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Estonian ride-hailing unicorn Bolt has bought Danish taxi startup Viggo for an undisclosed sum in the company's first-ever acquisition

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Tags: denmark, automotive, taxis, ride hailing, business, unicorns, acquisitions, bolt, viggo, vehicles.electric, cars, ceo, markus villig, technology, startups, apps, estonia, author.mimi billing, source.sifted, paywall
https://sifted.eu/articles/bolt-brings-the-taxi-app-war-to-denmark-with-its-first-ever-acquisition

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  1. creesch
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    Confusing title, to say the least. The company is called “Bolt”, unicorn apparently applies to companies with a valuation over US$1 billion. So the tl;dr is that a ride-sharing company with deep...

    Confusing title, to say the least. The company is called “Bolt”, unicorn apparently applies to companies with a valuation over US$1 billion.

    So the tl;dr is that a ride-sharing company with deep VC pockets is trying to “disrupt” another market.

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