Auto classified portal, CarTrade announced that it has acquired Adroit Inspection, a vehicle inspection and valuation company. The acquisition will give will help CarTrade operation in used vehicle market. CarTrade allows customers to buy and sell new as well as old cars. Note that the company had earlier acquired Carwale, in November 2015, for $90 million. The two portals currently work as separate entities with Carwale focusing on new cars while CarTrade on used cars. CarTrade along with Carwale claims to have 35 million visits per month with approximately 8,000 new and used car dealer partners. While, Adroit inspection offers services to inspect and value automobiles for clients which include banks such as Kotak Mahindra Bank, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, and Reliance Finance etc. The company claims to have over 300 field inspectors spread across the country to inspect over one million vehicles this year. Carwale funding In February, the company had raised $55 million from Singapore-based investment firm Temasek Holdings, it had said it will be using the fund for acquisition and entering new segments such as auto-finance. Carewale previously raised $145 million from Temasek Holdings, March Capital, and existing investor Warburg Pincus in January last year for expansion of its services. The company had previously raised an undisclosed investment from Chip Perry, the ex-CEO of Auto Trader, and Rs 185 crore in October 2014 from Warburg Pincus, Tiger Global, and Canaan Partners. Competition: Other players in the space include CarDekho, which launched a digital loan platform for used cars and…
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