Rakuten wesentlich besser als Rocket

Die Rakuten Service-Gruppe hat mehr als 1.2 Milliarde Kunden.
Das macht uns stark.

Die breite Spanne an On- und Offline-Services der Rakuten-Gruppe umfasst Onlinehandel, Reisen, FinTech, digitale Inhalte und Messaging ebenso wie Kreditkarten- und Bankwesen, Wertpapiere, Versicherungen, elektronische Zahlungsmittel und sogar Profisport. Durch das Verknüpfen dieser vielfältigen Dienstleistungen mittels eines gemeinsamen Mitgliedschafts- und Treueprogramms haben wir unser ganz eigenes Rakuten-Ökosystem erschaffen.

Durch die Nutzung dieser Dienste – seien es Shopping, Content-Streaming, Banktransaktionen oder andere – können Mitglieder Rakuten Superpunkte verdienen, die dann wiederum genutzt werden können, um andere Dienste in Anspruch zu nehmen. Indem das Rakuten-Ökosystem Benutzerengagement über mehrere Plattformen und Dienste hinweg ermöglicht und fördert, stellt es eine einmalige Stärke dar, die die Kundenakquisitionskosten minimiert, den Mitgliedschaftswert eines jeden Rakuten-Mitglieds für die Gruppe maximiert und so ein Ansteigen des Bruttotransaktionswerts fördert. Etwa 95 Millionen registrierte Mitglieder allein in Japan können jetzt mit einer einzigen Rakuten-member-ID auf Dienste des gesamten Ökosystems zugreifen. Freudig erwarten wir, das Ökosystem auf alle unsere über 1.2 Milliarde zählenden Nutzer weltweit ausweiten zu können.

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As Lyft continues to burnish its image as the kinder, gentler alternative to bad-boy rival Uber, its growth is accelerating. This month the San Francisco-based company claimed it now has 35 percent of the national ride-sharing market, up from 20 percent 18 months ago. This represents a growth of 75 percent. In 2017 Lyft said it provided 375.5 million rides, a 130 percent increase over 2016.

www.cnbc.com/2018/05/21/lyft-2018-disruptor-50.html

Oct 04, 2017
InsurTech firm PremFina raises $36m from backers including Rakuten Capital

PremFina, a UK software firm which serves insurance brokers, has raised $36m (£27m) from investors including Rakuten Capital – the investment arm of Japan’s FinTech firm Rakuten – and Draper Esprit.

insurtechnews.com/aggregator/...ers-including-rakuten-capital

Published on March 17, 2018

Rakuten, the Japanese e-commerce, fintech and digital content giant, is planning to issue its Rakuten Coin in about six months as a means of using blockchain to expand its membership-driven internet business to new markets.

Hiroshi Takasawa, Singapore-based managing executive officer and head of the company’s Asian and capital-investments arms, told DigFin an ICO is meant to make its membership system easier to extend overseas.

www.digfingroup.com/rakuten/

nicht - da stand ich wohl für einige Sekunden auf der Leitung. Offensichtlich soll das gute Stück Rakuten Coin heißen.

Today, chatbots allow you to organize all the sales process in the messenger – from picking up the goods to payment and tracking the delivery.

In this case, a customer doesn’t need to open a site or install an application, register, and the whole process looks like a conversation.

In Bain & Company research says that when brands responding to customers through this channel, they can expect to increase revenue per user on average from 20 to 40%.

tap2pay.me/chatbots-changing-e-commerce/

Zur Bewertung von Rakuten meines Erachtens nicht mehr möglich:

According to Reuters, shares rose as high as 6,000 yen in early afternoon trade, valuing the company at as much as $7.4 billion. The IPO, the biggest in Japan this year, raised $1.2 billion through the sale of around a third of Mercari’s shares, with the majority bought by overseas investors.

www.pymnts.com/news/ipo/2018/...-p2p-flea-market-mercari-ipo/

According to the company's financial statements submitted to the TSE, it incurred a consolidated net loss of 4.2 billion yen on revenue of 22 billion yen in the year ended in June 2017. It has roughly 600 employees.

mainichi.jp/english/articles/20180514/p2g/00m/0bu/082000c

Diese 22 Billion Yen sind gerade einmal 205 Millionen US-Dollar.

