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April 21, 2021

BlaBlaCar raises $115m and says next financing could be an IPO

With growth in markets external to Europe, the company's managed to come out of 2020 relatively unscathed.


Freya Pratty

3 min read

Blablacar's Nicolas Brusson

Carpooling and transportation marketplace BlaBlaCar has raised $115m, after coming out of 2020 — a year marked by Covid-19 travel restrictions — relatively well.

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Freya Pratty

Freya Pratty is a senior reporter and investigations lead at Sifted. Follow her on X , LinkedIn and Bluesky

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