Prosus classifieds unit OLX invests $400m in Frontier Car Group

Prosus classifieds unit OLX invests $400m in Frontier Car Group

Old cars. Photo: Alex Suprun

Prosus classifieds unit OLX Group will invest up to $400 million in Berlin-headquartered used car trading platform Frontier Car Group (FCG) and combine their operations across emerging markets.

In 2018 OLX’s venture arm invested $89 million in FCG, a start-up co-founded in 2016 by 26-year-old American CEO Sujay Tyle with emerging market specialist Peter Lindholm and chief technology officer Andre Kussmann.

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