Businesses that become successful in the US can generally expect to see the quick rise of clones pop up all over the globe trying to establish dominance in their market. In our “Attack of the International Clones” series, we’ll be finding the international clones of American companies found in the “similar companies” tab on each company profile page. This is a small snippet of what the page looks like:
Below is a list of international Uber clones, specific to mobile, car hailing companies. As Uber continues to grow, their international expansion plans will have to consider these existing players. It may also be that Uber which has traditionally not been very acquisitive will start to acquire copycats in other markets if the buy vs build tradeoff seems advisable.
| Clones | Country | Total Disclosed Funding | Select Investors |
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China | 1320 | Alibaba Group, Matrix Partners China, Tiger Global Management |
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India | 810 | Tiger Global Management, Matrix Partners India, Accel Partners, Sequoia Capital India |
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China | 175 | GIC Special Investments, Qualcomm Ventures, Morningside Group |
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United Kingdom | 79.5 | Union Square Ventures, Accel Partners, Felicis Ventures, Wellington Partners |
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Spain | 14 | Seaya Ventures, Black Vine, Amadeus Ventures |
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Australia | 3 | Square Peg Capital, Tank Stream Ventures |
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Brazil | 15 | Tiger Global Management, Monashees Capital, Qualcomm Ventures |
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Israel | 193 | Vostok Nafta, Kreos Capital, Access Industries |
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France | 2.7 | Undisclosed Investors |
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China | 25 | Matrix Partners China, 58.com, Lightspeed China Partners |
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Germany | 14 | RGIP, Alstin-Alternative Strategic Investment |
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Singapore | 340 | Softbank Corp., Tiger Global Management, GGV Capital, Vertex Venture Holdings, Qunar |
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Greece | 6 | Hummingbird Ventures |
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Brazil | 72 | Rocket Internet, IMENA Holdings, Tengelmann Ventures, Mobily Ventures |
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France | 10.9 | Undisclosed Investors |
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United Arab Emirates | 12 | STC Ventures, Al Tayyar Travel Group |
| Clones | Country | Total Disclosed Funding | Select Investors |
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Turkey | 2 | Aslanoba Capital |
*Funding is for Kuaidi Dache only. Didi Dache was not included in this analysis due to their merger with Kuaidi Dache.
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