Capital One Growth Ventures is set to exit the vehicle retail analytics provider in a cash-and-stock acqusition by Vroom.

Automotive e-commerce platform Vroom agreed yesterday to acquire Vast Holdings, the US-based owner of automotive retail analytics provider CarStory, in a $120m deal allowing financial services firm Capital One to exit.

The amount will be made up of about 60% cash and 40% stock, though final amounts are yet to be set. Vast had revealed a total of $18.2m in funding since being founded in 2005.

CarStory is a big data-equipped software platform that analyses data from millions of vehicle…

Robert Lavine

Robert Lavine is special features editor for Global Venturing.