“東南亞滴滴”Grab今晚初登納斯達克
東南亞最大的叫車服務和快遞公司Grab(GRAB.US)在與一家特殊目的收購公司(SPAC)以創紀錄的400億美元合併後,將於本週四初登納斯達克,此次上市將爲其他地區的IPO定下基調。
在納斯達克借殼上市目前是這家成立9年的新加坡公司的巔峯時刻。該公司最初是一個叫車應用,現在在8個國家的465個城市開展業務,提供食品配送、支付、保險和投資產品等服務。
Grab的競爭對手,包括地區性互聯網公司Sea (SE.US)和印尼科技巨頭GoTo,也在壯大,預計到2025年,該地區的互聯網經濟總商品交易額將翻一番,達到3600億美元。
Grab由其首席執行官Anthony Tan和Tan Hooi Ling創立。2011年,Tan Hooi Ling根據其在哈佛商學院風險投資競賽的想法創立了這家公司。
Tan於2012年在馬來西亞推出出租車應用後,將Grab拓展爲一個提供一系列服務的區域業務。後來將總部搬到了新加坡。
Tan接受採訪時表示:“我們向世界展示的是,本土科技公司能夠開發出可以在全球範圍內競爭的偉大技術,即使是在國際競爭者佔據本土市場的情況下,我們也可以可以與之競爭並取勝。”
Tan表示,Grab的上市將有助於向大約6.5億人口的東南亞地區投資者展示機會。
Grab的上市爲軟銀(SFTBY.US)和滴滴(DIDI.US)等早期投資者帶來了豐厚的回報,滴滴早在2014年就對該公司進行了投資。
隨後,豐田汽車(TM.US)、微軟(MSFT.US)和三菱日聯金融集團(MUFG.US)等公司也加入了投資行列。經過五年的努力,優步(UBER.US)將其東南亞業務出售給Grab,於2018年成爲Grab的股東。
分析師認爲,在東南亞分散的外賣和金融服務市場,許多參與者都有發展空間,但盈利之路可能很漫長。
今年9月,Grab下調了全年調整後的淨銷售額預測,理由是疫情限制出行導致了新的不確定性。
Grab第三季度收入下降9%,調整後的EBITDA虧損擴大66%,至2.12億美元。Grab表示,第二季度GMV躍升32%,達到創紀錄的40億美元。
該公司的目標是在2023年實現按EBITDA計算的盈利。
在進行SPAC交易期間,Grab籌集到了45億美元,其中包括在四月初與資產管理公司Altimeter Capital Management旗下的SPAC-Altimeter Growth Corp.(AGC.US)合併交易中籌集到的7.5億美元。
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