Air Asia ikhazikitsa thumba lazachuma padziko lonse lapansi

AirAsia's digital venture arm, RedBeat Ventures, yalengeza kuti ikukhazikitsa thumba la ndalama zapadziko lonse lapansi, RedBeat Capital, limodzi ndi mgwirizano wanzeru ndi 500 Startups, omwe amatsogolera poyambira komanso kampani yayikulu yamabizinesi. San Francisco.

RedBeat Capital idapangidwa kuti izithandizira zoyambira pambuyo pa mbewu, kuyika ndalama pazoyambira zowopsa zomwe zikufuna kulowa kapena kuwonjezera kupezeka kwawo Asia, yoyang'ana kwambiri:

• Ulendo ndi moyo
• mmene kukumana
• Zipangizo zamakono

RedBeat Capital idzagulitsanso ndalama zothandizira digito kuti zithandizire zotsatizanazi monga luntha lochita kupanga, intaneti ya zinthu ndi cybersecurity.

Ndi chithandizo cha Asia Ndege yayikulu kwambiri yotsika mtengo ndi okwera, yokhala ndi alendo 90 miliyoni omwe amawuluka pachaka, RedBeat Capital idzakhala ndi maziko San Francisco, kupeza mwayi wopita ku 500 Startups deal flow, ndi ena mwa omwe amafunidwa kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi omaliza maphunziro a accelerator ndi malingaliro.

500 Startups' yomwe ilipo pano ili ndi makampani 2,210 ndi oyambitsa 5,000 m'maiko 74 - kuphatikiza ma unicorn 10 monga Twilio, SendGrid, Credit Karma, Canva ndi Grab, komanso makampani ena 66 omwe ali okwera mtengo kwambiri. US $ 100 miliyoni. RedBeat Capital idzafunanso kuyika ndalama m'makampani osankhidwa a 500 Startups.

"Talente ndi yapadziko lonse lapansi komanso yochuluka padziko lonse lapansi, makamaka mu Asia, "Adatero Christine Tsai, CEO wa 500 Startups. "Kuphatikiza apo, dera lino lili ndi ogwiritsa ntchito intaneti ambiri kuposa US, zomwe zimapereka mwayi waukulu kwa amalonda. Kukhala ndi makampani akuluakulu monga AirAsia kumanga mlatho ndi Silicon Valley kudzera mu mgwirizano wake ndi 500 ndizosangalatsa kwa oyambitsa athu, ambiri omwe ali ndi zilakolako zapadziko lonse lapansi. "

AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes adati, "AirAsia ndi RedBeat Capital akuyang'ana zabwino kwambiri komanso zowala kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi kuti zitithandize kupanga ukadaulo wapaulendo. Malo abwino oyambirapo kuposa pomwe pano San Francisco. "

"Tikufuna kugwira ntchito chaka chino, tikugwira ntchito ndi Christine ndi gulu lake kuti tidziwe ndikuyika ndalama zoyambira zomwe zikufuna kukula ndikukula, makamaka kumayiko ena. Asia komwe tili ndi netiweki, data komanso ukadaulo wazigawo kuti zithandizire kupititsa patsogolo bizinesi yawo. ”

Amayendetsedwa ndi RedBeat Ventures CEO ndi AirAsia Group Deputy CEO (Technology and Digital) Airen Omar, thumba la capital capital lithandizira ndikupititsa patsogolo kusintha kwa AirAsia kukhala kampani yaukadaulo wapaulendo.

Airen Omar adati, "Kugwirizana ndi makina oyambira a digito, opangidwa ndiukadaulo kudzatithandiza kupanga zatsopano ndikupititsa patsogolo malo athu monga kampani yotsogola pamsika, ndipo tikuyembekeza kuwona kuphatikiza kwa malingaliro atsopano, osokonekera muzinthu zathu zomwe zikukula zamabizinesi a digito. ”

RedBeat Ventures imagwira mabizinesi angapo okhudzana ndi digito, kuphatikiza BIGLIFE (AirAsia BIG Loyalty, travel360.com ndi Vidi), ROKKI, BigPay ndi RedCargo Logistics, ndipo, kudzera mu RedBeat Capital, ipitiliza kuyang'ana mwayi wopeza ndalama muukadaulo wapamwamba kwambiri. malo a digito kudutsa Asia Pacific, Europe ndi America.