Sale of Autocab to Uber

Deal typeTransaction Services
IndustryTechnology & Media
Sub-industryTechnology
Client nameGPC Computer Software (treading as Autocab)
BDO provided vendor due diligence services to GPC Software (trading as Autocab) on it sales to Uber.

Autocab provides private hire and taxi operators with technology to run their business, including booking and dispatch software, and also connects them with trips through its iGo marketplace. Every month thousands of people open the Uber app in places the company doesn’t operate to try to get a trip. Through Autocab’s iGo marketplace, Uber will be able to connect these riders with local operators who choose to take their booking.

The BDO project team included: 
Chris Heatlie, Ben Brown (financial due diligence)
Ross Robertson (Tax)