$600 million in funding

Kirsten Korosec@kirstenkorosec / 2 hours ago

Lyft has raised an additional $600 million in a Series I financing round led by Fidelity Management & Research Company, pushing its post-money valuation to $15.1 billion. The company’s value has more than doubled in the past 14 months.

Lyft has spent the past 18 months aggressively expanding into new U.S. cities, as well as into Canada and pursuing its autonomous vehicle ambitions. Lyft’s plans — along with some of rival Uber’s scandalous missteps — have helped the company increase its market share in the U.S. to 35 percent. In January 2017, Lyft had just 22 percent market share in the United States.

In total, Lyft has raised $5.1 billion since its inception. Other investors from previous rounds include AllianceBernstein, Baillie Gifford, KKR, Janus CapitalG, Rakuten and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan.

techcrunch.com/2018/06/27/...llion-600-million-funding-round/

Guests can make reservations through the site after registering as a member with their email address and a password,

... (automatisch gekürzt) ...

https://global.rakuten.com/corp/news/press/2018/0615_01.html

fits.me/success-stories/

www.aquafadas.com/case-studies/

..könnte hier so langsam beginnen ;)

Warten wir mal noch ein kleines wenig mit dem Nachkaufen.

Cheers

als nachhaltiger Investor investiere:

www.businessinsider.de/...itani-on-uber-2015-12?r=US&IR=T

Schon als Lyft nur mit einem Sechstel der momentanen 15 Milliarden – nämlich mit 2,5 Milliarden bewertet wurde, erwarb man eine Beteiligung von 11,9%. Und Rakuten war auch noch bei späteren Finanzierungsrunden mit an Board.

„Rakuten paid $300 million for an 11.9 percent stake in the company, valuing Lyft at more than $2.5 billion.“

www.cnbc.com/2015/03/12/...-25b-after-rakuten-investment.html

Du machst mir Angst. Jedes mal wenn du einen Tag nichts schreibst, macht die Aktie einen Sprung nach oben. Tradegate aktuell sogar wieder 6 €.

Der Boden bei 5,5 € hält bisher.

Careem eyes potential expansion to 250 cities in MENA

Co-founder Mudassir Sheikh also says an IPO is a 'natural milestone', but not yet on the cards

Ride-hailing app Careem sees potential to expand to at least 250 cities in the MENA region, according to co-founder Mudassir Sheikha.

The service is expected to launch in Sudan by June, while other potential markets include Oman and Algeria. It is currently available in over 100 cities in 14 countries in MENA.

“Our estimate is that there are at least 250 cities in the region that should have a service like Careem. There are people living in these markets that can also benefit from an income generating opportunity and a seamless transportation option that we would love to provide with the services we built,” he said.

www.arabianbusiness.com/transport/...on-to-250-cities-in-mena

Uber’s Middle Eastern rival Careem raises $350M at a $1B valuation
Jon Russell@jonrussell / Dec 19, 2016

2016 is almost out but there’s just time to anoint one more ride-sharing unicorn. Careem, one of Uber’s lower profile rivals in emerging markets, has taken a step into the global limelight today after it announced that it has raised $350 million led by Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten and Saudi Telecom Company (STC).
The investment gives Dubai-headquartered Careem a valuation of $1 billion. That’s according to a filing from STC, which reveals that it has acquired 10 percent of the company for $100 million.
techcrunch.com/2016/12/18/careem-350-million/

with your customers better!

esputnik.com/en/viber

werden:

