BRUSSELS, June 23 (Reuters) - Prosus is "very

confident" of securing early EU antitrust approval for its

4.1-billion-euro ($4.72 billion) acquisition of Just Eat

Takeaway.com, the Dutch technology investor said on

Monday.

Prosus sought approval for the deal from the European

Commission on Friday, the company told journalists, as it seeks

to create what it calls a "European tech champion" of food

delivery.

"We are working constructively with the Commission and are

fully committed to securing approval and closing the transaction

as swiftly as possible," the company said in a separate emailed

statement.

The Commission, which acts as the competition enforcer

in the 27-country European Union, could clear the deal with or

without concessions, or it could open a four-month investigation

at the end of its preliminary review if it has serious concerns.

The deal would make Prosus, which is majority owned by

South Africa's Naspers, the world's fourth-largest

food delivery company after Meituan ( MPNGF ), DoorDash ( DASH )

and Uber ( UBER ), according to ING analysts.