# Garrison John

> Garrison John is a chief executive associated with RateS, the Indonesia-focused social commerce platform that turns housewives, students, and small-town hustlers into online resellers. The company began life in Singapore in 2017 as the e-commerce payments startup RateX before pivoting into social commerce across Indonesia's tier-2 and tier-3 cities. Listed on LinkedIn with a Harvard education and based in the New York City metropolitan area, John sits at the intersection of Wall Street financing logic and warung-level commerce, where the whole game is shaving inefficiency out of sourcing, supply chain, inventory, and working capital for half a million resellers.

- **Role:** CEO at RateS
- **Organizations:** RateS, Rate Pte Ltd
- **Education:** Harvard University
- **Known for:** Associated with scaling RateS to serve roughly 500,000 resellers across Indonesia, RateS reported gross merchandise volume growing roughly 4x in 2021, RateS raised about $21M in total funding from investors including Vertex, Insignia, and Beacon Venture Capital

## Career timeline

- **2017** — Rate Pte Ltd founded in Singapore as e-commerce payments startup under the RateX brand
- **2019** — Company expands into Indonesia, pivoting toward social commerce
- **2021** — RateS closes Series A led by Vertex Ventures SE Asia & India with venture debt from Genesis Alternative Ventures
- **2022** — RateS raises $6M Series A+ led by Vertex, with Insignia Ventures Partners and Beacon Venture Capital

## Achievements

- Associated with scaling RateS to serve roughly 500,000 resellers across Indonesia
- RateS reported gross merchandise volume growing roughly 4x in 2021
- RateS raised about $21M in total funding from investors including Vertex, Insignia, and Beacon Venture Capital

## Latest updates

- **2022-01** — RateS announced a $6M Series A+ round led by Vertex Ventures SE Asia & India.

## Links

- Website: https://ratesapp.co.id
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/garrison-john-03781b16b
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/rates_idn
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rates.idn/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/rates.idn/

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Last updated: 2026-06-04