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The bike taxi aggregator is exploring a sale, even as it hunts for fresh funding, given the state shared mobility is in and the flagging of investor interest.
Editor's note: From the outside, the company seems healthy. In what has been a horrible year for mobility, Rapido has closed its Series C funding this year—netting about $50 million in August. The latest round of funding valued the company at about $235 million. After Ola, Rapido has raised the most funds this year in mobility, according to data from Venture Intelligence. Surprisingly, Rapido has been considering a sale and is in talks with at least one company for a possible buyout, according to two people aware of the details, who asked not to be identified. Meanwhile, it has also been trying to raise a bigger funding round too. Whichever happens first. The company does not seem to be in a rush to sell, but it faces a knotty problem. One, this would be the third sale of a mobility startup we are hearing about in the past six months. Bus company Shuttl was forced to shut down and was eventually sold to Chalo, which has a public transport app. Scooter rental company Vogo is also in the market and in talks …
The bike taxi aggregator is exploring a sale, even as it hunts for fresh funding, given the state shared mobility is in and the flagging of investor interest.
Editor's note: From the outside, the company seems healthy. In what has been a horrible year for mobility, Rapido has closed its Series C funding this year—netting about $50 million in August. The latest round of funding valued the company at about $235 million. After Ola, Rapido has raised the most funds this year in mobility, according to data from Venture Intelligence. Surprisingly, Rapido has been considering a sale and is in talks with at least one company for a possible buyout, according to two people aware of the details, who asked not to be identified. Meanwhile, it has also been trying to raise a bigger funding round too. Whichever happens first. The company does not seem to be in a rush to sell, but it faces a knotty problem. One, this would be the third sale of a mobility startup we are hearing about in the past six months. Bus company Shuttl was forced to shut down and was eventually sold to Chalo, which has a public transport app. Scooter rental company Vogo is also in the market and in talks …
Pricing constraints and uncertain daily-use demand cast doubt on instant help’s ability to replicate quick commerce.
The popular super app startup is seeing widening losses, Dubai’s financial zone wants more wealth and Aramco’s big quarter.
The quick-commerce startup weighs a valuation cut or finding alternative funding to stay afloat as investor appetite for loss-making businesses weakens.
Pricing constraints and uncertain daily-use demand cast doubt on instant help’s ability to replicate quick commerce.
The popular super app startup is seeing widening losses, Dubai’s financial zone wants more wealth and Aramco’s big quarter.
The quick-commerce startup weighs a valuation cut or finding alternative funding to stay afloat as investor appetite for loss-making businesses weakens.
