Rakuten wesentlich besser als Rocket
A big part of the doubled revenues of Open Ran in 2022 will arrive by Rakuten Symphony in the second half of 2022, most from 1&1 from Germany - 1&1alone will pay about $ 2.5 billion over 10 years to Rakuten Symphony
Jean Picard
As a technology partner, Rakuten’s deep-tech expertise helps it grow and develop ITQ’s technology offerings for the travel sector.
Under the GTM agreement, ITQ will take Rakuten’s B2B SaaS product – SixthSense – to its customers in the region.
Rakuten India, an innovation hub of the Rakuten Group, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with InterGlobe Technology Quotient (ITQ), a strategic business arm of InterGlobe Enterprises, which holds a leadership position in the travel technology industry. Its avant-garde travel technology solutions.
This memorandum creates a first of its kind collaborative arrangement between Rakuten India and ITQ in two areas. Rakuten will be a technology partner of ITQ to help build deeply technologically innovative products and solutions for the travel domain. The two partners in the MoU will decode deep technologies, including artificial intelligence, big data, augmented and virtual reality, blockchain and the Internet of Things, to not only enhance ITQ’s existing portfolio, but also see avenues for expanding growth. in the travel sector.
InterGlobe Technology Quotient (ITQ), a strategic business unit of InterGlobe Enterprises, holds a leadership position in the travel technology industry with its avant-garde travel technology solutions. By providing unique inventory options to travel agents, ITQ makes the process of travel booking and agency management seamless. As the sole distributor of Travelport in India, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Bhutan, ITQ strengthens the relationship between travel agents and airlines through a vast network of data.
Connected to approximately 200,000 agency terminals, ITQ serves over 13,000 customers in approximately 400 cities, including travel management companies, online travel agencies and retail agencies, while providing unparalleled support through a 24×7 helpdesk. provides.
https://infotourism.news/...-mou-with-interglobe-technology-quotient/
written by Warren September 15, 2022
Rakuten Kobo has officially introduced its eReaders to the Malaysian market through local distributor Ingram Micro, customers will also have access to a localized Kobo.com bookstore and it currently sells books from local publishers Mentor Publishing, Odonata Publishing, Exact Publisher and Hup Lick Publishing.
Four Kobo eReaders are being offered in Malaysia, including the newly launched Kobo Clara 2E, which boasts a 6-inch HD e-ink display and comes with 16GB of storage that can store up to 12,000 eBooks or 75 Kobo Audiobooks, the Clara 2E is also a IPX8 waterproof eReader that enables it to submerge under 2 metres of water for up to 60 minutes, which can be useful for those who wants to read at their bath tub or pool.
Other Kobo eReader models are the Kobo Nia, Kobo Libra 2 and Kobo Sage, all of which will go on sale this month at Kobo.com and its official store on Lazada and Shopee, as well as major IT retailers such as Mono Digital, ALL IT Hypermarket, Flash Gadgets, Quantum Gadgets, Popular Malaysia and SMB + Enterprise.
Read more: https://klgadgetguy.com/raku
In unseren unsicheren Zeiten ist Affiliate-Marketing die erfolgreichste Marketingstrategie, ein echter Wachstumsmotor, dessen Schlüsselkennzahlen sich an den Geschäftszielen eines Unternehmens orientieren. Es kann gerade Handelsfirmen dabei helfen, einige der wichtigsten Probleme zu lösen, darunter Bekanntheit, Akquise, Kundenbindung und Umwandlung.
Damit ist Affiliate-Marketing definitiv ein strategischer Hebel, den Sie in jedem Fall einsetzen sollten. Wichtige Daten und Fakten, die Sie für eine erfolgreiche Affiliate-Strategie benötigen, finden Sie dabei im eCommerce Report Deutschland 2022.
