SoftBank woes and Uber losses put pressure on Asian superapp Grab

Profit the new mantra at Singapore startup once promised 'unlimited support'

20191105 Gojek and Grab

The Grab-Gojek battle is heating up across Southeast Asia. (Photo by Rie Ishii)

KENTARO IWAMOTO, Nikkei staff writer

SINGAPORE -- It already seems like a distant memory when SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son visited Indonesia in July and promised a $2 billion investment in the country through tech startup Grab, which in turn pledged to build a "second headquarters" in Jakarta.

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