By Reuters Staff
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Grab, Southeast Asia’s biggest ride-hailing and food delivery firm, is going public in the United States via a merger with special-purpose acquisition company Altimeter Growth Corp securing a valuation of nearly $40 billion.
FILE PHOTO: A Grab logo is pictured at the Money 20/20 Asia Fintech Trade Show in Singapore March 21, 2019. Picture taken March 21, 2019. REUTERS/Anshuman Daga/File Photo
The deal is set to be the world’s biggest ever by a blank check company.
WHAT IS GRAB?
Founded in 2012, Grab is Southeast Asia’s largest startup and was valued at just over $16 billion last year. It launched as a Malaysia taxi-hailing service and has since expanded into food, grocery and parcel delivery to digital payments, lending and other financial services, calling itself a superapp.
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