GudangAda Closes Series B Round with 1.49 Trillion Rupiah Funding

The B2B marketplace platform for FMCG, GudangAda, has secured another investment of $100 million or around 1.49 trillion rupiah. This is a series B funding round led by Asia Partners and Falcon Edge.

Also, Sequoia Capital India, Alpha JWC Ventures, and Wavemake Partners are participated in this funding. For GudangAda, this investment has exceeded its initial target, which was $75 million. With the additional funding, GudangAda has now raised a total investment of up to $135 million.

Falcon Edge's Co-Founder, Navroz D. Udwadia said, after years of investing in a number of marketplace, Stevensang seemed to have the ability to execute business in a short time. Therefore, he is optimistic that GudangAda will become the largest marketplace for Indonesian MSMEs

"With our research and discussion with principals, wholesalers and retailers, we are confident in GudangAda's return on investment (ROI) and the benefits it offers to the entire ecosystem," he said.

Enhance the supply chain business

GudangAda's Founder and CEO, Stevensang said the company is now in the right path to empower all players in the Indonesian supply chain ecosystem, from producers, distributors, wholesalers, to retailers. GudangAda said its services have been used by nearly half a million users in more than 500 cities in tier 1 to tier 3 with a comprehensive monetization model and complete ecosystem.

"We will expand GudangAda's team and enhance our service ecosystem from logistics, payment systems (POS/SaaS), marketing, data, to financial services. We will also strengthen our position by developing artificial intelligence to offer the best personalized services to SME traders," he said in an official statement.