Mitsubishi and NTT take 30 per cent stake in HERE Technologies

HERE Technologies says Mitsubishi Corporation and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation have completed their joint acquisition of a 30 per cent ownership stake in the company, after receiving regulatory approvals.

HERE welcomes Mitsubishi and NTT as strategic investors. The two companies have co-invested in HERE via their recently established, jointly owned holding company COCO Tech Holding in the Netherlands.

As a result, HERE now has nine direct and indirect shareholders: Audi, Bosch, BMW Group, Continental, Intel Capital, Mitsubishi, Mercedes-Benz, NTT and Pioneer.​

Following the transaction, HERE has added two new members to its supervisory board:

• Yutaka Kyoya, executive vice president, group CEO, consumer industry group, Mitsubishi; and
• Hiroki Kuriyama, member of the board, executive vice president, head of strategic business Development, NTT.

HERE’s broadened shareholder structure supports the company’s ambitions to accelerate growth in new industries and markets. In particular, with new Japanese investors, HERE will have a springboard to further accelerate growth in the Asia Pacific region.

Prior to this announcement, HERE and Mitsubishi have already been working as strategic partners in several areas, including middle and last-mile logistics, tackling urban traffic congestion, and location-based advertising.

Edzard Overbeek, CEO, HERE Technologies, says: “We welcome Mitsubishi Corporation and NTT as new strategic investors, supporting our long-term growth ambitions and boosting our enterprise value significantly.

“Both companies recognise the enormous potential for location data and technology to fuel innovation, boost efficiency and sustainability, and ultimately make the world a better place.”