中國叫車服務公司滴滴出行在愛沙尼亞網約車公司Taxify進行了一筆投資，以幫助其在歐洲和非洲擴張業(yè)務，但未披露投資金額。目前，在這兩個地區(qū)的個別城市，滴滴已經搶占了美國公司Uber的市場份額。

兩家公司在上周二的一份聯(lián)合聲明中宣布，滴滴出行將投資Taxify，并與其合作，支持Taxify在區(qū)域市場進一步擴張。

滴滴以及資金日益雄厚的其他叫車服務業(yè)競爭對手，希望趁Uber陷入困境，在全球區(qū)域市場蠶食Uber的地盤。

Taxify最近表示，在約25個城市已有250萬活躍乘客，并在中東歐和非洲不斷搶占Uber的市場份額。

Taxify首席運營官馬庫斯·維利格最近告訴路透社，三年半前成立的Taxify，其資金主要來源于自身的業(yè)務收入，僅從本地風投和天使投資人融資了200萬歐元。

Uber的業(yè)務遍及70個國家的近600個城市，其公布的去年的車費收入約為200億美元，最新估值高達680億美元，是硅谷最有價值的私有公司。

但去年的監(jiān)管打擊、員工與司機抗議以及高管離職，導致Uber創(chuàng)始人特拉維斯·卡蘭尼克在6月份遭到公司董事會驅逐。

而滴滴僅次于Uber，是全球第二有價值的風險資本支持的初創(chuàng)公司，據風險投資跟蹤公司CB Insights報道，滴滴的最新估值為500億美元，其在過去五年共融資130億美元。

滴滴在中國400個城市有4億用戶，投資者包括中國互聯(lián)網巨頭阿里巴巴和騰訊以及日本的軟銀集團等。滴滴在一年前收購了Uber的中國業(yè)務，而美國網約車先驅在滴滴僅持有少數股份。

另外，Uber還面臨資金雄厚的其他競爭對手的競爭，包括美國的Lyft、印度的Ola和東南亞的Grab等。

最近，滴滴與軟銀宣布，將在Grab再投資25億美元，對該新加坡公司的估值約60億美元。

7月份，Uber放棄了在俄羅斯和五個附近市場的業(yè)務，同意與規(guī)模更大的區(qū)域互聯(lián)網公司Yandex合作，并將聯(lián)合經營的控制權交給了俄羅斯公司。（財富中文網）

譯者：劉進龍/汪皓

Chinese ride-hailing company DiDi Chuxing is investing an undisclosed amount in Estonian online taxi firm Taxify to help it expand in Europe and Africa, where it has gained share in some cities against U.S. player Uber.

DiDi Chuxing will invest in and collaborate with Taxify to support the latter's further expansion across its regional markets, the two companies said in a joint statement on Tuesday.

DiDi and other increasingly well-funded competitors in the ride-sharing business are seeking to grab share from Uber in regional markets around the globe, seeking to capitalize on the San Francisco-based firm's recent, highly publicized woes.

Taxify said recently it had 2.5 million active passengers in around 25 cities and was gaining share against Uber in several markets in central and eastern Europe and, more recently, in Africa.

Since its founding 3-1/2 years ago, Taxify mostly has funded itself from operations, having only ever raised 2 million euros in outside financing from local venture capitalists and angel funders, Chief Executive Markus Villig told Reuters recently.

Uber operates in nearly 600 cities in 70 countries and reported it had fare revenues around $20 billion last year. It was Silicon Valley's most valuable private firm when it was last valued at up to $68 billion.

Over the past year, however, Uber has faced regulatory setbacks, employee and driver protests and executive departures, leading to founder Travis Kalanick being pushed out by the company's board in June.

DiDi is the world's second most valuable venture-backed start-up after Uber, having last been valued at $50 billion according to venture investment tracking firm CB Insights, having raised $13 billion in funding over the past five years.

It counts 400 million customers in 400 cities in China. DiDi is backed by Chinese Internet giants Alibaba and Tencent and Japan's SoftBank Group, among others. DiDi acquired Uber's China business a year ago, leaving the U.S. online taxi pioneer with a minor stake in DiDi.

Uber also faces well-funded competition from rivals Lyft in the United States, Ola in India and Grab in south east Asia.

Last week, DiDi and SoftBank said they would contribute much of a new $2.5 billion investment into Grab, valuing the Singapore-based firm at around $6 billion.

Uber ceded control of its business in Russia and five nearby markets in July by agreeing to join forces with larger regional internet player Yandex, leaving the Russian company in control of the combined operation.