Amazon in talks to partner with Indonesia's ride-hailing startup Go-Jek: WSJ

[August 28, 2019]   (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has held preliminary talks on a partnership with Indonesian ride-hailing startup Go-Jek Group, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics centre in Boves, France, January 19, 2019. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol

The world's biggest online retailer would make a sizable investment in Go-Jek and tap into the Jakarta-based company's delivery infrastructure in Indonesia, the report said.

Both Amazon and Go-Jek did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

One of Indonesia's first unicorn companies, Go-Jek, has 20 services and has evolved from ride-sharing to allowing its customers to make online payments and order everything from food to groceries and massage services.

Reuters reported in July that the ride-hailing company is valued up to $10 billion. Investors in Go-Jek include Alphabet Inc's, Alibaba Group Holdings Inc and Tencent Holdings, and Visa Inc said https://in.reuters.com/article/gojek-visa/visa-invests-in-indonesian-ride-hailing-firm-go-jek-idINKCN1UC073 it invested in the company as part of its Series F fundraising round.

(Reporting by Neha Malara in Bengaluru; editing by Arun Koyyur)

[© 2019 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved.]

Copyright 2019 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.  Thompson Reuters is solely responsible for this content.