CarOnSale Funding, Investors & Competitors

Recruit is a holding company for various technology and employment-related businesses. Recruit’s primary business is its HR technology segment, in which it owns two out of three globally scaled employment-related platforms: www.indeed.com, an online marketplace for employment; and www.glassdoor.com, an online review site for employers. Recruit also owns various marketing businesses operating in Japan for life events and lifestyle, a software solutions business for small and medium-size enterprises, or SMEs, in Japan, and various staffing businesses operating throughout the developed world.

Naspers Ltd is an Internet and entertainment group and technology investor in the world. Operating in more than 120 countries and markets with long-term growth potential, Naspers builds companies that empower people and enrich communities. It runs some of the platforms in the internet, video entertainment, and media. Naspers operates in various sectors including online classifieds, food delivery, payments, travel, education, health, and social and internet platforms. People use products and services of companies that Naspers has invested in, acquired, or built, including Azos, PharmEasy, ElasticRun, Alwans, and Vegrow among others. Geographically, the company derives maximum revenue from Europe and the rest from Asia, Africa, Latin America, North America, and other regions.

REA Group is a technology company operating in the real estate sector. REA Group’s primary business is an online listings platform for residential real estate, www.realestate.com.au, which is the largest residential real estate listings platform in Australia, at around four times the size of the number two, www.domain.com.au. REA Group is majority-owned by News Corp. REA Group’s other businesses include adjacent services.

News Corporation is a diversified media and information services conglomerate with significant presence in the US, the UK, and Australia. Key mastheads include The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, New York Post, The Times, The Sun, The Australian, Herald Sun, and The Daily Telegraph. Its 61%-owned REA Group is the dominant property listings platform in Australia. In addition, it owns Harper Collins, one of the largest book publishers in the world, and has a sizable US digital property advertising business, Move. The 65% interest in Foxtel, the Australian pay-TV and streaming provider, was sold in April 2025. The sale to global sports streaming platform, DAZN, was struck at more than 7 times Foxtel's EBITDA.

Chehaoduo is a Beijing-headquartered used car trading platform operating as Guazi.com, facilitating direct sales between individual sellers and buyers across 400+ cities in China. Founded in 2015, it inspects vehicles at 1,300 detection centers, offering warranties up to five years and financing options. The company transacts over 500,000 vehicles annually, with branches in Hangzhou, Chongqing, and Chengdu.

Scout24 SE is a German digital company that operates a digital marketplace, ImmoScout24, for residential and business real estate. In addition, it offers software solutions for real estate valuations to banks and the real estate sector. Through ImmoScout24, the company is engaged in developing new products and building a digital ecosystem for rentals, purchases, and commercial real estate in Germany and Austria. It has different brands offering digital services in the real estate industry, such as FlowFact, Vermietet.de, Immoverkauf24, Propstack, BauFi, and others. Its operating segments are Professional, which generates maximum revenue by offering digital real estate products to its professional clients, and Private. Geographically, the group derives its key revenue from Germany.

carsales.com is the flagship Australian online vehicle marketplace within CAR Group Limited, the corporate name adopted by the listed parent in 2023. The business connects private sellers and dealers with buyers and earns revenue from vehicle listings, dealer subscriptions, advertising, data products and related digital services. CAR Group operates wholly owned marketplace businesses in Australia under carsales, South Korea through Encar, the United States through Trader Interactive and Chile through chileautos. It is also the majority shareholder of Webmotors in Brazil. The group's marketplaces cover automotive, commercial, industrial and leisure vehicles, supported by shared data and technology. CAR Group is an ASX 50 company, while the carsales consumer brand remains active in Australia despite the parent's name change. This record should therefore be read as the carsales.com business and historical investor identity within today's CAR Group, not as a separate company unrelated to the listed parent.

Autotrader Group PLC is a digital automotive marketplace based in the UK, which provides trading channels for a range of vehicles such as cars, trucks, vans, bikes, and farm machinery, as well as relevant services such as car insurance, loans, valuations, and vehicle check services. The company generates revenue from two streams; Auto Trader: includes the results of Auto Trader and AutoConvert in respect of online classified advertising of motor vehicles and other related products and services in the digital automotive marketplace including share of profit from the Dealer Auction joint venture and Autorama: the results of Autorama in respect of a marketplace for leasing new vehicles and other related products and services.

Rightmove PLC provides online property search platforms. The company's customers include agents, buyers, renters, and new home developers. The company provides users with tools such as the house price index, which tracks house prices and analyzes price trends in the U.K. house market, and a mortgage calculator. The company's segments include agencies, new homes, and others. The agency segments of the company provide resale and lettings property advertising services. The new homes segment provides property advertising services to new home developers. Its other segment includes overseas, commercial property, and non-property advertising services. The company generates maximum revenue from the agency segment.

Vend Marketplaces ASA is a family of digital consumer brands with growing positions within online marketplaces in the Nordics. The companies operating segments includes Mobility, Real Estate, Jobs and Recommerce. It derives maximum revenue from Mobility Segment. Geographically, it operates in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Others. Its brands include Blocket, Finn, Tori, DBA, and others.

Seek is a technology company operating in the employment segment. Seek’s primary business is an online marketplace for employment, www.seek.com.au, which is the largest online marketplace for employment in Australia and New Zealand. Seek also owns and operates employment listings platforms in Southeast Asia and owns a stake in an investment business in employment listings platforms and other employment-related businesses.

Karrot Market is a Seoul-based hyperlocal marketplace app for secondhand goods. Launched in 2015 as Danggeun Market, the platform facilitates neighbor-to-neighbor trading in categories like fashion, electronics, and home items. Available in South Korea, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and Japan, Karrot emphasizes location-based matching to promote local economies. Features include in-app chat, photo verification, and dispute resolution tools. The service supports eco-conscious reuse through community guidelines.

Visional Inc is engaged in operation of internet services including BizReach, an online direct recruiting platform specialized for professionals.

TX Group AG is a Swiss company with a network of digital platforms. It offers information, orientation, entertainment, and services to its users every day. The company provides newspapers and magazines. The company's operating segments include TX Markets; Goldbach; 20 Minuten; Tamedia and Group and Ventures. It generates maximum revenue from the Tamedia segment.

CarTrade Tech Ltd is a multi-channel auto platform provider company. The company operates brands such as CarWale, CarTrade, Shriram Automall, BikeWale, CarTradeExchange, Adroit Auto, and AutoBiz. The platform connects new and used automobile customers, vehicle dealers, vehicle OEMs, and other businesses to buy and sell different types of vehicles. The company operates within three segments: the Consumer Group, Remarketing Group, and Classifieds Group.

Alma Media Oyj is a media and service company focusing on digital services and publishing. In addition to news content, the Group's products provide useful information related to lifestyle, career, and business development. The business segments include Alma Career, Alma Marketplaces, and Alma News Media. It generates maximum revenue from the Alma Career segment. The group's business is mainly divided into two geographical areas, Finland from where it earns the majority of its revenue, and the rest of Europe.

Xiaohongshu is a Shanghai-headquartered content-sharing platform founded in 2013. Community members post lifestyle experiences in fashion, beauty, travel, and shopping via text, images, and videos in a note-based format. Evolved from a guide for overseas shopping assistance into a comprehensive hub for product insights and recommendations with integrated e-commerce capabilities.

Xingsheng Youxuan is a Changsha-based community shopping platform in China, founded in 2018. It operates through offline convenience stores offering online ordering and pickup for fresh vegetables, fruits, meat, poultry, seafood, staples, seasonings, and daily merchandise, fulfilling household needs via a hybrid retail model. Access the platform at www.xsyxsc.com.