Uber is planning to buy shares and is also considering a third offer. The company’s board has taken next step on investment interest from Softbank and is also considering an offer from an earlier investor Shervin Pishevar.

Uber’s proposal

The board likewise prior voted to go ahead with a proposal from a coalition drove by the Dragoneer Investment Group to purchase stock from Uber’s current investors. Three proposals were described by four people who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Buying Uber’s Stock

The offers which are mostly focused on buying Uber stock from current shareholders are preliminary. Currently the investment groups will start with diligence process that could lead to formal investment terms.

These offers have developed at a fragile time for Uber, which as of now has no CEO and is managing load up and financial specialist infighting. Travis Kalanick, Uber’s fellow benefactor and CEO, ventured down in June underweight from speculators. From that point forward, different groups of speculators, board individuals and Kalanick have all fought to propel their own advantages at the organization.

Softbank Buying Uber Shares

Telecommunications giant Softbank has emerged as one of the first to be keen on purchasing Uber shares. For a considerable length of time, the aggregate has calculated to buy the offers from existing financial specialists at a rebate to the organization’s present valuation. To give Uber a chance to save its $68.5 billion valuation on paper, SoftBank consented to put a little measure of new cash into the organization at that cost.

Softbank rose as one of the first to be occupied with purchasing Uber shares. For Uber’s board has been careful about the Softbank proposition in light of ventures by its organizer and CEO, Masayoshi Son, in the ride-hailing organization’s opponents in Asia. In any case, Son and Softbank could offer Uber key help in Southeast Asia, where the administration has been spending vigorously. The two sides have unobtrusively worked for quite a long time to test whether there is sufficient enthusiasm from vendors to make an arrangement work.

Benchmarks relationship with Uber

Softbank developed as one of the first to be keen on purchasing Uber shares. For Pishevar needs to purchase out 75 percent of the offers held by Benchmark, one of Uber’s soonest and biggest speculators. That would make Benchmark venture down from its seat on Uber’s board.

Benchmark’s association with Uber has weakened as of late after the funding firm ended up noticeably one of the key players to push for Kalanick’s acquiescence as CEO. A week ago, Benchmark additionally documented a claim against Kalanick to drive him off Uber’s board.