Southeast Asia's Grab to announce fresh $1 billion funding: source

Reuters 

By Anshuman and Aravindan

The funding will come from parties including U.S. investors and strategic backers, said the person, who declined to be identified as he was not authorised to speak to media.

declined to comment.

The funding comes after agreed in June to buy a $1 billion stake in as the lead investor in a financing round launched after Grab acquired Uber Technologies Inc's operations in

Six-year-old Grab, which counts Chinese ride-hailing firm and as backers, was valued at just over $10 billion after the automaker's investment, according to a person familiar with the matter at the time.

Grab, which started as a taxi-booking firm six years ago, has been transforming itself into a group, offering services such as digital payments and

Earlier this year, Uber sold its Southeast Asian business to Grab in exchange for a stake in the Singapore-based firm, in a deal that has prompted regulatory scrutiny.

reported Grab's new funding earlier on Wednesday.

(Reporting by Anshuman and in SINGAPORE; Additional reporting by in Bengaluru; Editing by Manolo Serapio Jr.)

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First Published: Wed, August 01 2018. 16:59 IST