Uber融資12億美元 估值400億

Uber, the on-demand ride-hailing service, closed a $1.2 billion round of financing on Thursday, valuing the company at an eye-popping $40 billion just five years after its debut.

本週四，共乘租車服務Uber在新一輪融資中籌得12億美元（約合人民幣72億元），該公司誕生短短五年後，估值就達到了令人瞠目的400億美元。

The company authorized a sale of up to an additional $600 million in stock on top of the $1.2 billion round, according to a Delaware filing on Thursday.

上週四在特拉華州提交的一份文件顯示，除了這12億美元之外，該公司還授權銷售高達6億美元的股票。

“Millions of people may decide that they no longer need to own a car because using Uber will be cheaper than owning one,” Travis Kalanick, chief executive of Uber, said in a blog post on Thursday announcing the raise.

“數百萬人可能會決定不再買車，因爲使用Uber更加便宜，”本週四，Uber首席執行官特拉維斯·卡蘭尼克(Travis Kalanick)在宣佈這輪融資的博文中寫道。

Uber, which operates in more than 200 cities around the world, has already raised more than $1.5 billion in venture capital. Uber was last valued at $17 billion just six months ago, when it raised funding from investors including BlackRock, Google Ventures and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

Uber在全球200多個城市經營業務，已募集逾15億的風險投資。僅僅半年前，當貝萊德( BlackRock)、谷歌風險投資公司(Google Ventures)和凱鵬華盈(Kleiner Perkins Caufield& Byers)等公司投資Uber時，它的估值才170億美元。

But despite the company’s rapid expansion over its five years of existence, Uber is racing to beat other ride-sharing rivals like Lyft and Sidecar, who are also raising large amounts of money to grow quickly in the United States.

但是，儘管Uber在其五年的歷史中迅速擴張，它仍在努力爭取擊敗Lyft、Sidecar等同類服務，這些競爭對手也籌集了大筆資金，在美國的業務增長迅速。

Uber also faces competition on international fronts. It is fighting expensive regulatory battles in Europe, Thailand and Vietnam, among other countries. And on Wednesday, Softbank announced it had invested $250 million in GrabTaxi, a popular service in Southeast Asia.

Uber還面臨着國際競爭。在歐洲、泰國和越南等國，該公司正在和監管機構作戰，勝負事關大筆金額。本週三，軟銀(Softbank)宣佈，已向東南亞頗具人氣的服務企業GrabTaxi投資2.5億美元。

The Delaware filing, obtained by VC Experts, was first reported by Fortune.

在特拉華州提交的文件被VC Experts獲悉，由《財富》(Fortune)率先報道。