On Tuesday, ride hailing service provider Bolt stated, it has raised $109 million (100 million euros) from London-based investment firm Naya Capital Management in a deal which values the company at 1.7 billion euros. Bolt said, it will use the funds to further increase its market share in a sector deeply affected by the coronavirus…
Uber has added half a dozen investment banks, including Bank of America Corp, Citigroup Inc, Barclays Plc, Deutsche Bank AG, Allen & Company, and JMP Securities, to its IPO underwriting lineup. According to sources familiar with the matter at hand, Uber Technologies Inc has hired a string of investment banks to its syndicate as its…
McNeill’s ability to nurture and bring a startup to scale will be beneficial for Lyft as it continues to grow and expand in the coming years. Lyft disclosed it has hired Jon McNeill, a former president of global sales and service at Tesla, as its chief operating officer and noted McNeill’s ability and experience of…
The new funding round, led by Alphabet’s CapitalG, saw its valuation boost by $500 million to $11.5 billion. As per U.S. share authorization documents filed in Delware, Lyft Inc is raising an additional $500 million in funding led by Alphabet Inc’s CapitalG. The new funding round is an extension of the $1 billion round that…
A positive outcome of the talks could enable Lyft to ward off discussions on its IPO, slated for 2018, and could enable it to increase its footprint in the U.S. As per a source familiar with the matter at hand, Alphabet Inc is holding early talks with Lyft Inc regarding purchasing a stake in the…
It turns out, in the age of self-driven cars, car rental companies do have a future, albeit with a change in their business model. The self-driving car unit of Alphabet Inc, Waymo, has disclosed that it has signed a multi-year agreement with the Avis Budget Group Inc, a car rental company, for managing its growing…
There is a significant rise from its last funding round which had valued the company at $5.5 billion. In a major milestone for Lyft Inc, in the latest funding round of the ride services company, it has mopped up at least $500 million thus bringing about its valuation to $7.5 billion, said a source close…
The algorithm is more efficient than the ones used by Lyft and Uber. Researchers from MIT have conclusively proven that not only is carpooling less polluting, but it is also a more cost effective and efficient solution as opposed to utilizing the services of traditional taxis. Researchers from MIT’s CSAIL computer science lab have come…
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