Pishevar said Benchmark's effort to remove Kalanick from Uber's board was aimed at gaining control of the company.
SAN FRANCISCO: A battle among shareholders over Uber Technologies Inc escalated on Thursday as some investors sought to fight a lawsuit by shareholder Benchmark Capital against ousted chief executive Travis Kalanick.
In a letter to the Uber board of directors seen by Reuters, Shervin Pishevar, a venture capitalist with Sherpa Capital who is an Uber investor and critic of Benchmark, said he was seeking to intervene in the lawsuit filed Aug 10.
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