Taxi service inDriver has become a “unicorn”

The Russian taxi service inDriver, founded by Arsen Tomsky, an IT entrepreneur from Yakutia, has become a “unicorn”. The company's valuation topped $1 billion earlier this year.

about investments from "top funds" and a new assessment On September 7, Tomsky spoke on his Facebook page. The telegram channel The Edinorog was the first to draw attention to the post .

According to the founder of inDriver, the service's valuation reached $1.23 billion in early 2021. The company raised $150 million from Insight Partners (lead investor), Bond Capital and General Catalyst. In February 2020, inDriver closed a $72 million round with a valuation of $472 million. Thus, its valuation increased by 2.6 times over the year.

“New investments are aimed at growth in the 35 current countries where the service is present, entering new countries, including developed countries, and new market segments,” writes Tomsky. Among other things, the funds will be used to strengthen the team.

• By the beginning of 2020, inDriver had a $10 million investment from the Leta Capital fund - then it entered the top 3 taxi services in terms of the number of monthly application installations (along with Didi and Uber), according to data from Sensor Tower, a research company cited by Tomsky.

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cardholders Last year, Arsen Tomsky became a guest of a private event for Bell.Club . An excerpt from the book of the entrepreneur “inDriver: from Yakutsk to Silicon Valley. The history of the creation of a global technology company” can be read here .