Deals
Uber to Buy TPG Freight Firm Transplace for $2.25 Billion
- Deal gives ride-sharing company broader logistics offering
- Uber moved into trucking business with 2016 purchase of Otto
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Uber Technologies Inc. agreed to acquire Transplace, a logistics company owned by TPG Capital, for $2.25 billion in the ride-sharing company’s biggest bet on the trucking business.
The deal is designed to help Uber’s freight arm break even more quickly, the San Francisco-based company said in a statement Thursday. Uber Freight will turn its first adjusted earnings before interest, taxes and other expenses by the end of next year, the parent company said. The unit generated $995 million in revenue last year.