中國(guó)叫車服務(wù)公司滴滴出行在愛(ài)沙尼亞網(wǎng)約車公司Taxify進(jìn)行了一筆投資，以幫助其在歐洲和非洲擴(kuò)張業(yè)務(wù)，但未披露投資金額。目前，在這兩個(gè)地區(qū)的個(gè)別城市，滴滴已經(jīng)搶占了美國(guó)公司Uber的市場(chǎng)份額。

兩家公司在上周二的一份聯(lián)合聲明中宣布，滴滴出行將投資Taxify，并與其合作，支持Taxify在區(qū)域市場(chǎng)進(jìn)一步擴(kuò)張。

滴滴以及資金日益雄厚的其他叫車服務(wù)業(yè)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手，希望趁Uber陷入困境，在全球區(qū)域市場(chǎng)蠶食Uber的地盤。

Taxify最近表示，在約25個(gè)城市已有250萬(wàn)活躍乘客，并在中東歐和非洲不斷搶占Uber的市場(chǎng)份額。

Taxify首席運(yùn)營(yíng)官馬庫(kù)斯·維利格最近告訴路透社，三年半前成立的Taxify，其資金主要來(lái)源于自身的業(yè)務(wù)收入，僅從本地風(fēng)投和天使投資人融資了200萬(wàn)歐元。

Uber的業(yè)務(wù)遍及70個(gè)國(guó)家的近600個(gè)城市，其公布的去年的車費(fèi)收入約為200億美元，最新估值高達(dá)680億美元，是硅谷最有價(jià)值的私有公司。

但去年的監(jiān)管打擊、員工與司機(jī)抗議以及高管離職，導(dǎo)致Uber創(chuàng)始人特拉維斯·卡蘭尼克在6月份遭到公司董事會(huì)驅(qū)逐。

而滴滴僅次于Uber，是全球第二有價(jià)值的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)資本支持的初創(chuàng)公司，據(jù)風(fēng)險(xiǎn)投資跟蹤公司CB Insights報(bào)道，滴滴的最新估值為500億美元，其在過(guò)去五年共融資130億美元。

滴滴在中國(guó)400個(gè)城市有4億用戶，投資者包括中國(guó)互聯(lián)網(wǎng)巨頭阿里巴巴和騰訊以及日本的軟銀集團(tuán)等。滴滴在一年前收購(gòu)了Uber的中國(guó)業(yè)務(wù)，而美國(guó)網(wǎng)約車先驅(qū)在滴滴僅持有少數(shù)股份。

另外，Uber還面臨資金雄厚的其他競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)，包括美國(guó)的Lyft、印度的Ola和東南亞的Grab等。

最近，滴滴與軟銀宣布，將在Grab再投資25億美元，對(duì)該新加坡公司的估值約60億美元。

7月份，Uber放棄了在俄羅斯和五個(gè)附近市場(chǎng)的業(yè)務(wù)，同意與規(guī)模更大的區(qū)域互聯(lián)網(wǎng)公司Yandex合作，并將聯(lián)合經(jīng)營(yíng)的控制權(quán)交給了俄羅斯公司。（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

譯者：劉進(jìn)龍/汪皓

Chinese ride-hailing company DiDi Chuxing is investing an undisclosed amount in Estonian online taxi firm Taxify to help it expand in Europe and Africa, where it has gained share in some cities against U.S. player Uber.

DiDi Chuxing will invest in and collaborate with Taxify to support the latter's further expansion across its regional markets, the two companies said in a joint statement on Tuesday.

DiDi and other increasingly well-funded competitors in the ride-sharing business are seeking to grab share from Uber in regional markets around the globe, seeking to capitalize on the San Francisco-based firm's recent, highly publicized woes.

Taxify said recently it had 2.5 million active passengers in around 25 cities and was gaining share against Uber in several markets in central and eastern Europe and, more recently, in Africa.

Since its founding 3-1/2 years ago, Taxify mostly has funded itself from operations, having only ever raised 2 million euros in outside financing from local venture capitalists and angel funders, Chief Executive Markus Villig told Reuters recently.

Uber operates in nearly 600 cities in 70 countries and reported it had fare revenues around $20 billion last year. It was Silicon Valley's most valuable private firm when it was last valued at up to $68 billion.

Over the past year, however, Uber has faced regulatory setbacks, employee and driver protests and executive departures, leading to founder Travis Kalanick being pushed out by the company's board in June.

DiDi is the world's second most valuable venture-backed start-up after Uber, having last been valued at $50 billion according to venture investment tracking firm CB Insights, having raised $13 billion in funding over the past five years.

It counts 400 million customers in 400 cities in China. DiDi is backed by Chinese Internet giants Alibaba and Tencent and Japan's SoftBank Group, among others. DiDi acquired Uber's China business a year ago, leaving the U.S. online taxi pioneer with a minor stake in DiDi.

Uber also faces well-funded competition from rivals Lyft in the United States, Ola in India and Grab in south east Asia.

Last week, DiDi and SoftBank said they would contribute much of a new $2.5 billion investment into Grab, valuing the Singapore-based firm at around $6 billion.

Uber ceded control of its business in Russia and five nearby markets in July by agreeing to join forces with larger regional internet player Yandex, leaving the Russian company in control of the combined operation.