SoftBank supercharges Singapore's Carro to unicorn status

Vision Fund 2 leads $360m Series C round in Southeast Asian car marketplace

20210329 Carro CEO Aaron Tan

Carro CEO Aaron Tan says insurance and B2B financing are areas of interest to his company. (Photo by Dylan Loh)

DYLAN LOH, Nikkei staff writer

SINGAPORE -- Japan's SoftBank Group has led a $360 million Series C funding round in Singapore online car sales platform Carro, propelling the Southeast Asian startup into the ranks of unicorns -- companies with a valuation of $1 billion or more.

Carro announced on Tuesday that the new round of financing, which included other investors such as Indonesia-based fund EV Growth, made the company the first automotive unicorn in Southeast Asia.

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