Lyft has no problem getting a ride.
The San Francisco-based cab-hailing app outfit has raised $300 million from Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten, valuing Lyft at $2.5 billion, the company said Thursday.
Rakuten is the lead investor in a total $530 million series E round of fundraising — and has an 11.9 percent stake in Lyft, the Tokyo company said.
The Post exclusively reported in February that Lyft was looking to raise $500 million as it competes with Uber, its much larger rival, which is valued at around $40 billion.
Lyft — which uses light-up pink mustaches to let ride hailers know their car has come — entered the New York market last summer.
“Lyft is trying to differentiate themselves as a more user-friendly application,” one Silicon Valley investor told The Post.


