Uber rival Lyft looks to raise $500 million fresh funds

Uber competitor Lyft is pitching investors on a new funding round and hopes to net at least $500 million, according to a source familiar with the matter.

The $500 million fundraising would value the ride-hailing service between $6 billion and $7 billion, the source said.

A Lyft spokeswoman declined to comment.

Lyft's fundraising efforts have been ongoing for months, and the company retained Qatalyst Partners in part to assist them in raising a fresh round of cash, according to other sources with knowledge of the matter.

Larger ride-hailing competitors, Uber and Didi, have raised so much money that Lyft`s options of finding new investors who can write big checks are quite limited.

Uber is valued at about $70 billion and Didi`s valuation is about $35 billion after its merger with Uber`s China operations in August.