Автомашины санхүүжилтээс жолоочтой болон бие даасан жолоодлоготой тээврийн үйлчилгээ рүү өргөжин тэлж буй Moove компани цуврал С санхүүжилтээр 250 сая ам.доллар татан төвлөрүүлж, 2.1 тэрбум ам.долларын үнэлгээтэй болсноо зарлалаа.
Нигери улсад 2020 онд үүсгэн байгуулагдаж, одоо Дубайд төвлөрөн үйл ажиллагаа явуулж буй тус компани уг санхүүжилтийг Mubadala Investment Company-ийн тэргүүлэл дор Woven Capital болон Ion Pacific нарын хамтын оролцоотойгоор босгожээ. Одоогоор Moove нь дэлхийн 14 оронд 42,000 тээврийн хэрэгслээс бүрдсэн флотыг эзэмшиж, жолооч нарт автомашины санхүүжилт олгох үйлчилгээгээ хэвийн үргэлжлүүлж байна. Нийт 3,300 ажилтантай тус стартапын уламжлалт хөдөлгөөнт үйлчилгээний бизнес энэ онд бүрэн ашигт ажиллагаанд хүрэх төлөвтэй байна.
Компани 2023 оны эхнээс бие даасан жолоодлоготой (autonomous vehicle) зах зээлийг судлан, энэ чиглэлээр Waymo компанитай анхны түншлэлээ байгуулжээ. Moove нь Финикс, Майами, Лас-Вегас болон ирээдүйд Лондон хотноо Waymo-ийн флотын оператороор ажиллаж байгаа бөгөөд роботакси худалдаж авахын тулд өрийн санхүүжилт ашиглахаар төлөвлөж байна. Мөн өөр нэгэн бие даасан автомашин хөгжүүлэгчийн роботаксиг хэдийнэ эзэмшдэг болсон бөгөөд цаашид зуу зуун мянган тээврийн хэрэгсэлтэй болох алсын хараатай ажээ.
Шинэ хөрөнгө оруулалтыг бие даасан автомашины флотын менежментийн бизнесээ өргөжүүлэхэд зориулж, 350 орчим шинэ ажлын байр бий болгоно. Үүний зэрэгцээ тээврийн хэрэгслийн цэнэглэлт, засвар үйлчилгээг роботжуулсан, 24 цагийн турш ажиллах боломжтой Nest нэртэй автоматжуулсан депо барих ажлыг санхүүжүүлэх юм. Одоогоор хөгжүүлэлтийн янз бүрийн шатанд явж буй 15 орчим ийм депотой байгаа бөгөөд энэ нь ирээдүйд хэрэгжих бүтээгдэхүүн юм.
Энэ удаагийн санхүүжилтэд дээрх компаниудаас гадна BlueCrest Capital Management, Sona Asset Management, The Raptor Group, BlackRock, MUFG, Franklin Templeton, Uber, Left Lane, Silverbacks Holdings, Square Associates, The Latest Ventures, Endeavor Catalyst болон Ontario Power Generation Pension Plan зэрэг хөрөнгө оруулагчид оролцжээ.
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Moove’s evolution from a vehicle financing startup to ride-hailing and deliveries in Africa to one that also owns and autonomous vehicles may seem like a leap. But co-founder and co-CEO Ladi Delano said the experience in financing and human-driven ride-hailing fleets was the ideal training ground for its latest pursuit.
And now, it has raised $250 million at a $2.1 billion valuation to scale that business.
The company, founded in 2020 in Nigeria and now headquartered in Dubai, said Mubadala Investment Company led this latest, Series C round with Woven Capital and Ion Pacific as co-leads.
Moove is still very much in the human-driven ride-hailing business. It owns and operates a 42,000-vehicle ride-hailing fleet across 14 countries. The company, which employs 3,300 people globally, also still provides vehicle financing to gig drivers.
Its expansion into autonomous vehicles started in early 2023 after evaluating the industry and its four main players in this nascent ecosystem: the AV developers, vehicle manufacturers, marketplaces like Uber, and the consumer. None of these players want to “own the metal,” Delano told TechCrunch, referring to the vehicles.
“In this world, who owns the vehicle? Who operates the vehicle? Who orchestrates the vehicle? Who does the servicing, the maintenance? Who does the lost property? Who does the cleaning?” Delano asked. It became clear, he added, that Moove’s experience managing large fleets and providing financing could translate to autonomous vehicle operations.
“Let’s create a product where we own, operate, and orchestrate autonomous vehicles, and let’s go and find partners to do it with — and that’s essentially what we did,” Delano said. “In 2023, we started talking to every single AV company you could imagine, and as you know — God would have it, luck would have it — we managed to partner with Waymo first.”
Moove is the fleet operator for Waymo in Phoenix, Miami, and Las Vegas, and in the future, London. The company doesn’t own the Waymo vehicles, but it plans to. Moove plans to use debt financing to purchase the robotaxis. Delano didn’t share a timeline for when Moove will start buying Waymo robotaxis. He did say Moove already owns robotaxi vehicles from another AV developer, although he wouldn’t disclose which company.
“Ultimately our vision is to own, you know hundreds of thousands of vehicles,” he said, referring to robotaxis.
This latest funding will be used to scale the company’s autonomous vehicle fleet management business, including hiring about 350 people. (Delano said its traditional mobility business is set to achieve full profitability this year.) Some of the capital will also go toward developing automated depots that it calls “Nests.” These “nests” will be able to operate around the clock and use robotics to automate vehicle charging, maintenance, and servicing.
Moove has about 15 depots that are in some stage of development. Delano wouldn’t say when its automated, “lights-out” depots would come online, noting that this is a future product.
Other backers in the round include BlueCrest Capital Management, Sona Asset Management and The Raptor Group, BlackRock, MUFG, Franklin Templeton, Uber, Left Lane, Silverbacks Holdings, Square Associates, The Latest Ventures, Endeavor Catalyst, and the Ontario Power Generation Pension Plan.
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