By Amy-Jo Crowley and Andres Gonzalez

LONDON (Reuters) -Dutch technology investment group Prosus has expressed early-stage interest in potentially bidding for Mobile.de as the owners prepare to sell shares in the German online auto marketplace group, according to three people familiar with the matter.

While shareholders Permira and Blackstone are leaning towards an initial public offering of Mobile.de, Germany’s largest auto marketplace is drawing interest from companies including Prosus, which could consider a bid through its classified unit OLX, the people said.

The private equity funds hired JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs earlier this year to prepare Mobile.de for an IPO that could be valued as much as 10 billion euros ($11.66 billion) in a stock market debut set for next year, the peopl

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