Sequoia Capital yog thawj koom ruam tom ntej European thev naus laus zis loj yuav tshwm sim hauv Switzerland.
Lub tuam txhab Silicon Valley venture capital hais rau CNBC tias nws tau coj $ 80 lab nyiaj txiag puag ncig rau Yokoy, lub platform uas pab cov tuam txhab loj tswj hwm lawv cov nuj nqis, kev them nqi thiab kev ua daim npav rho nyiaj. Cov tub ua lag luam yav dhau los Left Lane thiab Balderton Capital kuj tau koom nrog hauv kev sib tw.
Qhov kev pom zoo muaj nuj nqis rau lub tuam txhab Zurich hauv ntau dua $ 500 lab, ib tus neeg paub txog qhov teeb meem tau hais rau CNBC. Tus neeg nyiam nyob twj ywm tsis qhia npe tham txog kev lag luam cov ntaub ntawv rhiab heev.
Tsim muaj xyoo 2019, Yokoy muag nws cov software rau cov lag luam loj, suav nrog kev xa ntawv DPD thiab tsheb ciav hlau chaw tsim khoom Stadler. Nws yog kev sib tw nrog cov neeg loj heev hauv ntiaj teb kev tswj hwm kev siv nyiaj zoo li kua ntoo thiab Caw Software.
"Feem ntau ntawm peb cov neeg siv khoom zoo li tsis muaj kev lag luam-theem kev tswj hwm kev daws teeb meem," Philippe Sahli, Yokoy tus thawj coj thiab tus tsim, hais rau CNBC, ntxiv rau nws cov neeg siv hom phiaj feem ntau cia siab rau "siloed" IT systems uas raug cais tawm ntawm lwm qhov chaw. kev lag luam.
Yokoy yuav siv cov nyiaj tshiab los mus nrhiav kev nthuav dav hauv Tebchaws Europe - nws nyuam qhuav qhib chaw ua haujlwm hauv Netherlands - thiab ntiav cov neeg ua haujlwm ntxiv. Nrog kev pab los ntawm Sequoia, lub tuam txhab tsom mus rau qhov kawg hauv Asmeskas "Kuv xav tias nws ua rau muaj kev nkag siab tag nrho," Sahli tau hais.
Matt Miller, Sequoia tus khub hauv London, tau hais tias qhov uas nyiam lub tuam txhab rau Yokoy yog nws siv kev txawj ntse txawj ntse los ua kom siv cov txheej txheem tswj hwm.
"AI thiab automation muaj lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb hauv kev ua kom zoo dua ntawm cov kev lag luam no thiab tuaj yeem txuag cov tuam txhab nyiaj ntau," Miller hais rau CNBC.
Sequoia, tus neeg ua lag luam thaum ntxov hauv cov tuam txhab xws li Kua rau Swedish fintech loj heev Klarna, tau nthuav dav nws mus txog hauv Tebchaws Europe tsis ntev los no. Lub tuam txhab qhib lub chaw ua haujlwm hauv London xyoo tas los thiab tau ntiav ntau tus neeg koom tes nyob rau ntawd los tshawb xyuas cov kev cog lus tshiab hauv cheeb tsam.
Switzerland muaj ntau yam los muab thaum nws los txog rau digital innovation, raws li Miller. Google muaj ib loj engineering thiab kev loj hlob muaj nyob hauv Zurich, piv txwv li.
Miller tau hais tias "Peb tau pom Switzerland ua qhov chaw zoo kawg uas muaj cov txuj ci zoo kawg," "Piv rau tsib lossis rau xyoo dhau los, muaj ntau yam kev ua lag luam mob siab rau tsim."
Tseem, Switzerland muaj txoj kev mus ntev. Tam sim no nws nyob hauv tsev tsuas yog tsib lub "unicorn" kev pib ua haujlwm nrog tus nqi ntawm $ 1 nphom lossis ntau dua, poob qis tom qab Fabkis thiab lub teb chaws Yelemees nyob sib ze. Yokoy yog Sequoia thib ob Swiss pib thawj koom ruam rau hnub tim; Lub tuam txhab yav dhau los tau nqis peev hauv Ledgy, Zurich-based Equity Management platform.
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/29/sequoia-leads-80-million-funding-round-for-swiss-startup-yokoy.html