Prosus Group

What Prosus Group does

Prosus Group (Prosus N.V.) is a publicly listed global consumer internet group and one of the world's largest dedicated technology investors, domiciled in the Netherlands (Euronext Amsterdam: PRX) and operating as the primary vehicle for Naspers' international consumer internet investments. The group builds, acquires, and operates leading consumer internet businesses across four verticals: online classifieds, food delivery, payments and fintech, and education technology, with wholly-owned operating subsidiaries including iFood (LatAm food delivery, 60M annual customers), OLX Group (classifieds and marketplaces), Just Eat Takeaway.com (European food delivery), Despegar (Latin American OTA, acquired Dec 2024 for US$1.7B), Sympla (LatAm events), and La Centrale (French motors classifieds, acquired Sept 2025). More than 2 billion customers per month use products and services from companies Prosus has invested in, acquired, or built.

The business model is a hybrid of operator and investor: Prosus acts as a strategic owner-operator for core subsidiaries while running Prosus Ventures to back growth-stage opportunities in AI, social and ecommerce platforms, fintech, B2B software, logistics, health, blockchain, and agriculture. Revenue accrues primarily through its operating subsidiaries' marketplace transaction fees, advertising, fintech take-rates, and B2B white-label solutions (e.g., Despegar serves banks, airlines, and retailers alongside its B2C travel platform). Underlying technology assets are heterogeneous by portfolio company but increasingly AI-driven: Despegar's conversational AI assistant 'Sofia' powers omnichannel travel booking; iFood uses AI for demand forecasting, route optimization, and personalization; OLX applies AI to content moderation, fraud detection, and user experience; and Prosus Ventures is actively allocating capital to AI-native platforms such as Alan (AI-powered healthcare) and Taktile (AI-native fintech decisioning).

Go-to-market is conducted through portfolio companies' direct-to-consumer channels in their respective verticals and geographies, supported at the corporate level by investor relations communications, the Prosus PULSE AI newsletter, and thought-leadership publications such as the State of AI Europe report. The group's stated strategy under CEO Fabricio Bloisi is to construct ecosystems of complementary businesses in priority regions — most visibly Latin America (iFood + Despegar + Sympla) — to drive cross-platform synergies and long-term value creation. Customer segments are primarily B2C long-tail consumers in food delivery, travel, and classifieds, supplemented by B2B white-label and platform partners within the travel and fintech verticals.

Name

Prosus Group

Legal name

Prosus N.V.

Website

https://prosus.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Prosus Group is a publicly listed global consumer internet holding company (Euronext Amsterdam: PRX) that builds, acquires, and operates leading online classifieds, food delivery, payments/fintech, and education technology businesses, serving more than 2 billion customers per month across its portfolio of subsidiaries including iFood, OLX, Just Eat Takeaway.com, and Despegar.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Amsterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Prosus Group is a global consumer internet company and technology investment group that builds, acquires, and operates leading lifestyle e-commerce businesses across online classifieds, food delivery, payments and fintech, and education technology. It also invests in growth-stage technology companies through Prosus Ventures across AI, fintech, B2B software, logistics, health, blockchain, and agriculture. Each month, more than 2 billion customers use the products and services of companies that Prosus has invested in, acquired, or built.

Product overview

Prosus Group is a global consumer internet company and technology investor that operates across online classifieds, food delivery, payments and fintech, and education technology sectors. The company functions as a portfolio/platform ecosystem rather than a single unified product, owning and operating subsidiaries including Just Eat Takeaway.com (food delivery), OLX (online classifieds), iFood (Latin American food delivery), Despegar (Latin American online travel agency), and Sympla (events platform). Prosus also invests through its Ventures arm in AI, social and ecommerce platforms, fintech, B2B software, logistics, health, blockchain, and agriculture. Each month, more than 2 billion customers use the products and services of companies that Prosus has invested in, acquired or built.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• iFood Leading food delivery platform in Brazil, serving more than 60 million customers per year through its consumer-facing restaurant marketplace and delivery logistics service.
• OLX Group Global network of online classifieds marketplaces where individuals and businesses can list and discover items across multiple categories and geographies.
• Just Eat Takeaway.com Online food delivery marketplace covering multiple European markets, described as the world's fourth largest food delivery company following Prosus's majority investment.
• Despegar Leading online travel agency in Latin America with $5.3 billion in annual gross bookings, 9.5 million annual transactions, and a B2B white-label solution for banks, airlines, and retailers.
• Sympla Events and ticketing platform operated within the Prosus portfolio, enabling organizers to publish events and consumers to purchase tickets.
• La Centrale Leading motors classifieds platform in France, enabling consumers and dealers to list and discover new and used vehicles online.
• Prosus Ventures Prosus's investment vehicle providing growth-stage capital and support to technology companies across AI, fintech, B2B software, logistics, health, blockchain, and agriculture sectors.
• PayU Payments and fintech platform within the Prosus portfolio, providing online payment processing and related financial services to merchants across multiple emerging markets.
• eMAG Leading e-commerce platform in Central and Eastern Europe, offering retail marketplace and direct retail operations to consumers across the region.

