Investments · Car sharing
SoftBank leads $300 million round in car-sharing company Getaround
- Investor
- SoftBank Group (via SoftBank Vision Fund) (Tokyo)
- In
- Getaround, San Francisco, California
- Value
- $300M
- Status
- Completed in 2018.
- Date
- 2018-08-21
SoftBank Group's Vision Fund led a $300 million funding round in Getaround, a San Francisco peer-to-peer car-sharing company. Toyota and other existing investors also took part. Getaround planned to use the money to enter new markets in North America and abroad.
Why it matters
The round added car sharing to SoftBank's set of US mobility investments alongside ride-hailing and self-driving cars.
Sources
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