Tencent-Backer Prosus nqis peev hauv Kuok Meng Ru's BandLab Raws li Music Platform Accelerates Expansion

BandLab-cofounded los ntawm Kuok Meng Ru, tus tub ntawm xibtes roj billionaire Kuo Khoon Hong- tau txais kev nqis peev los ntawm Dutch private equity firm Prosus Ventures raws li lub platform digital rau cov neeg tsim suab paj nruag nrawm nrawm cov phiaj xwm nthuav dav.

Nrog kev nqis peev los ntawm Prosus, Singapore-based BandLab tau nce tag nrho $ 65 lab los ntawm nws cov nyiaj Series B puag ncig los ntawm cov tub ua lag luam coj los ntawm Vulcan Capital - ntau txhiab daus las nqis peev ntawm Microsoft cofounder thiab philanthropist Paul G. Allen-soverpassing the pib $ 53 lab hauv cov nyiaj tau los nyob rau lub Kaum Ob Hlis thiab qhov siab tshaj plaws $ 60 lab tau npaj rau kev sib tw.

Kuok Meng Ru, CEO ntawm BandLab tau hais tias "Prosus muaj cov ntaub ntawv muaj txiaj ntsig zoo hauv kev nqis peev hauv qee lub ntiaj teb cov tuam txhab loj tshaj plaws," said Kuok Meng Ru. "Peb zoo siab tias lawv pom qhov zoo ntawm peb lub zeem muag." Netherlands-listed Prosus yog ib tug neeg ua lag luam nyob rau hauv Asian tech giants xws li Is Nrias teb's Byjus thiab Tuam Tshoj's Tencent, raws li nws lub vev xaib.

Kev nqis peev puag ncig, uas muaj nuj nqis BandLab ntawm $ 315 lab, kuj tau txhawb nqa los ntawm Kuok Meng Ru's Caldecott Music Group thiab K3 Kev Ua Haujlwm, lub tuam txhab peev nyiaj txiag tsim los ntawm Kuok Meng Xiong, tus tub xeeb ntxwv ntawm Malaysia tus neeg nplua nuj tshaj plaws Robert kuok. K3 Ventures yog tus txhawb nqa thaum ntxov ntawm South Asia superapp Grab thiab thev naus laus zis loj ByteDance.

Bandlab yuav siv ib feem ntawm cov peev tshiab los pab nyiaj tau los ntawm ReverbNation, lub platform digital uas pab cov kws ua yeeb yaj kiab faib lawv cov suab paj nruag thiab koom tes nrog ib leeg, uas nws tau txais thaum lub Kaum Ib Hlis. Lub tuam txhab tseem tab tom siv cov nyiaj tau los pab rau kev ntiav neeg ua haujlwm ntxiv 59 lub peev xwm tshiab xyoo no, ze li ob npaug ntawm nws cov neeg ua haujlwm puv sijhawm mus txog yuav luag 130, Kuok tau hais. Cov neeg ua haujlwm tshiab yuav suav nrog software engineers thiab cov khoom tsim tawm raws li lub platform tsom los qhia cov yam ntxwv xws li kev txawj ntse-tsav suab paj nruag tsim.

Kuok tau hais hauv kev xam phaj tsis ntev los no nrog "Peb tab tom pom ntau lub sijhawm nyob ib puag ncig thaj tsam thiab lwm thaj chaw thoob ntiaj teb," Forbes Asia. BandLab suav Brazil, Is Nrias teb, Philippines thiab Asmeskas ntawm nws cov khw loj tshaj plaws, nws hais.

Tshaj tawm xyoo 2015, BandLab lub hom phiaj los muab lub xov tooj txawb-thawj lub platform rau kev tsim suab paj nruag. Siv los ntawm ntau dua 40 lab tus tsim suab paj nruag thiab cov kws ntaus suab paj nruag thoob ntiaj teb, BandLab tus neeg siv lub hauv paus tau nce ob npaug hauv ob xyoos dhau los vim tib neeg tau tig mus rau suab paj nruag thiab lwm yam kev lom zem hauv online raws li cov nroog thoob plaws ntiaj teb tau yuam kev kaw kom txwv tsis pub kis ntawm Covid-19.

Sachin Bhanot, tus thawj coj ntawm South Asia kev nqis peev rau Prosus Ventures tau hais tias "BandLab tau tsim lub platform tiam tom ntej uas yog kev ywj pheej tsim suab paj nruag rau cov neeg tsim khoom thoob ntiaj teb," "Lub tuam txhab tau ntsib kev loj hlob zoo thaum tsim cov neeg siv khoom sib koom ua ke. Peb zoo siab heev los txhawb nqa lub tuam txhab kev mob siab rau siv cov thev naus laus zis tshiab, zoo li AI, los muab lub zog rau hauv tes ntawm cov neeg tsim khoom. "

Nrog rau kev kwv yees tag nrho kev lag luam muaj nyob ntawm ntau dua 1 billion tus neeg thoob ntiaj teb, Kuok ntseeg tias qhov kev loj hlob tau ruaj khov. "Peb tsuas yog khawb qhov chaw."

Sib nrug los ntawm BandLab cov cuab yeej tsim suab paj nruag, Kuok-los ntawm Caldecott Music-tseem muaj cov ntawv tshaj tawm suab paj nruag NME thiab Uncut, thiab cov khw muag khoom suab paj nruag Swee Lee. BandLab tau yuav 49% koom nrog Rolling Zeb magazine hauv 2016 tab sis tom qab muag nws rau Penske Media, uas tau tswj hwm cov ntawv tshaj tawm iconic thaum kawg 2017.