A cewar kafofin watsa labaru na waje TechCrunch, Jafanancidandamalin abin hawa lantarki da aka raba"Luup" kwanan nan ya sanar da cewa ya tara JPY 4.5 biliyan (kimanin USD 30 miliyan) a cikin D zagaye na kudade, wanda ya ƙunshi JPY 3.8 biliyan a ãdalci da JPY 700 miliyan a bashi.
Wannan zagaye na bayar da kudade ya kasance karkashin jagorancin Spiral Capital, tare da masu saka hannun jari ANRI, SMBC Venture Capital da Mori Trust, da kuma sabbin masu saka hannun jari na 31 Ventures, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust da Banking Corporation, sun biyo baya. Ya zuwa yanzu, "Luup" ya tara jimillar dalar Amurka miliyan 68. A cewar masu bincike, darajar kamfanin ya zarce dala miliyan 100, amma kamfanin ya ki cewa komai kan wannan kimar.
A cikin 'yan shekarun nan, gwamnatin kasar Japan ta himmatu wajen sassauta ka'idoji kan motocin lantarki don kara karfafa ci gaban masana'antar jigilar kayayyaki. Daga watan Yulin bana, gyaran dokar hana zirga-zirgar ababen hawa na kasar Japan, zai baiwa mutane damar amfani da baburan lantarki ba tare da lasisin tuki ko hula ba, matukar dai gudun bai wuce kilomita 20 cikin sa'a daya ba.
Shugaba Daiki Okai ya bayyana a cikin wata hira da cewa, burin na gaba na "Luup" shine fadada babur din lantarki dakasuwancin keken lantarkizuwa manyan birane da wuraren yawon bude ido a Japan, wanda ya kai ma'auni mai kama da zirga-zirgar jama'a na gargajiya don biyan bukatun dubban daruruwan matafiya na yau da kullun. "Luup" kuma yana shirin canza ƙasar da ba a yi amfani da ita ba zuwa tashoshin ajiye motoci da kuma tura wuraren ajiye motoci a wurare kamar gine-ginen ofis, gidaje, da shaguna.
An haɓaka biranen Japan a kusa da tashoshin jirgin ƙasa, don haka mazauna yankunan da ke da nisa daga cibiyoyin sufuri suna da wahalar tafiya. Okai ya bayyana cewa manufar “Luup” ita ce gina babbar hanyar zirga-zirgar sufuri don cike gibin jin dadin sufuri ga mazauna da ke zaune nesa da tashoshin jirgin kasa.
An kafa "Luup" a cikin 2018 kuma an ƙaddamar da shiraba lantarki motocina shekarar 2021. Girman rundunarsa ya kai kimanin motoci 10,000. Kamfanin ya yi ikirarin cewa an sauke aikace-aikacensa fiye da sau miliyan daya kuma ya tura wuraren ajiye motoci 3,000 a birane shida na Japan a wannan shekara. Manufar kamfanin ita ce ta tura wuraren ajiye motoci 10,000 nan da shekarar 2025.
Masu fafatawa na kamfanin sun hada da Docomo Bike Share na gida, Open Streets, da Bird na Amurka da Swing na Koriya ta Kudu. Koyaya, "Luup" a halin yanzu yana da mafi girman adadin wuraren ajiye motoci a Tokyo, Osaka, da Kyoto.
Okai ya bayyana cewa, da gyaran dokar zirga-zirgar ababen hawa da ya fara aiki a watan Yuli na wannan shekara, adadin mutanen da ke tafiya da motocin lantarki zai karu matuka. Bugu da kari, babbar hanyar sadarwar zirga-zirgar ababen hawa ta "Luup" ita ma za ta ba da himma wajen tura sabbin kayayyakin more rayuwa irin su jiragen sama marasa matuka da na'urorin isar da sako.
Lokacin aikawa: Mayu-04-2023
