Indonesia's GoTo raises $1.3bn ahead of local IPO amid tech boom

Fidelity, Permodalan Nasional and Primavera Capital come aboard as new investors

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Indonesia's GoTo is attracting more investors. (Photo courtesy of GoTo)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -- Indonesia's biggest tech firm GoTo Group said on Thursday it had secured more than $1.3 billion in the first close of its pre-IPO funding round, which two sources said could launch in the first half of next year.

GoTo, formed by merging ride-hailing-to-payments firm Gojek and e-commerce leader Tokopedia, said in a statement on Thursday that Chinese buyout firm Primavera Capital, Malaysia's largest fund manager Permodalan Nasional Bhd and Fidelity International had come in as new investors.

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