Inkampani yedijithali ye-AirAsia, i-RedBeat Ventures, imemezele ukuthi isungula isikhwama semali yebhizinisi lomhlaba wonke, i-RedBeat Capital, kanye nobudlelwano obunamasu nama-Startups angama-500, okuyinkampani ehamba phambili yokusheshisa ukuqalisa kanye nenkampani yemali esungulwe i-San Francisco.
I-RedBeat Capital iklanyelwe ukusekela iziqalo zesiteji sembewu, ukutshala imali ekuqaliseni okuyingozi okudinga ukungena noma ukwandisa ubukhona babo Southeast Asia, ngokugxila ngokukhethekile ku-:
- Ukuhamba nendlela yokuphila
- Logistics
- Ubuchwepheshe bezezimali
I-RedBeat Capital izophinde itshale imali kuzinsiza zedijithali ukuze zisekele lezi zimo njengobuhlakani bokwenziwa, i-inthanethi yezinto kanye nokuvikeleka kwe-inthanethi.
Ngokusekelwa kwe E-Asia Indiza enkulu eshibhile ngabagibeli, enezivakashi eziyizigidi ezingama-90 minyaka yonke, iRedBeat Capital izoba nesizinda i-San Francisco, ithola ukufinyelela ku-500 Startups deal flow flow, kanye nabanye abathweswe iziqu kuhlelo lokusheshisa abafunwa kakhulu emhlabeni kanye nemibono.
Iphothifoliyo yamanje ye-500 Startups inezinkampani ezingu-2,210 kanye nabasunguli abangaphezu kuka-5,000 emazweni angu-74 - kuhlanganise nama-unicorns angu-10 afana ne-Twilio, SendGrid, Credit Karma, Canva and Grab, kanye nezinye izinkampani ezingu-66 zenani elingaphezulu. US $ 100 million. I-RedBeat Capital izophinde ifune ukutshala izimali ngokubambisana ezinkampanini ezikhethiwe zephothifoliyo ye-Startups engu-500.
“Ithalente likhona emhlabeni wonke futhi ligcwele kuwo wonke amagumbi omhlaba, ikakhulukazi e Southeast Asia, ”Kusho Christine Tsai, i-CEO ye-500 Startups. “Ngaphezu kwalokho, lesi sifunda sinabasebenzisi be-inthanethi abaningi kune-US, okunikeza ithuba elikhulu kosomabhizinisi. Ukuba nesizinda semboni njenge-AirAsia ukwakha ibhuloho neSilicon Valley ngokusebenzisana kwayo nabangu-500 kuyajabulisa ekuqaleni kwethu, eziningi zazo ezinezifiso zomhlaba wonke. "
Isikhulu esiphezulu se-AirAsia Group Tony Fernandes wathi, “I-AirAsia ne-RedBeat Capital zibheke okuhamba phambili nokugqama kakhulu emhlabeni ukuze zisisize sithuthukise i-ecosystem yobuchwepheshe bokuvakasha. Iyiphi indawo engcono ongaqala ngayo kunalapha i-San Francisco. "
“Sihlose ukuqalisa ukusebenza kulo nyaka, sisebenzisana noChristine nethimba lakhe ukuhlonza nokutshala izimali ezisunguliwe ezizimisele ukukhula nokunwetshwa, ikakhulukazi Southeast Asia lapho sinenethiwekhi, idatha kanye nolwazi lwesifunda ukusiza ukusheshisa ibhizinisi labo."
Kulayishwe ngu Isikhulu seRedBeat Ventures kanye nePhini le-CEO ye-AirAsia Group (Ubuchwepheshe Nedijithali) U-Aireen Omar, isikhwama semali yebhizinisi sizohambisana futhi sithuthukise izinguquko ze-AirAsia zibe inkampani yobuchwepheshe bokuhamba.
U-Aireen Omar wathi, “Ukubambisana neziqalo zedijithali, ezinikwe amandla ezobuchwepheshe kuzosisiza ukuba sisungule futhi sithuthukise isikhundla sethu njengenkampani yobuchwepheshe bokuhamba ehamba phambili emakethe, futhi sibheke phambili ekuhloleni ukuhlanganiswa kwemibono emisha, ephazamisayo kuphothifoliyo yethu ekhulayo yamabhizinisi edijithali. ”
I-RedBeat Ventures isebenza ngenani lamabhizinisi ahlobene nedijithali, okuhlanganisa i-BIGLIFE (AirAsia BIG Loyalty, travel360.com ne-Vidi), i-ROKKI, i-BigPay ne-RedCargo Logistics, futhi, nge-RedBeat Capital, izoqhubeka nokubheka amathuba okutshala izimali kubuchwepheshe obuphezulu. indawo yedijithali ngaphesheya Asia Pacific, Europe kanye naseMelika.
