Uber竞争对手从软银和滴滴出行融资20亿美元

据《华尔街日报》上周五报道，Uber Technologies在东南亚市场最大的的竞争对手Grab，将从日本软银和中国领先叫车服务公司滴滴出行融资20亿美元。

据《华尔街日报》援引知情人士称，这笔交易可能在未来数周完成，对这家新加坡公司的估值将超过50亿美元。

当前，Grab正在向消费技术公司转型，除叫车服务外，还提供贷款、电子转账以及货币市场基金等业务。

Grab对此拒绝评论，软银和滴滴出行也未对路透社的置评要求做出回复。

Grab的打车平台遍及7个国家的55个城市。其在去年9月的融资中融得7.5亿美元，有消息来源称这家刚成立5年的初创公司当时的估值已超过30亿美元。

与此同时，全球最大的叫车服务公司、来自旧金山的Uber，却要面对本土的各种挫折，如对其公司文化中涉及性别歧视的指控，以及司机的抗议等等。

上个月，Uber联合创始人兼CEO特拉维斯·卡兰尼克在投资者的压力下辞职，让公司面临的挑战达到了高潮。（财富中文网）

译者：刘进龙/汪皓

Grab, Uber Technologies's biggest rival in Southeast Asia, is raising as much as $2 billion in funding from Japan's SoftBank and China's top ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

The deal, which could close in the next few weeks, would value Singapore-based Grab at more than $5 billion, the Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

The reported funding comes amid efforts by Grab to transform into a consumer technology firm that also offers loans, electronic money transfer, and money-market funds.

Grab declined to comment, while SoftBank and Didi did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment.

Grab, which operates its ride-hailing platform in 55 cities across seven countries, raised $750 million in a funding round in September, with sources then valuing the five-year-old startup at over $3 billion.

The reported deal also comes at a time when San Francisco-based Uber, the world's largest ride-hailing service, faces setbacks at home ranging from accusations of a sexist work culture and driver protests.

Uber's challenges have culminated in the departure of co-founder and CEO Travis Kalanick, who stepped down under investor pressure last month.