CAR

CAR

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Overview

CAR Inc. is a car rental service provider, CAR is dedicated to providing customers across China with superior car rental services including short-term rental, long-term rental and financial leasing, as well as assorted value-added services as roadside assistance, one-way rentals, etc. As of June 2014, they operated in 70 major cities, at 52 airports across China with over 717 service locations, serving more than 1 million individual customers and nearly 10,000 corporate clients.

Their nationwide service network covers major cities and tourist destinations in mainland China. Alongside with their well-developed website and 24/7 call centers, they provide 24-hour customer service delivering convenience, flexibility and value to their customers, serving to satisfy diversified customer needs as well as to support and ensure customers' safe driving.

Since establishment they have well received encouraging customer and social reviews nationwide. In 2008, CAR acted as the official car rental service provider of the 29th Summer Olympic Games, and was awarded the 21th Century Future Star by China Entrepreneur magazine. In 2009, CAR was listed one of Forbes China's Potential Enterprises. In 2010, CAR was named New Fortune's Highest Potential Business Model and China.com's Annual Best Car Rental Service. In 2011, CAR received the Best Service Award given by China Brand Festival, Best Car Rental Company by National Geographic Traveler and Harvard Business Review’s 5th Management Action Gold Award.

Highlights

Founded

2007

Industry

Automotive

Employees

10001+

Investment

2

Lead Investment

1

Exits

1

Stages

Early Stage Venture

Investor Type

N/A

Location

Asia

Contact Information

Social

Profile Resume

CAR, established in 2007 and headquartered in Asia., specializes in Early Stage Venture investments across Transportation, Automotive, Car Sharing, Financial Services, Venture Capital, Finance, Enterprise Software, Banking, Wealth Management, Personal Branding. The organization boasts a portfolio of 2 investments, with an average round size of $400.0M and 1 successful exits. Their recent investments include UCAR, Warburg Pincus, Legend Capital, Credit Suisse. The highest investment round they participated in was $43.2B. Among their most notable exits are UCAR and Warburg Pincus. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

N/A

Investment portfolio

CAR has made 2 investments. Their most recent investment was on Sep 17, 2015, when UCAR raised $550.0M.

investments

2

Diversity investments

0

Lead investments

1

Number of exits

1

Investments

2

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Jul 02, 2015
UCAR UCAR
Transportation250.0M
Sep 17, 2015
UCAR UCAR
Transportation550.0M

Exits

1

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

2

Investors

5

Funds

0

Funding Rounds

2

CAR has raised 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Sep 17, 2015 from a Series B - UCAR round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Jul 02, 2015
Series A - UCAR Series A - UCAR
-250.0M-
Sep 17, 2015
Series B - UCAR Series B - UCAR
-550.0M-

Investors

8

CAR is funded by 8 investor(s). MBK Partners and BAIC Group Kantor are the most recent investors.

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
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1.0M
May 11, 2013
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1.0M

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