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Uber To Buy Logistics Planner Transplace For $2.25B

By  |  July 22, 2021

Uber’s trucking business is buying transportation logistics company Transplace for about $2.25 billion from private equity firm TPG Capital, in a deal that is expected to speed up the unit’s path to profitability.

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    The acquisition, announced by Uber on Thursday, consists of up to $750 million in the company’s common stock and the remainder in cash.

    Uber Freight operates as a middle man in the fragmented long-haul trucking business, connecting truckers with shippers. Transplace works with shipping brokers and carriers to manage supply chains and plan logistics, including cross-border shipments.

    The deal marks a departure from Uber’s strategy in recent years of selling capital-intensive businesses, such as its self-driving and flying taxi units, to achieve long-elusive profitability. 

    The company instead has doubled down on its food-delivery service Uber Eats, which has been a pandemic winner, by acquiring rival start-up Postmates and last-mile alcohol delivery company Drizly.

    Uber is also expanding its grocery delivery business, announcing this week a partnership with Albertsons Companies and Costco Wholesale.

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