BlaBlaCar, a community marketplace that connects drivers with empty seats to passengers looking for a ride, acquired Munich, Germany-based ridesharing community Carpooling.com.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
With the acquisition, Carpooling.com (including websites Mitfahrgelegenheit.de and Mitfahrzentrale.de) joined the BlaBlaCar ridesharing community and creates a community of ridesharers of over 20 million members in 18 countries across Europe and Asia under the BlaBlaCar brand.
Following the transaction, BlaBlaCar will also grow internally to 290 employees in 11 offices around the world.
In 2014, the company raised $100m in a Series C funding round led by Index Ventures, with participation from Accel Partners, ISAI and Lead Edge Capital (read here).
FinSMEs
16/04/2015
