JAKARTA -- Singapore superapp Grab has managed to bring in a prominent Indonesian businessman as a new investor to its Indonesian e-payment service Ovo -- a move made to comply with a regulation covering a local share ownership requirement.
According to legal filings, Grab now holds 79.5% of shares in Ovo's parent company after the latter's new rights issue. That brings the Singaporean company's stake down from the previous 90% it had after purchasing shares earlier in the month from Tokopedia, local conglomerate Lippo Group and Japanese financial services company Tokyo Century.
