Ngokutsho kweendaba zangaphandle TechCrunch, Japaneseiqonga lesithuthi sombane ekwabelwana ngalo"I-Luup" kutshanje ibhengeze ukuba ikhulise i-JPY 4.5 yezigidigidi (malunga ne-USD 30 yezigidi) kumjikelo wayo we-D wenkxaso-mali, equka i-JPY 3.8 yezigidigidi kwi-equity kunye ne-JPY 700 yezigidigidi ematyaleni.
Lo mjikelo wenkxaso-mali ubukhokelwa nguSpiral Capital, kunye nabatyali-zimali abasele bekho i-ANRI, i-SMBC Venture Capital kunye neMori Trust, kunye nabatyali-mali abatsha i-31 Ventures, i-Mitsubishi UFJ Trust kunye ne-Banking Corporation, ilandela. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, "iLuup" inyuse i-USD 68 yezigidi. Ngokutsho kwabangaphakathi, ixabiso lenkampani ligqithise kwi-USD 100 yezigidi, kodwa inkampani yalile ukuphawula kolu qingqo-maxabiso.
Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, urhulumente waseJapan uye waphumla ngenkuthalo imimiselo kwiimoto zombane ukuqhubela phambili ukuvuselela uphuhliso lweshishini lezothutho ezincinci. Ukusukela kweyeKhala kulo nyaka, isihlomelo somthetho i-Road Traffic Act waseJapan sizakuvumela abantu ukuba basebenzise izithuthuthu zombane ngaphandle kwelayisenisi yokuqhuba okanye ihelmet, ukuba nje beqinisekisa ukuba isantya asidluli kwiikhilomitha ezingama-20 ngeyure.
I-CEO uDaiki Okai uthe kudliwanondlebe ukuba injongo elandelayo ye "Luup" kukwandisa isithuthuthu sombane kunyeishishini ibhayisekile yombaneukuya kwizixeko ezikhulu kunye neendawo ezitsala umdla zabakhenkethi eJapan, ukufikelela kwisikali esithelekiswa nezithuthi zikawonke-wonke zemveli ukuhlangabezana neemfuno zamakhulu amawaka abakhweli bemihla ngemihla. I-“Luup” ikwaceba ukuguqula umhlaba ongasetyenziswa kakuhle ube zizikhululo zokupaka nokubeka iindawo zokupaka kwiindawo ezifana nezakhiwo zeeofisi, amagumbi kunye neevenkile.
Izixeko zaseJapan ziphuhlisiwe malunga nezikhululo zikaloliwe, ngoko ke abahlali abahlala kwiindawo ezikude neendawo zothutho banohambo olunzima kakhulu. U-Okai wachaza ukuba injongo ye-"Luup" kukwakha uthungelwano lwezothutho olunoxinaniso oluphezulu ukuvala umsantsa wothutho olulula kubahlali abahlala kude nezikhululo zikaloliwe.
"Luup" yasekwa ngo-2018 kwaye yasungulwaizithuthi zombane ekwabelwana ngazongo-2021. Ubungakanani bayo beenqanawa ngoku bukhule malunga neenqwelo ze-10,000. Le nkampani ithi isicelo sayo sikhutshelwe ngaphezulu kwesigidi esinye kwaye ibeke iindawo zokupaka ezingama-3,000 kwizixeko ezithandathu zaseJapan kulo nyaka. Injongo yenkampani kukuhambisa iindawo zokupaka ii-10,000 ngo-2025.
Abakhuphiswano bale nkampani babandakanya ukuqala kwasekhaya kweDocomo Bike Share, Open Streets, kunye ne-US-based Bird kunye neSouth Korea's Swing. Nangona kunjalo, "iLuup" okwangoku inelona nani likhulu leendawo zokupaka eTokyo, Osaka, naseKyoto.
U-Okai uthe njengoko kuhlonyelwa kuMthetho wezoThutho eziNdleleni ukuqalisa ukusebenza kweyeKhala kulo nyaka, lizakunyuka kakhulu inani labantu abahamba ngeemoto zombane. Ukongeza, i-high-density micro-traffic network ye "Luup" iya kunika amandla okuthunyelwa kweziseko zothutho ezitsha ezifana ne-drones kunye neerobhothi zokuhambisa.
Ixesha lokuposa: May-04-2023
