Wahi a nā nūpepa haole ʻo TechCrunch, Iapanakahua kaʻa kaʻa uilaUa hoʻolaha hou ʻo "Luup" ua hoʻonui ʻia ʻo JPY 4.5 biliona (ma kahi o USD 30 miliona) i kāna kālā kālā D, ʻo ia ka JPY 3.8 biliona ma ke kaulike a me JPY 700 miliona i ka aie.
Ua alakaʻi ʻia kēia pōʻai kālā e Spiral Capital, me nā mea hoʻopukapuka e kū nei ʻo ANRI, SMBC Venture Capital a me Mori Trust, a me nā mea hoʻopukapuka hou ʻo 31 Ventures, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust a me Banking Corporation, ma muli o ke ʻano. I kēia manawa, ua hoʻonui ʻo "Luup" i ka huina o USD 68 miliona. Wahi a ka poʻe i loko, ua ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kumukūʻai o ka ʻoihana ma mua o USD 100 miliona, akā ua hōʻole ka hui e haʻi i kēia loiloi.
I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua hoʻomaha loa ke aupuni Iapana i nā hoʻoponopono i nā kaʻa uila e hoʻoulu hou i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka ʻoihana micro-transportation. E hoʻomaka ana mai Iulai o kēia makahiki, ʻo ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke Kānāwai Kūleʻa alanui o Iapana e ʻae i ka poʻe e hoʻohana i nā kaʻa kaʻa uila me ka ʻole o ka laikini kaʻa a i ʻole ka mahiole, ʻoiai lākou e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki ma mua o 20 mau kilomita i kēlā me kēia hola.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo CEO ʻo Daiki Okai ma kahi hālāwai ninaninau ʻo ka pahuhopu hou o "Luup" ʻo ia ka hoʻonui ʻana i kāna kaʻa uila aʻoihana paikikala uilai nā kūlanakauhale nui a me nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi ma Iapana, e hōʻea ana i kahi pālākiō e hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā kaʻa kaʻa lehulehu e hoʻokō i nā pono o nā haneli haneli o nā mea hele i kēlā me kēia lā. Hoʻolālā pū ʻo "Luup" e hoʻololi i ka ʻāina i hoʻohana ʻole ʻia i hale kaʻa a kau i nā wahi kaʻa ma nā wahi e like me nā hale keʻena, nā hale, a me nā hale kūʻai.
Hoʻokumu ʻia nā kūlanakauhale ʻo Iapana a puni nā kahua kaʻaahi, no laila ʻaʻole kūpono ka hele ʻana o ka poʻe e noho ana ma nā wahi mamao loa mai nā hale kaʻa. Ua wehewehe ʻo Okai, ʻo ka pahuhopu o “Luup” ʻo ia ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi ʻoihana kaʻa kaʻa kiʻekiʻe e hoʻopiha i ka hakahaka o ka maʻalahi o ka lawe ʻana i nā kamaʻāina e noho mamao ana mai nā kahua kaʻaahi.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo "Luup" ma 2018 a hoʻokuʻu ʻianā kaʻa uila likei 2021. Ua piʻi ka nui o kona mau ʻauwaʻa ma kahi o 10,000 mau kaʻa. Ua ʻōlelo ka ʻoihana ua hoʻoiho ʻia kāna noi ma mua o hoʻokahi miliona mau manawa a ua kau aku i 3,000 mau wahi kaʻa i nā kūlanakauhale ʻeono ma Iapana i kēia makahiki. ʻO ka pahuhopu o ka hui ʻo ia ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i 10,000 mau wahi kaʻa i ka makahiki 2025.
ʻO nā mea hoʻokūkū o ka hui e komo pū me Docomo Bike Share, Open Streets, a me US-based Bird a me South Korea's Swing. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo "Luup" ka helu nui loa o nā wahi kaʻa ma Tokyo, Osaka, a me Kyoto.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Okai, me ka hoʻololi ʻana o ke kānāwai Kaʻa Alanui e hiki mai ana i Iulai o kēia makahiki, e piʻi nui ana ka nui o ka poʻe e holo ana me nā kaʻa uila. Eia kekahi, ʻo ka ʻoihana micro-traffic kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o "Luup" e hāʻawi pū i ka impetus no ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana kaʻa hou e like me nā drones a me nā robots lawe.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Mei-04-2023
