Friday Flashback: GoJek Becomes Indonesia's First Decacorn Know what happened in the APAC region over the past week

By Nidhi Singh • Apr 12, 2019

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Here's a series on the big developments that took place in the APAC region over the past one week.

According to CB Insights, Ride-hailing service Gojek is now Indonesia's first decacorn with $10 billion valuation.
Hong Kong-based Travel activities platform Klook raised $225 million from Softbank Vision Fund to double down on global expansion.
Japan's largest talent agency, Yoshimoto Kogyo has made an investment in regional video streaming platform iflix. This is Yoshimoto Kogyo's first investment in overseas media.

Nidhi Singh

Former Correspondent, Entrepreneur Asia-Pacific

A self confessed Bollywood Lover, Travel junkie and Food Evangelist.I like travelling and I believe it is very important to take ones mind off the daily monotony .

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