S'pore-based gaming portal Garena picks up Goldman for planned US$1b IPO

Singapore

GARENA, South-east Asia's most valuable startup, picked Goldman Sachs Group Inc to lead a planned initial public offering that could fetch about US$1 billion, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

The Singapore-based online gaming portal and e-commerce provider plans to select additional banks as soon as this month, the people said. Garena is considering listing in the US, the people said, asking not to be identified because the information is private.