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Just Eat Takeaway.comcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor acquisition to create the fourth largest food delivery group globally. Prosus is acquiring Just Eat Takeaway.com to build a European food delivery champion.
• DespegarcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcquisition for $1.7bn to acquire Latin America's leading online travel agency. Despegar operates in over 19 Latin American markets with $5.3 billion in gross bookings.
• La CentraleminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOLX Group (Prosus subsidiary) acquisition of La Centrale, a leading motors French classifieds platform, announced September 2025.
• iFoodcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLatin America's leading food delivery platform with 60 million customers per year. Part of Prosus's Latin America ecosystem.
• SymplaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProminent events platform in Latin America. Prosus plans to create synergies between Despegar and Sympla as part of the Latin America ecosystem.
• OLX GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOnline marketplace platform operator under Prosus. OLX Group agreed to acquire La Centrale motors platform in France.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Delivery Hero: Berlin-based global food delivery operator in which Prosus held a major stake until the 2026 partial sale to Uber. Operates in overlapping verticals with iFood and Just Eat Takeaway, with similar margin and competitive dynamics in food delivery.
• Naspers: Prosus's parent company and the closest comparable: a South African-headquartered global internet investor and operator with overlapping investment themes. Naspers holds the controlling stake in Prosus and runs overlapping consumer internet assets, making the two structural twins in the public markets.
• SoftBank Group: Global technology holding and investment company with a similar playbook of operating large cap-tech positions while building operating businesses. Both Prosus and SoftBank monetize through public-market stakes and operating subsidiaries across consumer internet, with comparable holding-company valuation dynamics.

Emerging players

• GoTo Group: Indonesian technology group formed from the Gojek and Tokopedia merger, operating mobility, food delivery, and e-commerce. Comparable to the LatAm ecosystem strategy combining iFood (food), Despegar (travel), and Sympla (events) into a unified consumer platform.
• Sea Limited: Singapore-headquartered consumer internet company operating Shopee, SeaMoney, and Garena across Southeast Asia. Sea is comparable as a multi-vertical consumer internet platform with food delivery, e-commerce, and fintech adjacencies — overlapping with iFood and Despegar's super-app ambitions.
• Grab Holdings: Southeast Asia super-app combining mobility, food delivery, and fintech. Comparable to the iFood/Despegar/Sympla ecosystem play in Latin America, with overlapping lessons on super-app unit economics and emerging-market consumer dynamics.
• Meituan: China's dominant food delivery and local services super-app. Relevant comparable for iFood and Just Eat Takeaway on food-delivery unit economics, restaurant SaaS, and adjacent on-demand services.

Broad incumbents

• Tencent Holdings: One of Prosus's largest financial holdings and a global consumer internet investor-operator. Tencent's mix of operating platforms (WeChat, gaming) and investment portfolio parallels Prosus's model of owning both operating businesses and strategic stakes.
• Uber Technologies: Global rideshare and food delivery platform that acquired a 4.5% Delivery Hero stake from Prosus. Uber Eats competes with iFood and Just Eat Takeaway while Uber's mobility business parallels portions of OLX's classifieds reach in some markets.
• Booking Holdings: Largest global online travel platform operating Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda and others. Directly comparable to Despegar as an OTA with overlapping travel verticals and AI-driven personalization strategies.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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