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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/uber-technologies-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:430:1" rel="noopener">Uber (UBER US)</a> announced on Monday that it would be selling its Uber Eats business in India to Zomato, a home-grown player with a leading market share in the country. However, Uber will reportedly own close to 10 % of Zomato after the sale. According to reported news, the Uber Eats’ India business was sold for a value of around $350m. It seems that Zomato (which is also a loss-making firm) is able to proceed with the deal given its recent financing round, where it raised around $150m from Ant Financial (in December 2019) and is expected to raise another $400m or so during the next few weeks.In our opinion, the move seems to be a positive, especially for Zomato. Attempting to reduce losses and achieve profitability, Uber exited SEA last year, and its food delivery business in India is its latest unprofitable business exit.  For Zomato, the move helps its aggregate market share in the highly competitive online food business market in India, where competition will now be mainly with Swiggy.  <figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/114/780/original/image_77205941721579691289064.png?1579691292" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="114780"></figure><blockquote>"We are proud to have pioneered restaurant discovery and to have created a leading food delivery business across India. This acquisition significantly strengthens our position in the category," said Deepinder Goyal, Founder and CEO of Zomato.</blockquote>

Uber (UBER US) announced on Monday that it would be selling its Uber Eats business in India to Zomato, a home-grown player with a leading market share in the country. However, Uber will reportedly own close to 10 % of Zomato after the sale. According to reported news, the Uber Eats’ India business was sold for a value of around $350m. It seems that Zomato (which is also a loss-making firm) is able to proceed with the deal given its recent financing round, where it raised around $150m from Ant Financial (in December 2019) and is expected to raise another $400m or so during the next few weeks.In our opinion, the move seems to be a positive, especially for Zomato. Attempting to reduce losses and achieve profitability, Uber exited SEA last year, and its food delivery business in India is its latest unprofitable business exit.  For Zomato, the move helps its aggregate market share in the highly competitive online food business market in India, where competition will now be mainly with Swiggy.  "We are proud to have pioneered restaurant discovery and to have created a leading food delivery business across India. This acquisition significantly strengthens our position in the category," said Deepinder Goyal, Founder and CEO of Zomato.

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