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Uber Freight to Add Customs Brokerage Through Transplace Acquisition

Uber Freight will acquire Transplace for about $2.25 billion, the companies said July 22. “Completion of this transaction will enable Uber Freight to serve substantially more customers at all levels of the freight industry and will expand its presence into…

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Mexico and through new capabilities in intermodal and customs brokerage,” Uber said. Uber's purchase of Transplace from private equity firm TPG Capital includes “$750 million in common stock of Uber Freight’s parent company, Uber Technologies” and the rest in cash, it said. The deal shows the ride-hailing company is “leaning into Freight” after divesting noncore businesses, John Blackledge, an analyst at Cowen, wrote to investors July 23.