
JAKARTA -- Gojek and Tokopedia announced on Monday their plan to create Indonesia's largest privately held tech company through a merger. GoTo Group, the name of the new holding entity, covers a wide range of e-commerce and everyday services, including a "superapp" for ride-hailing and finance, and heralds a new age of regional internet-based business competition.
Here are five things to know about the deal that brings together a pair of local unicorns in Southeast Asia's biggest economy and the world's fourth-largest country with more than 270 million people.