The business model of such start ups is to con as much as possible. Wonder why even Alibaba invested in such scams
Grab, i believe, is still losing money.
When grab first stated as myteksi in jiu hu, their overheads were low. But investors and seed funds put in billions into the company. It relocated to a tax haven but now, its overheads are high as it hired tech experts and marketing etc to expand. I cannot see how it can breakeven as taxi fares are not paid for in advance like say, airline tickets or hotel bookings.
Airasia, when it started, was just a ticketing website selling tickets one year ahead with no planes.they fund their business by selling tickets at a discount. No need for other investors. Thats what i call a great business model.tgey still have no planes as they sold it off and leaseback.they are now just a website selling plane tickets and managing flights.