Malaysian Unicorn Carsome nce $ 290 lab los pab nyiaj rau cov phiaj xwm nthuav dav sab hnub tuaj Asia

Carsome, Malaysia tus thawj tech unicorn startup, tsa $ 290 lab nyob rau hauv ib tug Series E nyiaj txiag puag ncig, muab nqi lub tsheb siv-tsheb hauv internet khw ntawm $1.7 billion.

Lub puag ncig tau coj los ntawm cov nyiaj txiag muaj txiaj ntsig zoo tshaj plaws Qatar Investment Authority thiab ob lub peev nyiaj txhawb nqa los ntawm Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek, 65 Equity Partners thiab Seatown Private Capital Master Fund, Carsome tau hais hauv nqe lus rau hnub Monday.

Lwm cov tub ua lag luam suav nrog plaub lub tuam txhab nyiaj txiag txhawb nqa: Jeffrey Cheah's Malaysian conglomerate Sunway, Lance Gokongwei Philippines koom nrog Gokongwei Group, Tsai Ming-kai's Taiwan chip designer MediaTek, thiab Francis Yeoh's Malaysian infrastructure conglomerate YTL Group. Lub tuam txhab Telecom Taiwan Mobile kuj tau koom nrog kev pab nyiaj txiag.

Carsome npaj siv nyiaj los nthuav nws cov khoom, thev naus laus zis thiab kev tsim kho vaj tse hauv Malaysia, Indonesia thiab Thaib teb. Lub chaw pib tseem npaj yuav nthuav dav Carsome Certified, nws cov lag luam-rau-cov neeg siv khoom. Thaum Lub Xya Hli, Carsome tau hais tias nws tab tom txiav txim siab mus rau pej xeem hauv Asmeskas los ntawm kev koom ua ke nrog SPAC.

Founded hauv 2015, Carsome yog ib qho ntawm cov teb chaws Asia loj tshaj plaws siv tsheb e-lag luam platforms, nrog rau Carro thiab Carousell. Lub platform pab nrog kev tshuaj xyuas, kev hloov pauv tswv cuab thiab nyiaj txiag ntawm cov neeg siv khoom thiab cov neeg siv tsheb siv, tuav ib ncig ntawm 100,000 lub tsheb pauv txhua xyoo, raws li Carsome.

Thaum lub Cuaj Hlis, Carsome tau nce $ 170 lab hauv cov peev nyiaj uas suav nrog Catcha Group, MediaTek thiab tsoomfwv Malaysian peev nyiaj Penjana Kapital. Qhov kev pib ua tiav tau tiav cov xwm txheej hauv lub Xya Hli tom qab $ 200 lab sib koom sib pauv nrog Australia- npe iCar Asia.

Lub caij no, Singapore-based Carro, uas tau txhawb nqa los ntawm cov nyiam ntawm SoftBank, Mitsubishi thiab Singapore tsoomfwv cov peev nyiaj caj npab EDBI, kuj muaj cov phiaj xwm loj rau kev loj hlob. Aaron Tan, Carro tus cofounder thiab CEO, hais tias "Lub hom phiaj yog saib kom dhau los ua ib tug decacorn nyob rau hauv ob peb xyoos tom ntej no, sai li sai tau," Forbes Asia nyob rau lub Yim Hli.