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Posted 14th May 2015

Blablacar Acquisition of Carpooling.com

Blablacar Acquisition of Carpooling.com

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Blablacar Acquisition of Carpooling.com

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Frank Thiäner, M&A Advisers to Comuto S.A

BlaBlaCar has bought one of its biggest rivals in Germany, Carpooling.com, as well as Hungary-based Autohop to secure its spot as Europe’s leading city-to-city car-sharing service.

This exciting news has been picked up by major media outlets, such as The Economist, The Financial Times, VentureBeat, Entrepreneur and The Next Web.

P&P (Pöllath & Partners) and its team have advised Comuto S.A., the owner and operator of BlaBlaCar, on the acquisition of all shares in carpooling.com GmbH.

Categories: Finance, M&A, Strategy


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