Ada Saham Lippo Group di Grab, Alasan Jokowi Tak Berani Tutup Angkutan Online?
22 Maret 2016 5:00 PM

Jakarta, Aktual.com — Angkutan Umum berbasis Online, Grab yang hari ini Selasa (22/3) didemo besar-besar oleh Supir Angkutan Umum Konvensional karena dianggap ilegal, kemarin Senin (22/3) mengumumkan bahwa mereka telah melakukan kerja sama strategis dengan Lippo Group.

Lippo Group adalah salah satu konglomerasi di Indonesia karena kepemilikan sejumlah ritel, mall, bank, media masa, sekolah, pemakaman, dan rumah sakit ternama yang tersebar di kota-kota besar di tanah air.

Seperti dikutip dari Tech in Asia, hubungan antara Grab dan Lippo Group ini bukanlah kali pertama yang dilakukan. Karena berdasarkan laporan, Lippo Group ternyata merupakan salah satu investor awal dari Grab.

Direktur Lippo Group, John Riady mengakui bahwa Venturra Capital milik Lippo Group, memiliki sejumlah saham di Grab. Nilai investasi VC, dalam hal ini Lippo Group berada di dalamnya, sebesar 100 juta dollar AS.

Investasi ini sebelumnya dirahasiakan, kemungkinan terkait dengan status Grab yang selama ini belum jelas, hingga belakangan ditegaskan melalui keharusan membentuk koperasi.

Lippo Group berencana akan memanfaatkan “keahlian transportasi dan pengiriman” milik Grab. Artinya Lippo akan memanfaatkan jaringan transportasi milik Grab untuk mendukung situs e-commerce miliknya, MatahariMall.

Di Asia Tenggara, layanan GrabTaxi merupakan saingan berat dari aplikasi booking mobil asal AS, UBER. Sedangkan di Indonesia, GrabBike bersaing ketat dengan aplikasi bookingkhusus roda dua GO-JEK.

Kuat dugaan pemerintah tidak berani tegas terhadap Angkutan Transportasi Online, karena kepemilikan saham konglomerasi besar di dalamnya.

Desas-desus mengabarkan, Lippo Group adalah perusahaan yang mendanai kampanye politik Jokowi-JK saat Pilpres 2014.

http://www.aktual.com/ada-saham-lippo-group-di-grab-alasan-jokowi-tak-berani-tutup-angkutan-online/

Grab funding from Indonesia’s Lippo Group confirmed
Nadine Freischlad
11:28 AM on Mar 21, 2016

Grab, the on-demand ride app for Southeast Asia, this morning announced a strategic partnership with Indonesia’s Lippo Group. The huge conglomerate owns, among other things, shopping malls and runs ecommerce venture Matahari Mall. It plans to make use of Grab’s “transport and deliveries expertise,” according to a press release.

The partnership, it turns out, did not start today. Lippo Group director John Riady confirmed to Tech in Asia through a text message that Lippo is an early investor in Grab. There’s no mention of that in today’s announcement.

It’s a major rival to Uber across six Southeast Asian nations.

Riady also said that Jakarta-based Venturra Capital has a stake in Grab. Lippo Group is a backer of the US$150 million Southeast Asia fund.

Grab, which hails from Malaysia, is a major rival to Uber across six Southeast Asian nations. In Indonesia the startup offers rides in regulated cabs, private cars, and on motorbike taxis.

This investment was previously kept secret, possibly because of Grab’s still pending legal status in Indonesia, which now seems to be resolved.
War of numbers

In the same release, Grab makes bold claims about the strength of its performance in Indonesia.

It says that Grabcar, which is like UberX, has more than 50 percent market share in the private rides market – implying that it now beats Uber in the number of rides booked in Indonesia. This milestone, it says, was achieved by the end of 2015.

The second claim is that Grab this month “exceeded 50 per cent of the motorcycle taxi market share in Indonesia” – implying it is gaining an advantage over arch-rival Go-Jek, an Indonesian startup that specializes in two-wheelers.

Grab this month offered free motorbike rides to new customers, and its price for short distance rides is lower that Go-Jek’s.

However, Grab declined to back its statement with hard numbers, saying only that it’s based on the number of rides booked, not the number of drivers and that the insight was gleaned through “internal data and analysis.”

https://www.techinasia.com/grab-funding-indonesias-lippo-group-confirmed

Stefan Jung, John Riady, Rudy Ramawy launch Venturra Capital with $150M
Leighton Cosseboom
9:59 AM on Oct 8, 2015

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An alchemy to take seriously

The Venturra partnership brings together some interesting track records in tech and multi-industry company building. To one degree or another, the managing partners are in bed with big-name startups like GrabTaxi, Traveloka, HappyFresh, Bridestory, Munchery, MatahariMall, and more.

https://www.techinasia.com/indonesia-southeast-asia-lippo-digital-ventures-venturra-capital