Pulatifomu ya scooter yamagetsi yaku Japan "Luup" yakweza $ 30 miliyoni mundalama za Series D ndipo ifalikira kumizinda ingapo ku Japan.

Malinga ndi atolankhani akunja a TechCrunch, aku Japanadagawana nsanja yagalimoto yamagetsi"Luup" posachedwapa yalengeza kuti yakweza JPY 4.5 biliyoni (pafupifupi USD 30 miliyoni) m'gawo lake la D landalama, lopangidwa ndi JPY 3.8 biliyoni mu equity ndi JPY 700 miliyoni mu ngongole.

Kuzungulira kwandalama kumeneku kunatsogozedwa ndi Spiral Capital, ndi osunga ndalama omwe alipo ANRI, SMBC Venture Capital ndi Mori Trust, komanso osunga ndalama atsopano 31 Ventures, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust ndi Banking Corporation, kutsatira. Pofika pano, "Luup" yakweza ndalama zokwana $ 68 miliyoni. Malinga ndi omwe ali mkati, mtengo wa kampaniyo wapitilira USD 100 miliyoni, koma kampaniyo idakana kuyankhapo pamtengowu.

M'zaka zaposachedwa, boma la Japan lakhala likupumula malamulo okhudza magalimoto amagetsi kuti apititse patsogolo chitukuko chamakampani oyendetsa magalimoto ang'onoang'ono. Kuyambira mwezi wa July chaka chino, kusintha kwa lamulo la Road Traffic Act ku Japan, kudzalola anthu kugwiritsa ntchito njinga zamoto zamagetsi popanda chilolezo choyendetsa kapena chisoti, bola awonetsetse kuti liwiro silidutsa makilomita 20 pa ola limodzi.

Mtsogoleri wamkulu wa Daiki Okai adanena poyankhulana kuti cholinga chotsatira cha "Luup" ndikukulitsa njinga yamoto yamagetsi ndi magetsi.bizinesi yanjinga yamagetsikupita kumizinda ikuluikulu ndi zokopa alendo ku Japan, kufika pamlingo wofanana ndi zoyendera zapagulu kuti zikwaniritse zosowa za anthu masauzande ambiri tsiku lililonse. "Luup" ikukonzekeranso kusintha malo osagwiritsidwa ntchito mocheperapo kukhala malo oimikapo magalimoto ndikuyika malo oimikapo magalimoto m'malo monga nyumba zamaofesi, nyumba zogona, ndi mashopu.

Mizinda ya ku Japan imapangidwa mozungulira masitima apamtunda, motero anthu okhala kumadera akutali ndi malo ochitirako mayendedwe amakhala ndi zovuta zambiri. Okai adalongosola kuti cholinga cha "Luup" ndikumanga mayendedwe okwera kwambiri kuti athe kutseka mpata wa mayendedwe kwa anthu okhala kutali ndi masitima apamtunda.

"Luup" idakhazikitsidwa mu 2018 ndikukhazikitsidwaadagawana magalimoto amagetsimu 2021. Kukula kwake kwa zombo tsopano kwakula mpaka magalimoto pafupifupi 10,000. Kampaniyo yati ntchito yake idatsitsidwa nthawi zopitilira miliyoni imodzi ndipo yatumiza malo oimikapo magalimoto 3,000 m'mizinda isanu ndi umodzi ku Japan chaka chino. Cholinga cha kampaniyi ndikuyika malo oimikapo magalimoto 10,000 pofika 2025.

Omwe akupikisana nawo kampaniyi akuphatikiza zoyambira zakomweko Docomo Bike Share, Open Streets, ndi Bird yochokera ku US ndi Swing yaku South Korea. Komabe, "Luup" pakadali pano ili ndi malo ambiri oimikapo magalimoto ku Tokyo, Osaka, ndi Kyoto.

Okai wati pomwe kusintha kwa lamulo la Road Traffic Law kudzayamba kugwira ntchito mwezi wa July chaka chino, chiwerengero cha anthu oyenda ndi magalimoto amagetsi chikwera kwambiri. Kuphatikiza apo, ma network a "Luup" omwe ali ndi kachulukidwe kakang'ono kwambiri aperekanso chilimbikitso pakuyika zida zatsopano zoyendera monga ma drones ndi maloboti operekera.