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Lyft si espande in Europa, diversificando il proprio business con l’acquisizione di FREENOW

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Lyft si espande in Europa, diversificando il proprio business con l’acquisizione di FREENOW
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Lyft si espande in Europa, diversificando il proprio business con l’acquisizione di FREENOW

2025-04-16 19:30 Last Updated At:19:50

SAN FRANCISCO e AMBURGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--apr 16, 2025--

Lyft, Inc. (Nasdaq: LYFT), una delle principali piattaforme di mobilità, annuncia di aver firmato un accordo definitivo per l’acquisizione di FREENOW, leader nel mercato europeo delle app di mobilità multimodale con i taxi al centro dell’offerta, da BMW Group e Mercedes-Benz Mobility, per un valore complessivo di circa 175 milioni di euro o 197 1 milioni di dollari con la liquidità aziendale disponibile. FREENOW continuerà ad operare abitualmente, mantenendo l’attuale leadership e gli stessi dipendenti, per promuovere la crescita in 9 Paesi e oltre 150 città tra cui Irlanda, Regno Unito, Germania, Grecia, Spagna, Italia, Polonia, Francia e Austria. L’operazione sarà completata nella seconda metà del 2025, subordinatamente al soddisfacimento delle condizioni sospensive.

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Lyft ha trovato in FREENOW il partner ideale per accelerare la propria strategia di crescita, sbloccare potenziale per i partner e migliorare l’esperienza di tassisti e passeggeri. Tale operazione segna la più significativa espansione di Lyft fuori dal Nord America, consentendo all’azienda, da un lato, di raddoppiare il proprio mercato potenziale raggiungendo oltre 300 miliardi di viaggi all’anno e, dall’altro, di aumentare le Prenotazioni Lorde Annue di circa 1 miliardo di euro, diversificando così le fonti di reddito e sostenendo gli obiettivi pluriennali dell’azienda.

“Stiamo facendo un ambizioso percorso per sviluppare la migliore piattaforma globale per i nostri utenti. In questo senso, il nostro ingresso in Europa rappresenta un passo importante nella nostra crescita”, ha dichiarato David Risher, CEO di Lyft. “Abbiamo trovato in FREENOW il partner perfetto e sappiamo di poter apprendere tanto dalla loro squadra. L’approccio di FREENOW, che dà priorità al mercato locale, rispecchia appieno i valori di Lyft e incarna il nostro obiettivo: offrire un servizio e connettere.”

FREENOW porta con sé una profonda esperienza nel settore europeo dei taxi, con tecnologie avanzate per la gestione delle flotte e solide relazioni con i regolatori locali e operatori di mercato. Lyft apporta la migliore esperienza di mercato e funzionalità pensate su misura per gli utenti. I due modelli di business sono complementari e insieme serviranno oltre 50 milioni di passeggeri all’anno, con l’obiettivo di offrire un’esperienza migliore, innalzare i livelli di servizio, rafforzare la capacità di gestione delle flotte e ampliare le opportunità globali per i partner attuali e futuri.

In Europa, il mercato aggregato dei taxi è solido e in crescita. Circa il 50% delle prenotazioni taxi avviene ancora offline, ma i clienti sono sempre più orientati verso le prenotazioni digitali. FREENOW è pronta a cogliere questa opportunità. FREENOW è la piattaforma leader per il servizio taxi in diverse grandi città europee tra cui Dublino, Londra, Atene, Berlino, Barcellona, Madrid e Amburgo. I taxi hanno rappresentato circa il 90% delle Prenotazioni Lorde di FREENOW nel 2024 e continueranno ad essere il pilastro portante del business aziendale.

“Unire le forze con Lyft è un passo importante per FREENOW e segna l’inizio di una nuova e ambiziosa fase, in cui rafforziamo il nostro ruolo di protagonista della mobilità europea,” ha affermato Thomas Zimmermann, CEO di FREENOW. “Lo storico orientamento al cliente di Lyft si sposa perfettamente con le nostre profonde radici nell’industria dei taxi e, insieme, amplieremo i confini, innalzando le aspettative di tassisti e passeggeri in tutto il continente. Lavoriamo con il settore, senza sopraffarlo, rimanendo fieri partner delle comunità locali. Con questa collaborazione uniamo le forze nell’apprendimento reciproco e nell’implementazione delle migliori soluzioni. Ringraziamo sinceramente i nostri precedenti azionisti per la fiducia e il sostegno mostrato nel corso degli anni.”

