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Grab Raises $1.46B From Softbank, Boosts Its Valuation To $14B

With the latest funding, Grab aims to provide additional services beyond integrating the city transportation.

Grab Raises $1.46B From Softbank, Boosts Its Valuation To $14B

Grab raises 1.46 billion from Softbank Vision Fund in the latest round of series H funding. Microsoft, Booking Holdings, Hyundai, Yamaha, Tokyo Century and Central Group of Company are the other investors in this round of funding.

From the collected funds, the ride-hailing platform is aiming to develop its services into a daily app for the South Asian market.

When Toyota injected $1 billion at the start of Series H funding, the company’s last valuation stood at $11 billion. According to the sources, after the latest round of funding, the current valuation of the company reached $14 billion.

Singapore headquartered company originally aimed for $2 billion which had been raised to $5 billion. Despite the huge funding, Grab indicated that the funding round has not yet closed and they are still looking for more strategic investors.

The investment came just after the company’s close rival, Uber surrendered its operations in the South Asian region to Grab. The surrender costs 27.5 percent of the company’s stake to Uber.

Grab Raises Funding

Ming Maa, a former Softbank’s executive said,

It seems that the company is not interested in an IPO after the on-going trend of the ride-hailing service providers like Uber and Lyft were listed for the IPO process this year.

Grab is now focusing on diversifying its business. Last year, it started working on providing additional services and partnered with third-party like grocery delivery company HappyFresh, Ping, and streaming service Hook. Currently, it also operates payments and food delivery business beyond ride-hailing services.

Maa further added,

Both Grab and Go-Jek have rapidly amassed millions of users with low pricing in South Asian countries. This shows the huge potential of the ride-hailing industry in the future as well.

Recently Go-Jek, a major ride-hailing player in Indonesia and another close rival of Grab announced that it has bagged $100 million in series H round of funding. They are aggressively expanding their business in South Asia and their current valuation closed at $1 billion.

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