FlixMobility has raised a reported $561m in series F funding, adding to earlier capital provided by investors including TUM-linked UVC Partners and carmaker Daimler.
FlixMobility, a Germany-based travel services provider backed by Unternehmertum Venture Capital (UVC) Partners, yesterday scored a series F round sized, according to Reuters, at €500m ($561m).
Growth equity firms TCV and Permira co-led the round, which also featured firm HV Holtzbrinck Ventures, General Atlantic and Silver Lake.
Founded in 2013, FlixMobility operates inexpensive long-distance travel services – a coach service called FlixBus and a railway offering called FlixTrain. The company will use the cash to launch additional services,…
Thierry Heles
Thierry Heles is editor-at-large of Global University Venturing and Global Corporate Venturing, and host of the Beyond the Breakthrough podcast.
