The corporate has reportedly held talks with early Uber shareholders including Benchmark to discuss a secondary share sale.
Telecommunications and internet group SoftBank has held discussions involving the acquisition of shares in US-based ride hailing service Uber from investors including venture capital firm Benchmark, Bloomberg has reported.
Benchmark, which led Uber’s $11m series A round in 2011 at a post-money valuation of just $60m, is one of several early investors in the discussions, according to people familiar with the matter, and SoftBank is only one of the prospective buyers.
Uber was valued at approximately $69bn as of February…
