Air Asia ta kafa asusun jari na duniya

Reshen kamfani na dijital na AirAsia, RedBeat Ventures, ya sanar da cewa yana kafa asusun babban jari na duniya, RedBeat Capital, tare da haɗin gwiwar dabarun tare da 500 Startups, babban mai haɓaka haɓakawa da babban kamfani wanda ke tushen a cikin San Francisco.

RedBeat Capital an ƙirƙira shi ne don tallafawa farawar matakin bayan iri, saka hannun jari a cikin farawa masu ƙima waɗanda ke neman shiga ko faɗaɗa kasancewarsu kudu maso gabashin Asia, tare da mai da hankali na musamman akan:

  • Tafiya da salon rayuwa
  • sarrafawa
  • Fasahar fasaha

RedBeat Capital kuma za ta saka hannun jari a cikin masu ba da damar dijital don tallafawa waɗannan a tsaye kamar hankali na wucin gadi, intanet na abubuwa da tsaro ta yanar gizo.

Tare da goyan bayan Asiya Babban jirgin sama mai rahusa ta fasinja, tare da baƙi miliyan 90 a duk shekara, RedBeat Capital zai sami tushe a ciki San Francisco, samun dama ga 500 Startups deal flows, da kuma wasu daga cikin duniya da aka fi nema-bayan accelerator shirin digiri da kuma ra'ayoyi.

Fayil ɗin farawa na 500 na yanzu ya ƙunshi kamfanoni 2,210 da sama da 5,000 waɗanda suka kafa a cikin ƙasashe 74 - gami da unicorns 10 kamar Twilio, SendGrid, Credit Karma, Canva da Grab, da kuma wasu kamfanoni 66 da aka kimanta sama da su. US $ 100 miliyan. RedBeat Capital kuma za ta nemi hada hannu a cikin zaɓaɓɓun kamfanoni 500 na Farawa.

"Talent abu ne na duniya kuma yana da yawa a duk sassan duniya, musamman a cikin kudu maso gabashin Asia, "In ji shi Christine Tsai, Shugaba na 500 Startups. "Bugu da ƙari, wannan yanki yana da ƙarin masu amfani da intanet fiye da Amurka, wanda ke ba da babbar dama ga 'yan kasuwa. Samun titan masana'antu kamar AirAsia gina gada tare da Silicon Valley ta hanyar haɗin gwiwa tare da 500 yana da ban sha'awa ga farawanmu, yawancinsu suna da buri na sikelin duniya. "

AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes ne adam wata ya ce, "AirAsia da RedBeat Capital suna neman mafi kyawun duniya da haske don taimaka mana haɓaka yanayin yanayin fasahar balaguro. Wane wuri mafi kyau don farawa fiye da nan a ciki San Francisco. "

"Muna da niyyar fara aiki a wannan shekara, muna aiki tare da Christine da ƙungiyarta don ganowa da saka hannun jari a cikin farawar da ke son haɓakawa da faɗaɗawa, musamman a cikin kudu maso gabashin Asia inda muke da hanyar sadarwa, bayanai da ƙwarewar yanki don taimakawa haɓaka kasuwancin su. ”

Led by RedBeat Ventures Shugaba da Mataimakin Shugaban Kamfanin AirAsia Group (Fasaha da Digital) Aireen Omar, Asusun jari na kamfani zai haɓaka da haɓaka canjin AirAsia zuwa kamfanin fasahar balaguro.

Aireen Omar Ya ce, "Haɗin kai tare da na'urori masu tasowa na dijital, fasaha na fasaha zai taimaka mana don ingantawa da kuma ci gaba da matsayinmu a matsayin kamfanin fasaha na tafiye-tafiye na kasuwa, kuma muna sa ran yin bincike game da haɗin kai na sababbin ra'ayoyin da ke rushewa a cikin haɓakar kasuwancin mu na dijital. ”

RedBeat Ventures yana gudanar da kasuwancin da ke da alaƙa da dijital, gami da BIGLIFE (AirAsia BIG Loyalty, Travel360.com da Vidi), ROKKI, BigPay da RedCargo Logistics, kuma, ta hanyar RedBeat Capital, za su ci gaba da neman damar saka hannun jari a cikin manyan fasaha. dijital sarari a fadin Asia PacificTurai da Amurka.

ABUBUWAN DA ZA KU GUDU DAGA WANNAN LABARI:

  • 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.

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Juergen T Steinmetz

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