TOKYO - Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten, which entered the home-sharing business this year, has teamed up with four top global sites that are seeking inroads into the expansive tourism market - and which would otherwise have been its rivals.
The latest deal, inked on Monday (Dec 11), is with Booking.com, the world's largest online accommodation booking site that is now a one-stop platform for hotels to hostels, and from traditional ryokans to modern-day apartments.
Rakuten Lifull Stay, its joint venture with real estate listing operator Lifull Co, also counts as partners such companies as HomeAway, an Expedia subsidiary; Tujia.com, Airbnb's largest Chinese rival with more than 650,000 listings globally; and AsiaYo.com, Taiwan's largest vacation rental site.

www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/...r-slice-of-tourism-pie

Allianz gegen Amazon: Walmart und Rakuten schließen Partnerschaft in Japan

Ein innovativeres Erlebnis beim Bestellen von Lebensmitteln – das versprechen Rakutens CEO Hiroshi Mikitani und Walmarts CEO Doug McMillon – vorerst in Japan, wo sie mit dem Joint-Venture Seiyu GK ein Bündnis gegen Amazon gegründet haben.

Von Sarah Hölting

Noch im dritten Quartal dieses Jahres soll der neue Lebensmittel-Lieferservice namens „Rakuten Seiyu Netsuper“ in Japan an den Start gehen. Ausgestattet mit AI und Big Data wollen Rakuten und Walmart das Shopping-Erlebnis dabei so personalisiert wie möglich gestalten. Walmart hatte bereits unter seiner Tochtergesellschaft Seiyu GK den japanischen Lieferservice „Seiyu“ betrieben. Dieser soll jetzt durch den neuen ersetzt werden.

www.absatzwirtschaft.de/...ssen-partnerschaft-in-japan-123856/

Finally, with Carousell now one of Singapore’s best-funded local startups — with influential bank DBS on its side, too — there’s likely to be talk about potential exits. Sea, formerly Garena, held a rare Southeast Asia IPO in the US last year, and Hong Kong is heating up as a tech listing destination with the likes of Xiaomi and Singapore’s Razer filing there.

For now, though, Quek said that isn’t a thought he or his team are giving time to.
“There are no plans for an IPO, we’re still super excited about the long-term opportunities and building on the mission,” he said. “We always say we are less than one percent done.”

techcrunch.com/2018/05/13/carousell-raises-85m/

www.statista.com/statistics/586575/...chandise-sales-quarter/

RAKUTEN GLOBAL MARKET: OFFERING JAPANESE QUALITY TO THE WORLD
JUNE 18, 2018
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Rakuten Global Market is an e-commerce platform that allows shoppers from around the world to connect with merchants on the Japan-based Rakuten Ichiba, providing automatic translation, as well as payment and delivery solutions, to create a truly borderless shopping experience. The global-facing site is run by Rakuten’s Cross-Border Trading (CBT) department, who also manage flagship stores offering popular Rakuten Ichiba products on other major marketplaces around the world, including China’s Kaola and JD.com, and Korea’s Gmarket and 11STREET.

GLOBAL DEMAND FOR JAPANESE PRODUCTS ON THE RISE
“We’ve grown gross merchandise sales (GMS) about eight times bigger in the past five years,” said Haruyoshi Kinoshita, who heads up the CBT team. “We have about ten thousand merchants signed up to the service now, and it’s growing.”

rakuten.today/blog/rakuten-global-market.html

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der den Rest der Welt niedermachen will.

Ich halte die Strategie von Rakuten Kobo für nachhaltiger, denn die Welt lässt sich immer weniger Niedermachstrategien der Sorte Bezos gefallen. Was ja auch nachvollziehbar ist, denn von einem Klassiker gibt es das Zitat: "Mach neigt zu Verderbtheit und absolute Macht zu absoluter Verderbtheit.

Und auch wenn wir uns in einem Jubiläumsjahr von Karl Marx befinden, stammt diese Aussage nicht von ihm, sondern von Adam Smith.