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| Type of business | Private |
|---|---|
Type of site | E-commerce |
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Founded | February 6, 2009 |
| Headquarters | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Area served | Indonesia |
| Founder(s) | William Tanuwijaya Leontinus Alpha Edison |
| Key people | William Tanuwijaya (Co-founder, CEO) Leontinus Alpha Edison (Co-founder, COO) |
| Industry | Internet |
| Products | Electronic commerce |
| Services | Online shopping |
| Employees | 1500 (2017)[1] |
| Website | Tokopedia.com |
| Alexa rank |  165 ((As of March 2018))[2] |
| Registration | Registration required to sell |
Tokopedia (est. in 2009) is considered a unicorn company, and is one of Indonesia’s biggest online marketplaces.
History
PT Tokopedia was founded by William Tanuwijaya and Leontinus Alpha Edison on February 6, 2009. The company manages Tokopedia.com, which was publicly launched on August 17.
Investments
PT Tokopedia received initial seed funding from PT Indonusa Dwitama in 2009 of IDR 2.5 billion. In the following years, Tokopedia attracted capital injections from global venture capitals including East Ventures (2010), CyberAgent Ventures (2011), NetPrice (2012), and SoftBank Ventures Korea (2013). In October 2014, Tokopedia managed to make history as the first technology company in Southeast Asia to receive a US$100 million investment (around IDR 1.2 trillion) from Sequoia Capital and SoftBank Internet and Media Inc (SIMI). In April 2016, Tokopedia raised another $147 million.[3] In 2017, Tokopedia raised yet another $1.1 billion from Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba.[4]
Transactions
As of April 2015, Tokopedia.com claims to have more than 4.9 million active product listings, facilitating sales of more than 5 million products every month.[5]
Brand ambassador
On November 12, 2014, Tokopedia.com officially announced Chelsea Islan as its brand ambassador.[6]
References
- ↑ Anisa Menur A. Maulani (August 17, 2017). "Tokopedia confirms US$1.1B investment led by Alibaba". Archived from the original on March 19, 2018. https://archive.today/20180319143320/https://e27.co/tokopedia-confirms-us1-1b-investment-alibaba-20170817/. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
- ↑ "Tokopedia.com Site Info". Amazon.com. https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/Tokopedia.com. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
- ↑ Wee, Willis (2016-04-08). "Indonesian marketplace Tokopedia raises $147m". TechInAsia. https://www.techinasia.com/indonesia-tokopedia-raises-147m. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
- ↑ Russell, Jon. "Alibaba leads $1.1B investment in Indonesia-based e-commerce firm Tokopedia". TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/17/alibaba-tokopedia/. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ↑ Cosseboom, Leighton (2015-04-04). "Indonesia’s 15 best-funded tech ventures". Tech In Asia. https://www.techinasia.com/indonesia-15-best-funded-tech-ventures/. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
- ↑ "Tokopedia wants to initiate RI version of Silicon Valley". Jakarta Post. 2014-11-12. http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/11/12/tokopedia-wants-initiate-ri-version-silicon-valley.html. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
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