Rakuten Leads $530M Investment In Lyft
- Investment in Lyft represents investment in the sharing economy -
TOKYO, March 12, 2015 – Rakuten, Inc. (TOKYO: 4755), today announced that it has agreed to purchase a 11.9% stake in Lyft, the San Francisco-based ride-sharing service provider and sharing economy pioneer. Rakuten is investing $300M as the lead investor in Lyft’s series E investment round.
global.rakuten.com/corp/news/press/2015/0312_01.html
Lyft has raised a total of $600 million in new funding, with a post-money valuation of $7.5 billion, the company announced via its blog on Tuesday. Reports had indicated the raise was in process, though the most recent figure pinned the total at $500 million, though that was prior to its closing.
Lyft’s investment included new funding partners including Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board, as well as participation from Alliance Bernstein, Baillie Gifford, KKR and previous investors Rakuten, Janus Capital and others.
techcrunch.com/2017/04/11/lyft-raises-600m-at-7-5b-valuation/
lässt sich zusammen mit den bereits mehrfach geposteten Zahlen aus dem Quartalsbericht über Investitionen von Rakuten Capital ein momentater Anteil von Rakuten um 11% an Lyft ableiten. Der Wert dieser Beteiligung wären somit 11% der IPO-Market-Cap bzw. der dann folgendenden Börsennotierungen.
The funding values Lyft at $10 billion before the introduction of new capital — a significant jump from the company’s last valuation of $6.9 billion.
www.nytimes.com/2017/10/19/technology/...pitalg-alphabet.html
Lyft just raised another $500 million— now it's valued at $11.5 billion
Nov. 23, 2017, 10:44 AM
Uber rival Lyft is raising an additional $500 million in funding, according to a U.S. share authorization document filed in Delaware. Axios was first to report the news.
The additional funding round, led by Alphabet’s CapitalG, is an extension of the $1 billion round announced in October.
www.businessinsider.com/...-115-billion-valuation-2017-11?IR=T