Questa acquisizione strategica è coerente con la strategia disciplinata di allocazione del capitale di Lyft, focalizzata su opportunità di crescita attraente e guidata da un’attenzione costante al cliente. L’annuncio segue un 2024 da record per Lyft, con livelli di servizio ai massimi nel settore nel quarto trimestre, prenotazioni lorde record, redditività secondo i principi GAAP e flussi di cassa record.

Prossimi passi

Se da un lato non ci saranno cambiamenti immediati nella customer experience, nuovi benefici saranno presto resi disponibili sia per i tassisti che per i passeggeri. Per i tassisti, in molti mercati ciò potrebbe tradursi in una maggiore trasparenza sui guadagni, con informazioni in tempo reale sugli incentivi e sui momenti migliori in cui mettersi alla guida. Per i passeggeri, questo potrebbe significare tariffe più uniformi, contatti più rapidi con i tassisti e nuove funzionalità e modalità di trasporto. Le due aziende lavoreranno anche all’integrazione che permetterà ai passeggeri di utilizzare indistintamente entrambe le app, sia in Nord America che in Europa.

Advisor

Guggenheim Securities, LLC ha agito in qualità di consulente finanziario di Lyft, mentre Baker McKenzie ha agito come consulente legale. Lazard ha agito come consulente finanziario di BMW Group e Mercedes-Benz Mobility, mentre DLA Piper ha agito come consulente legale.

Presentazione agli investitori

Le aziende hanno pubblicato una presentazione con una panoramica dell’operazione, disponibile sul sito di Lyft: https://investor.lyft.com.

Lyft terrà una conference call per gli investitori a maggio in occasione della presentazione dei risultati del primo trimestre 2025.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or Lyft's future financial or operating performance. In some cases, you can identify forward looking statements because they contain words such as "may," "will," "should," "expects," "plans," "anticipates,” “going to,” "could," "intends," "target," "projects," "contemplates," "believes," "estimates," "predicts," "potential" or "continue" or the negative of these words or other similar terms or expressions that concern Lyft's expectations, strategy, priorities, plans or intentions. Forward-looking statements in this release include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the acquisition of FREENOW including, the timing of the closing of the transaction, and the expected benefits of the transaction, including the timing of those benefits, the financial impact of the transaction on Lyft, the impact of the transaction on Lyft’s addressable market, partnership opportunities, the future operations of FREENOW and plans and expectations for the combined company. Lyft’s expectations and beliefs regarding these matters may not materialize, and actual results in future periods are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected, including risks related to the macroeconomic environment, risks and uncertainties related to the pending acquisition of FREENOW, including the failure to obtain, or delays in obtaining, required regulatory approvals, the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect Lyft or the expected benefits of the proposed transaction, or the failure to satisfy any of the closing conditions to the proposed transaction on a timely basis or at all; costs, expenses or difficulties related to the acquisition of FREENOW; failure to realize the expected benefits and synergies of the proposed transaction in the expected timeframes or at all; and change in the regulatory environment that impact Lyft. The forward-looking statements contained in this release are also subject to other risks and uncertainties, including those more fully described in Lyft's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the full fiscal year 2024 that was filed with the SEC on February 14, 2025. The forward-looking statements in this release are based on information available to Lyft as of the date hereof, and Lyft disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, except as required by law. This press release discusses “customers”. For rideshare, there are two customers in every car - the driver is Lyft’s customer, and the rider is the driver’s customer. We care about both.

Chi è Lyft

Che si tratti del tragitto quotidiano o di un viaggio che cambia tutto, Lyft è guidata da un’unica missione: offrire un servizio e connettere. Fondata nel 2012, è stata una delle prime community di ride sharing negli Stati Uniti, che oggi è attiva negli Stati Uniti e in Canada. Ad oggi, milioni di driver hanno scelto Lyft per incrementare i loro guadagni attraverso miliardi di viaggi. Lyft offre vari servizi di mobilità in un’unica app, tra cui rideshare, bici e monopattini — per un mondo più connesso, con più trasporti per tutti.

Chi è FREENOW

FREENOW è l’app europea di mobilità multimodale con il servizio taxi al centro dell’offerta, disponibile in 9 Paesi e oltre 150 città. Gli utenti possono accedere a vari servizi di mobilità in un’unica app, tra cui taxi, car sharing, noleggio auto, monopattini elettrici, eBike, eMoped e trasporto pubblico.

1 197 milioni di dollari si basano su un tasso di cambio EUR/USD alla data della firma.

