Reports suggest Grab, which just raised $856m from strategic partners TIS and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, is in talks to merge with rival Gojek in a $23bn deal.
Singapore-headquartered on-demand ride provider Grab secured $856m in funding from IT services provider TIS Intec’s TIS subsidiary and financial services firm Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) today.
MUFG provided $706m for the company while TIS invested $150m. News of the round came as The Information reported that Grab is in talks to merge with Southeast Asia’s other large ride hailing service, Gojek, in a deal that would value the joint company at $23bn.
Grab runs an on-demand transport service spanning…