Saudi Telecom to Invest $100 Million in Uber’s Middle East Rival - Bloomberg:
"Government controlled Saudi Telecom Co. will acquire a 10 percent stake in Middle East-based ride-hailing app Careem Networks FZ for $100 million, months after the country’s sovereign wealth fund invested in Uber Technologies Inc.
The board of STC, as the Saudi company is known, approved the investment in Dubai-based Careem on Dec. 15, according to a statement on the Saudi Stock Exchange Sunday. STC will fund the deal from internal resources. The company is already an investor in Careem through its venture capital arm, STC Ventures, according to Careem’s website.
Careem has been working with Credit Suisse Group AG to raise as much as $500 million, people familiar with the matter said in September, adding that the company could be valued at more than $1 billion after the funding. Careem raised $60 million last year from investors including buyout firm Abraaj Group to expand in the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
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