Aditya Kumar, an ex-SoftBank corporate venturer who joined ride hailing service Go-Jek last year, has taken a role at its corporate venturing unit.

Go-Ventures, the corporate venture capital unit formed by Indonesia-based ride hailing service Go-Jek, appointed Aditya Kumar as vice-president of investments last month.

Go-Jek officially announced the formation of Go-Ventures in August 2018. It invested an undisclosed amount in Indonesia-based online media startup Kumparan in September and took part in a $30m round for eSports game platform Mobile Premier League three months later.

Kumar had been vice-president of corporate development for Go-Jek since May 2018, having previously spent some…

Robert Lavine

Robert Lavine is special features editor for Global Venturing.