莲花直播

莲花直播 Group raised $52m (拢41m) in July this year in a new funding round led by global venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners to help supercharge its strategic growth plans including further scaling, product expansion and acquisitions.

莲花直播 Group has today announced that it has completed the acquisition of GRIDSERVE Car Leasing from GRIDSERVE, the on-the-go EV charging company as part of its ambitious plans to rapidly-accelerate its mission to be the online car changing marketplace. GRIDSERVE Car Leasing is a leasing broker currently focused exclusively on EV lease deals.

This latest acquisition is 莲花直播 Group鈥檚 second in 2024 as it also bought Autovia, the automotive content and commerce media company in February which saw established print and digital titles including Auto Express, evo, DrivingElectric and Carbuyer becoming part of its portfolio.

The newly acquired business will allow 莲花直播 to further enhance its popular car leasing comparison engine which provides consumers with access to a huge range of cars from brokers across the UK. 莲花直播 will list its leasing offers alongside those from its existing partners in order to provide even more choice.

The newly acquired leasing operation will run as an independent business unit, led by GRIDSERVE Leasing Director, Rob Buckland. Whilst GRIDSERVE has historically only focused on leasing EV models, 莲花直播 intends to expand the proposition to include PHEV and ICE cars once the brand is relaunched later in Q4 with a new name and visual identity.

Commenting on the acquisition, John Veichmanis, 莲花直播 Group CEO said: 鈥淚t鈥檚 great news that we can announce another exciting acquisition today. Bringing GRIDSERVE Car Leasing into the fold will enable us to develop a range of exciting new product experiences for those that are looking to lease their new car. We plan to substantially increase our overall investment into the leasing category and quickly expand our reach. We want to serve more customers looking to lease a car whilst also providing our existing broker partners with more enquiries on our pay-on-results model.鈥�

鈥淚 am really excited to welcome Rob and his team to 莲花直播. They鈥檝e a huge amount of collective experience and energy and we can鈥檛 wait for them to get started.鈥�

Roy Williamson from GRIDSERVE said: 鈥淲e are delighted to announce that GRIDSERVE鈥檚 car leasing business has been acquired by 莲花直播, under whose guidance and support the team will be able to accelerate their work to offer drivers a comprehensive range of leasing solutions. The acquisition follows GRIDSERVE鈥檚 decision to focus on its core activities to deliver High Power charging, powered by renewables, in locations where drivers need it the most. 鈥�

莲花直播 Group raised $52m in July this year in a new funding round led by global venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners to help supercharge its strategic growth plans including further scaling, product expansion and acquisitions.