'Turning point': Sherbet raises £40m to expand electric black taxi fleet

Stuart Stone
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Sherbet CEO Asher Moses - Credit: Sherbet
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Sherbet CEO Asher Moses - Credit: Sherbet

Funding from Hoplon Investment Partners said to be largest-ever investment in London taxi industry

Electric black taxi company Sherbet has raised in the region of £40m funding from European private equity firm Hoplon Investment Partners, in what the pair claim is the largest single investment in the...

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