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    Selling cars online is the next big bet for Prosus

    By Loni Prinsloo23 November 2021
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    Prosus CEO Bob van Dijk

    Prosus plans to invest further in its fast-growing online car dealership business, expanding an e-commerce empire that already includes payments, food delivery and education.

    The Dutch company will use some of its surplus cash to add scale organically to the global auto business, CEO Bob Van Dijk said in an interview. The unit has seen volumes soar and has reached US$1-billion in transactions, offering services including insurance and financing as well as buying and selling, he said.

    Prosus has about $5.5-billion available for investments, after accounting for the $4.6-billion committed to the acquisition of Indian online payments service BillDesk plus buyback obligations.

    Our car transactions business is at a fairly early stage, and we want to really build this business

    “Our car transactions business is at a fairly early stage, and we want to really build this business,” the CEO said. “We are investing in places including Indonesia, India and Eastern Europe, where we need to add things like inspection centres.”

    The online used car market has taken off during the coronavirus pandemic, as showroom visits slumped and a computer chip shortage hampered production of new cars. Vroom doubled its business in the first half of the year, while Carvana sold 200 272 vehicles in the same period, a company record.

    Prosus reported 69 000 car transactions in the six months to end-September, compared to 37 000 in the same period a year earlier.

    Prosus said this week analysts have valued its e-commerce portfolio at about $50-billion, excluding its stake in Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings. The market rates the same companies at close to nothing, and the investment group is looking to alter that perception.  — (c) 2021 Bloomberg LP

    Now read: Tribunal torpedoes Naspers’s R1.4-billion WeBuyCars acquisition



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