People familiar with the Apple investment drops, Uber really afraid of Apple, drops, step Uber-IT information

One person and some analysts say Apple May drop this year invested US $ 1 billion, this is Uber final decision to sell China to drop one of the important factors.

Drops bid and China, the two companies have spent huge sums of money, using a variety of means for the Chinese market.

Uber eventually realized that it was no match for a drop in the market in China, because behind the drop are backed up by three of the world's biggest tech giants, has plenty of cash.

Two companies prior to the merger drops to raise much more money than China, it shook the Uber huge investment to beat arch-rival strategic and force the Uber finally throw in the towel. Apple drops support shows that only huge investment is difficult to beat the drop.

"Apple's investment is one of the factors that influence decision-making by Uber. "One of the people familiar with the matter said on condition of anonymity. "Uber and raised large sums of money to the last drop. Competition between the two companies might think they are going to escalate into nuclear war, this raises a question: do we really want to destroy each other? ”

In June this year, drops in one round of financing raised $ 7.3 billion, investors include Apple, China life insurance company, Ant gold clothing, which drops a market value of $ 28 billion.

Drops of shareholders including the Chinese Internet giant Tencent and Alibaba. Drops says it had $ 10.5 billion the funds available.

A year ago, Uber CEO telaweisi·kalannike (Travis Kalanick) started to increase investment in China. In order to compete with the drop in investment, and China needs to raise a lot of money. Eventually, raised more than $ 1.5 billion in China, a market value of $ 8 billion.

Uber said that companies in the United States and Canada about 100 cities in the profitable and used to subsidize high income Chinese. Claim to the last drop, last year was less than US $ 60 million net profit in China.

In June this year, Uber before 2017, China also wants to step beyond the drop. Kalannike in March this year in an interview with Reuters denied the company was considering a sale of its China operations, and said he will be doing business in China for a long time.

Merge

People familiar with the matter said, drops and Uber consultations on the potential merger of at least five times, and accelerate the negotiations started about 3 months ago.

VC firm Benchmark Capital partner, Uber Board Member bier·keerli (Bill Gurley) that Uber has never felt the financial pressure. "Financing has never been a problem," he said, "in terms of financing, but no company can successfully like Uber. ”

However, in May this year, which is Uber and drops at the start of formal negotiations, Apple announced to invest $ 1 billion to the last drop. People familiar with the matter said, it was more convinced by Uber, many investors want to invest in drops, is hard to beat in the Chinese market, China step drops.

"Apple's priorities increase investment to drop the financing difficulty of China," JI Tong Shihao capital management partners (Hans Tung). Ggv capital investors drops.

"Apple to drop investment may make the Uber more seriously consider a deal in China. "Jackdaw investment company Research Analyst Jane Dawson (Jan Dawson) said" Apple and Uber has been a partner in other markets, if Apple drops side, suggesting that Uber's prospects in China. ”

Apple and Uber has reached some cooperation. Uber allows passengers to use Apple Pay payments and provide drivers with iPhone. Some investors said that Uber has been eager to deepen cooperation with Apple.

知情人士：苹果投资滴滴，Uber真的害怕 - 苹果,滴滴,优步,Uber - IT资讯

一位知情人士和一些分析师表示，苹果公司今年5月向滴滴出行投资了10亿美元，这是促使Uber最后决定将优步中国出售给滴滴的重要因素之一。

在滴滴收购优步中国之前，两家公司均耗费巨资、使用各种手段争夺中国市场。

Uber最终意识到，它在中国市场上不是滴滴的对手，因为滴滴背后有全球最大的三个科技巨头作为后盾，拥有充裕的现金。

在两家公司合并之前，滴滴筹集到的资金远远多于优步中国，这动摇了Uber通过巨额投资来击败主要竞争对手的战略，并迫使Uber最后认输。苹果对滴滴的支持表明，仅仅通过巨额投资打败滴滴是困难的。

“苹果的投资是影响Uber决策的因素之一。”一位不愿透露姓名的知情人士说。“Uber和滴滴都募集了巨额资金。这两家公司也许认为它们之间的竞争将要升级为核战争，这就产生了一个问题：我们真的希望相互毁灭？”

今年6月，滴滴在一轮融资中筹集了73亿美元，投资者包括苹果、中国人寿保险公司、蚂蚁金服等，这使滴滴市值达到280亿美元。

滴滴的股东包括中国互联网巨头阿里巴巴和腾讯。滴滴表示，它拥有105亿美元可用资金。

一年之前，Uber首席执行官特拉维斯·卡兰尼克(Travis Kalanick)开始加大在中国的投资。为了在投资上与滴滴一争高下，优步中国需要筹集大量资金。最终，优步中国筹集了超过15亿美元，市值达到80亿美元。

Uber表示，该公司在美国和加拿大约100个城市中实现盈利，并用这些收入来补贴优步中国。滴滴声称，优步中国去年在中国的净利润不到6000万美元。

就在今年6月，Uber还希望优步中国在2017年之前超越滴滴。卡兰尼克今年3月在接受路透社采访时否认该公司正在考虑出售其中国业务，并表示他将长期在中国开展业务。

合并

知情人士称，滴滴和Uber至少就潜在的合并事宜磋商了五次，并在大约3个月前开始加速谈判。

风投公司Benchmark Capital合伙人、Uber董事会成员比尔·柯尔利(Bill Gurley)表示，Uber在中国从未感到财务压力。“融资从来不是问题，”他表示，“在融资方面，还没有哪家公司能够像Uber这样成功。”

不过，在今年5月份，也就是Uber与滴滴的正式谈判开始时，苹果宣布对滴滴投资10亿美元。知情人士称，这让Uber愈加相信，有许多投资者希望投资滴滴，优步中国很难在中国市场击败滴滴。

“苹果对滴滴的投资加大了优步中国的融资难度，”纪源资本管理合伙人童士豪(Hans Tung)表示。纪源资本也是滴滴的投资者。

“苹果对滴滴的投资可能促使Uber更加认真地考虑在中国进行某种交易。”投资公司Jackdaw Research的分析师简·道森(Jan Dawson)表示，“苹果和Uber在其他市场一直是合作伙伴，如果苹果站在滴滴这一边，这说明Uber在中国的前景不妙。”

苹果和Uber已达成了一些合作。Uber允许乘客使用Apple Pay付款，并为司机提供iPhone。一些投资者透露，Uber一直渴望深化与苹果的合作。