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Fast-expanding Zipcar files for $75m IPO

01 June 2010 • 2 min read

Car-sharing specialist plans to use cash injection to pay debt and drive expansion

US-based car-sharing firm Zipcar has become the latest green company to file for an IPO, revealing plans to raise an estimated $75m (£51m) by listing on the Nasdaq. The company said in a statement...

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