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CONTACT: ContattiAurélien Nolf, Investor Relations

investor@lyft.comStephanie Rice, Media

press@lyft.comFREENOW: Pasquo Cicchini / Sara Boni Sforza

freenow@community.it

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Lyft si espande in Europa, diversificando il proprio business con l’acquisizione di FREENOW

Lyft si espande in Europa, diversificando il proprio business con l’acquisizione di FREENOW

ST. LOUIS (AP) — World champions Ilia Malinin and the ice dance duo of Madison Chock and Evan Bates will anchor one of the strongest U.S. Figure Skating teams in history when they head to Italy for the Milan Cortina Olympics in less than a month.

Malinin, fresh off his fourth straight national title, will be the prohibitive favorite to follow in the footsteps of Nathan Chen by delivering another men's gold medal for the American squad when he steps on the ice at the Milano Ice Skating Arena.

Chock and Bates, who won their record-setting seventh U.S. title Saturday night, also will be among the Olympic favorites, as will world champion Alysa Liu and women's teammate Amber Glenn, fresh off her third consecutive national title.

U.S. Figure Skating announced its full squad of 16 athletes for the Winter Games during a made-for-TV celebration Sunday.

"I'm just so excited for the Olympic spirit, the Olympic environment," Malinin said. “Hopefully go for that Olympic gold.”

Malinin will be joined on the men's side by Andrew Torgashev, the all-or-nothing 24-year-old from Coral Springs, Florida, and Maxim Naumov, the 24-year-old from Simsbury, Connecticut, who fulfilled the hopes of his late parents by making the Olympic team.

Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova were returning from a talent camp in Kansas when their American Airlines flight collided with a military helicopter and crashed into the icy Potomac River in January 2025. One of the last conversations they had with their son was about what it would take for him to follow in their footsteps by becoming an Olympian.

“We absolutely did it,” Naumov said. “Every day, year after year, we talked about the Olympics. It means so much in our family. It's what I've been thinking about since I was 5 years old, before I even know what to think. I can't put this into words.”

Chock and Bates helped the Americans win team gold at the Beijing Games four years ago, but they finished fourth — one spot out of the medals — in the ice dance competition. They have hardly finished anywhere but first in the years since, winning three consecutive world championships and the gold medal at three straight Grand Prix Finals.

U.S. silver medalists Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik also made the dance team, as did the Canadian-born Christina Carreira, who became eligible for the Olympics in November when her American citizenship came through, and Anthony Ponomarenko.

Liu was picked for her second Olympic team after briefly retiring following the Beijing Games. She had been burned out by years of practice and competing, but stepping away seemed to rejuvenate the 20-year-old from Clovis, California, and she returned to win the first world title by an American since Kimmie Meissner stood atop the podium two decades ago.

Now, the avant-garde Liu will be trying to help the U.S. win its first women's medal since Sasha Cohen in Turin in 2006, and perhaps the first gold medal since Sarah Hughes triumphed four years earlier at the Salt Lake City Games.

Her biggest competition, besides a powerful Japanese contingent, could come from her own teammates: Glenn, a first-time Olympian, has been nearly unbeatable the past two years, while 18-year-old Isabeau Levito is a former world silver medalist.

"This was my goal and my dream and it just feels so special that it came true,” said Levito, whose mother is originally from Milan.

The two pairs spots went to Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea, the U.S. silver medalists, and the team of Emily Chan and Spencer Howe.

The top American pairs team, two-time reigning U.S. champions Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov, were hoping that the Finnish-born Efimova would get her citizenship approved in time to compete in Italy. But despite efforts by the Skating Club of Boston, where they train, and the help of their U.S. senators, she did not receive her passport by the selection deadline.

“The importance and magnitude of selecting an Olympic team is one of the most important milestones in an athlete's life,” U.S. Figure Skating CEO Matt Farrell said, "and it has such an impact, and while there are sometimes rules, there is also a human element to this that we really have to take into account as we make decisions and what's best going forward from a selection process.

“Sometimes these aren't easy," Farrell said, “and this is not the fun part.”

The fun is just beginning, though, for the 16 athletes picked for the powerful American team.

AP Olympics: https://apnews.com/hub/milan-cortina-2026-winter-olympics

Amber Glenn competes during the women's free skating competition at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Amber Glenn competes during the women's free skating competition at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Alysa Liu skates during the "Making Team USA" performance at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Alysa Liu skates during the "Making Team USA" performance at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Maxim Naumov skates during the "Making Team USA" performance at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Maxim Naumov skates during the "Making Team USA" performance at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Madison Chock and Evan Bates skate during the "Making the Team" performance at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Madison Chock and Evan Bates skate during the "Making the Team" performance at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Gold medalist Ilia Malinin arrives for the metal ceremony after the men's free skate competition at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Gold medalist Ilia Malinin arrives for the metal ceremony after the men's free skate competition at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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