Maererano nevekunze vezvenhau TechCrunch, Japaneseyakagovaniswa mota yemagetsi chikuva"Luup" nguva pfupi yadarika yakazivisa kuti yakasimudza JPY 4.5 bhiriyoni (inenge USD 30 miriyoni) mune yayo D kutenderera kwemari, inosanganisira JPY 3.8 bhiriyoni mukuenzana uye JPY 700 miriyoni muchikwereti.
Iyi denderedzwa remari yaitungamirwa neSpiral Capital, nevaidyara mari varipo ANRI, SMBC Venture Capital neMori Trust, pamwe nevaisiri mari vatsva 31 Ventures, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust uye Banking Corporation, vachitevera sutu. Kubva pari zvino, "Luup" yakasimudza huwandu hweUSD 68 miriyoni. Sekureva kwevari mukati, kukosha kwekambani kwakapfuura madhora zana emamiriyoni, asi kambani yakaramba kutaura nezve kukosha uku.
Mumakore achangopfuura, hurumende yeJapan yave ichishingairira kuzorora mirau pamotokari dzemagetsi kuti ienderere mberi nekukurudzira kuvandudzwa kweindastiri yekufambisa. Kutanga kubva muna Chikunguru gore rino, kuvandudzwa kwemutemo weRoad Traffic Act wekuJapan uchaita kuti vanhu vashandise midhudhudhu yemagetsi vasina rezinesi kana helmet, chero vachiona kuti sipidhi yacho haidarike makiromita makumi maviri paawa.
CEO Daiki Okai akataura mubvunzurudzo kuti chinangwa chinotevera che "Luup" ndechekuwedzera mudhudhudhu wemagetsi uyebhizimusi rebhasikoro remagetsikumaguta makuru uye zvinokwezva vashanyi muJapan, kusvika pachiyero chinoenzana nezvifambiso zvevoruzhinji zvechinyakare kuti zvizadzise zvinodikanwa zvemazana ezviuru zvevafambi vemazuva ese. "Luup" inorongawo kushandura ivhu risingashandiswe kuita zviteshi zvekupaka uye kuisa nzvimbo dzekupaka munzvimbo dzakaita sezvivakwa zvehofisi, dzimba, uye zvitoro.
Maguta eJapan anogadzirwa akatenderedza zviteshi zvechitima, saka vagari vanogara munzvimbo dziri kure nenzvimbo dzekufambisa vane nzendo dzisingaite. Okai akatsanangura kuti chinangwa che“Luup” ndechekuvaka network yekutakura vanhu vakawanda kuti vazadze mukaha wekufambisa kune vagari vanogara kure nezviteshi zvechitima.
"Luup" yakavambwa muna 2018 uye yakatangamotokari dzemagetsi dzakagoverwamuna 2021. Kukura kwayo kwezvikepe kwakura kusvika pamotokari dzinosvika zviuru gumi. Kambani iyi inoti yakadhindwa kanopfuura miriyoni imwe uye yakaisa nzvimbo dzekupaka zviuru zvitatu mumaguta matanhatu eJapan gore rino. Chinangwa chekambani ndechekuendesa zviuru gumi nzvimbo dzekupaka panosvika 2025.
Vakwikwidzi vekambani iyi vanosanganisira ekutanga emuno Docomo Bike Share, Open Streets, uye US-based Shiri uye South Korea's Swing. Nekudaro, "Luup" parizvino ine nhamba huru yenzvimbo dzekupaka muTokyo, Osaka, neKyoto.
Okai anoti nekuvandudzwa kwemutemo weRoad Traffic Law uri kutanga kushanda muna Chikunguru wegore rino, huwandu hwevanhu vari kufamba nemotokari dzemagetsi huchawedzera zvakanyanya. Pamusoro pezvo, iyo yakakwira-density micro-traffic network ye "Luup" ichapawo kukurudzira kwekuendeswa kwezvivakwa zvitsva zvekufambisa zvakaita sema drones uye marobhoti ekutumira.
Nguva yekutumira: May-04-2023
