All Gett’s existing investors, including Volkswagen and Access Industries, have participated in a $120m extension that brought its latest round to $200m.

US-based on-demand ride service Gett has increased its latest funding round to $200m, raising $120m from investors including carmaker Volkswagen and diversified conglomerate Access Industries, TechCrunch reported yesterday.

The round featured all the company’s other existing backers: Vostok Nafta Investments, Kreos Capital, MCI Capital, Capital Group Private Equity Managers and Gett co-founders Dave Waiser and Roi More. It consisted of an unspecified mix of equity and debt financing.

The round valued Gett at $1.5bn post-money and the second close was…

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