AirAsia's digital venture arm, RedBeat Ventures, yakazivisa kuti iri kutanga homwe yemari yepasi rose, RedBeat Capital, pamwe chete nehurongwa hwekudyidzana ne500 Startups, inotungamira yekutanga accelerator uye venture capital firm yakavakirwa mu. San Francisco.
RedBeat Capital yakagadzirirwa kutsigira post-mhodzi nhanho yekutanga, kuisa mari mune scalable startups kutsvaga kupinda kana kuwedzera kuvepo kwavo mukati. Southeast Asia, nekutarisa zvakanyanya pa:
- Kufamba uye mararamiro
- Logistics
- Zvemari tekinoroji
RedBeat Capital ichaisawo mari mumadhijitari anogonesa kutsigira aya verticals akadai seyekunyepedzera njere, internet yezvinhu uye cybersecurity.
Nekutsigirwa kwe Asia raMwari ndege huru inodhura yakaderera nevafambi, ine 90 miriyoni vashanyi vanobhururuka pagore, RedBeat Capital ichava nehwaro mukati. San Francisco, kuwana mukana we500 Startups deal flow, uye mamwe epasirese anonyanya kutsvakwa-kumashure accelerator chirongwa vakapedza kudzidza uye mazano.
500 Startups 'parizvino portfolio ine 2,210 makambani uye vanopfuura zviuru zvishanu vakavamba munyika makumi manomwe neina - kusanganisira gumi unicorns seTwilio, SendGrid, Credit Karma, Canva neGrab, pamwe nemamwe makambani makumi matanhatu nematanhatu anokosheswa kudarika. US $ 100 mamiriyoni. RedBeat Capital ichatsvagawo kubatanidza mari mukusarudza 500 Startups portfolio makambani.
"Tarenda riri pasi rose uye rakawanda mumakona ese epasi, kunyanya mu Southeast Asia, "Akadaro Christine Tsai, CEO we500 Startups. “Zvakare, dunhu rino rine vashandisi veinternet vakawanda kudarika vekuUS, izvo zvinopa mukana mukuru kune vemabhizimusi. Kuva neindasitiri yakakura seAirAsia kuvaka bhiriji neSilicon Valley kuburikidza nekudyidzana kwayo ne500 zvinonakidza kune edu ekutanga, mazhinji ayo ane shuviro yepasi rose. "
AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes akati, “AirAsia neRedBeat Capital vari kutsvaga akanakisa uye akajeka pasi rose kuti atibatsire kugadzira tekinoroji yekufamba. Ndeipi nzvimbo iri nani yekutanga kupfuura imo muno San Francisco. "
"Tinoda kushanda gore rino, tichishanda naChristine nechikwata chake kuona nekudyara mari mukutanga vanoda kukura nekuwedzera, kunyanya Southeast Asia kwatine network, data uye hunyanzvi hwedunhu kubatsira kusimudzira bhizinesi ravo. "
Kutungamirirwa na RedBeat Ventures CEO uye AirAsia Group Mutevedzeri Mukuru (Tekinoroji uye Digital) Aireen Omar, iyo venture capital fund inozadzisa uye kusimudzira shanduko yeAirAsia kuita kambani yehunyanzvi hwekufamba.
Aireen Omar akati, “Kudyidzana nedhijitari, tekinoroji-inogonesa kutanga kuchatibatsira kugadzira uye kufambisira mberi chinzvimbo chedu sekambani inotungamira pamusika tekinoroji yekufambisa, uye isu tinotarisira kuongorora kubatanidzwa kwemazano matsva, anovhiringidza muchikamu chedu chiri kukura chebhizinesi redhijitari. ”
RedBeat Ventures inoshandisa mabhizinesi akati wandei ane chekuita nedhijitari, anosanganisira BIGLIFE (AirAsia BIG Kuvimbika, travel360.com uye Vidi), ROKKI, BigPay uye RedCargo Logistics, uye, kuburikidza neRedBeat Capital, icharamba ichitsvaga mikana yekudyara mune yepamusoro-tech. digitaalinen nzvimbo mhiri Asia Pacific, Europe uye America.
ZVOKUBVA MUNYAYA INO:
- Aireen Omar said, “Collaborating with digital, tech-enabled startups will help us to innovate and advance our position as a market-leading travel technology company, and we look forward to exploring the integration of new, disruptive ideas into our growing portfolio of digital businesses.
- “We intend to operationalise this year, working with Christine and her team to identify and invest in startups that are willing to grow and expand, particularly into Southeast Asia where we have the network, data and regional expertise to help accelerate their business.
- AirAsia’s digital venture arm, RedBeat Ventures, announced it is establishing a global venture capital fund, RedBeat Capital, alongside a strategic partnership with 500 Startups, a leading startup accelerator and venture capital firm based in San Francisco.
