways:Net revenue: 11.3 trillion rupiah, vs. 5.2 trillion rupiah in 2021Adjusted loss before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization: 16 trillion rupiah, vs. 16.5 trillion rupiah in 2021Net loss: 40.4 trillion rupiah, vs. 25.9 trillion rupiah in 2021And in the fourth quarter of 2022:Net revenue: 3.4 trillion rupiah, vs. 4.5 trillion rupiah in the third quarterAdjusted EBITDA loss: 3.1 trillion rupiah, vs. 3.7 trillion rupiah in the previous quarterGoTo, the combined entity between ride-hailing giant Gojek and e-commerce marketplace Tokopedia, went public on the Indonesia Stock Exchange last April. "This strategy enabled us to reduce incentives and product marketing in fourth quarter 2022 by 34%, or 2.8 trillion rupiah, year-on-year.

☆ Singapore’s 15 fastest-growing jobs for 2023, according to LinkedIn
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-22 | by ( Goh Chiew Tong | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Jobs that help companies digitize and grow amid economic volatility are on the rise in Singapore, according to LinkedIn. Its latest Jobs on the Rise data revealed spikes in hiring for growth specialists, technical jobs and health-care professionals in Asia — among other jobs expected to expand hiring well into 2023. Researchers from LinkedIn examined jobs from January 2018 to July 2022 to calculate the growth rate for each job title in a specific country. Here's the full list of Singapore's jobs on the rise in 2023, according to LinkedIn:1. Machine learning engineerMost common skills: TensorFlow, Deep Learning, PyTorch Most common industries: Technology and media, manufacturing, financial services Median years of prior experience: 2.6 Remote job availability: 4.5%12.

☆ Tech layoffs in Southeast Asia mount as unprofitable startups seek to extend their runways
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Sheila Chiang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Lauryn Ishak | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesMore tech startups in Southeast Asia laid off workers this year, as macro headwinds widened losses and venture capitalists pushed startups to extend their runways. Jia Jih Chai RainforestThey join Sea Group and other companies in the region in downsizing headcount. Sea Group, according to local media, laid off more than 7,000 employees over the past six months. Tech startups in Southeast Asia are still largely unprofitable, with names like Sea Group and Grab amassing billions of losses annually. Existing investors in the company are also actively advising founders to prepare for winter, Jussi Salovaara, Antler's co-founder and managing partner for Asia, told CNBC.

☆ Indonesia's GoTo has lost almost 70% of its valuation since its April IPO
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Sheila Chiang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Indonesia's GoTo Group has lost 68.5% of its initial value of 400 trillion rupiah ($28 billion) since its initial public offering in April. While the stock has ticked lower most of the year, GoTo shares sold off after pre-IPO shareholders opted out of a secondary offering following the lock-up expiration on Nov. 30. GoTo Group is the merged entity between Indonesia's two largest tech companies: ride-hailing giant Gojek and e-commerce marketplace Tokopedia. On Wednesday, the last day of the lock-up, GoTo said those pre-IPO shareholders decided to not proceed with the secondary offering. It was last seen trading near 123 rupiah, giving the company a valuation of about 126 trillion rupiah.

☆ Indonesia's GoTo says some pre-IPO shareholders not taking up secondary offering
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

JAKARTA, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Indonesian biggest tech firm PT GoTo Gojek Tokopedia (GOTO.JK) said on Wednesday evening that some of its pre-IPO shareholders had decided not to take up a secondary offering of shares at this time. The shareholders were those who considered the proposed transaction, GoTo said in a statement without naming them. Shares of GoTo closed down 6.79% on Wednesday to 151 rupiah a piece prior to the announcement. The announcement came as the eight-month lock-up period for pre-IPO shareholders expired on Wednesday. GoTo, which raised $1.1 billion in an IPO last April, said in October that the purpose for a coordinated secondary offering of shares was to "facilitate an orderly sale through the negotiated market."

☆ Shares of Indonesia's GoTo fall 6% as nine-month loss swells
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Sheila Chiang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Indonesia's GoTo Group reported its nine-month accumulated losses surged from a year ago, even as quarterly losses shrank as the company cut costs. GoTo accumulated a loss of 20.32 trillion rupiah ($1.29 billion) between January and September, far more than the 11.58 trillion rupiah loss reported a year ago. For the third quarter, GoTo reported an adjusted EBITDA loss of 3.7 trillion rupiah (about $235 million), about 11% smaller than the 4.2 trillion rupiah adjusted EBITDA loss posted a year ago. That's also 10% narrower than the 4.1 trillion rupiah EBITDA loss reported for the second quarter and marks the third consecutive quarter of shrinking losses. GoTo Group is the result of a merger between two of Indonesia's largest tech companies — ride-hailing, food delivery and payments giant Gojek and e-commerce marketplace Tokopedia.

☆ Indonesia's GoTo to cut 1,300 jobs to step up cost cutting
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

GoTo said it has achieved around 800 billion rupiah ($51 million) in cost savings in the first half of this year through efficiency measures in technology, marketing and outsourcing. GoTo, which offers ride-hailing and financial services, went public in April with a $1.1 billion stock sale. Its shares are trading 44% below its initial public offering price, as investor sentiment on the tech sector sours amid soaring inflation and interest rates. Shares in GoTo rose 2.8% on Friday after announcing the job cuts. In recent months, Southeast Asia's largest-ecommerce firm Shopee cut jobs in various countries and shut some overseas operations as parent Sea (SE.N) struggle with losses.

☆ IPO funds raised by Southeast Asian companies fall amid economic headwinds
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Sheila Chiang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesThe funds raised by public listings in Southeast Asia fell by 52% this year compared to a year ago, data from Deloitte showed. Initial public offering (IPO) funds raised by companies in the region reached $6.3 billion from the January to Nov. 11 period, the management consulting company said. The findings also revealed that only eight large and medium-sized companies listed in 2022, less than half of the 19 large- and medium-sized companies that were listed in 2021. IPO activity in Southeast Asia was lower this year, with only two blockbuster IPOs — Indonesia's GoTo which raised $1.1 billion and Thai Life Insurance with $1 billion raised. This could mean that the bigger companies are holding out and postponing their listings in anticipation of better market conditions, Deloitte said.

☆ Indonesia's GoTo considering secondary offering of shares
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

JAKARTA, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Indonesia's biggest tech firm PT GoTo Gojek Tokopedia Tbk (GOTO.JK) is exploring a coordinated secondary offering of shares held by pre-IPO shareholders after a lock-up period ends late next month, the company said on Monday. It said it would not issue or sell new shares, so there would be no dilution of GoTo's shares. The remaining shares are held by some of GoTo's executives and shareholders, each with ownership of less than 5%. Shares of GoTo closed at 190 each on Monday, a drop of 5%. GoTo debuted on April this year, raising $1.1 billion in an IPO by selling around 4% of its shares at 338 rupiah each.

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