Denn nicht nur, dass Sie mit Hilfe des Berichts die Veränderungen nachvollziehen können, die sich in den letzten Jahren im Bereich des eCommerce in Deutschland vollzogen haben. Die Informationen sind so auch aufbearbeitet, dass die langfristigen Folgen dieser Herausforderungen einfach zu verstehen sind und Sie somit Schlussfolgerungen für die Gegenwart und Zukunft ziehen können.
https://blog.rakutenadvertising.com/de-de/...report-deutschland-2022/
As of the end of June 2022, Rakuten Bank had 12.68 million non-consolidated customer accounts, and its total balance of deposits (non-consolidated) was 8.1 trillion yen. In April 2022, as part of its mid to long-term business plan, Rakuten Bank set targets of 25 million customer accounts and 20 trillion yen in total balance of deposits (non-consolidated) by March 2027. Rakuten Bank applied for listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in July.
https://rakuten.today/blog/fy2022-q2-results.html
Rakuten should sell the near 50% ownership in Cabify für about $ 1 billion - because Cabify is not part of the ecosystem of Rakuten
Dublin, Sept. 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Ride-hailing and Taxi Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report by Type (Ride-hailing, Taxi), by Distribution Channel, by Region, and Segment Forecasts, 2022-2028" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
The global ride-hailing and taxi market size is estimated to reach USD 432.16 billion by 2028 and is expected to expand at a CAGR of 11.7% from 2022 to 2028. The growth of the ride market is significantly driven by the expansion of the key players in the new geographies and increasing consumer ridership owing to convenience and comfort. Consumers' inclination to avoid the large overhead cost of car ownership and its maintenance, coupled with the increasing traffic congestion and lack of parking spaces fuels the global market growth.
Companies Mentioned
Uber Technologies Inc.
Lyft Inc.
Didi Chuxing Technology Co.
Ola Cabs.
Bolt Technology OU
Grab Holdings Inc.
Gett
Yandex N.V.
Cabify Espana S.L.U.
Meituan Inc.
https://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/22/09/...booking-apps-boosting
The VMO2 milestone provides just such evidence. NEC as lead SI, Rakuten Symphony (centered on the former Altiostar’s open vRAN), and a number of other vendors – radio units, cloud platform, x86 platform – have been able to deliver a fully-functioning site using open RAN specifications within around 6 months.
The latest evidence that a newly formed ecosystem of vendors can collaborate quickly and effectively should give heart to the Open RAN pioneers and give even the more sceptical pause for thought. More choice is what open RAN fundamentally aims to provide – and that can only work if the choices made can actually collaborate effectively.
For VMO2, there remain many further questions and phases to go through: additional sites, integration into wider operational support systems and processes, further operational proving. Though a modest achievement at one level (Rakuten Mobile has 44,000 macro open RAN sites), VMO2’s first live open RAN site in the UK is nonetheless significant, as much for how it was achieved, as for what has been achieved. We look forward to further progress reports.
Last week (August 30th) saw the announcement of VMO2’s first live Open RAN site in the UK, “in the Northamptonshire region”. Initially, this provides 4G coverage, with 5G to follow “imminently”, according to our sources. This initial site is a full macro site, capable of supporting rural in-fill or dense urban environments. (In the English Midlands, Northamptonshire has a population of around 750,000 people, with county town Northampton home to just over 200,000.)
https://appledoreresearch.com/2022/09/08/...ran-nec-rakuten-symphony/
Rakuten, Inc. stock upgraded to Hold/Accumulate.
(Updated on Sep 15, 2022)
Rakuten, Inc. holds several negative signals and this should be a sell candidate, but due to the general chance for a turnaround situation it should be considered as a hold candidate (hold or accumulate) in this position whilst awaiting further development. We have upgraded our analysis conclusion for this stock since the last evaluation from a Sell to a Hold/Accumulate candidate.
https://stockinvest.us/stock/RKUNY
Bond Name: 21st Unsecured Bond
Isue Date: June 13, 2022
Maturity Date: June 13, 2025
Term: 3 Years
Issue Amount: JPY 150bn
Coupon Rate: 0.72%
Investment Unit: JPY 0.5m
https://global.rakuten.com/corp/investors/stock/bond.html
May 27, 2022 Japan Credit Rating Agency, Ltd. (JCR) announces the following credit rating. Rakuten Group, Inc. (security code: 4755) Bonds: A Rationale
(1) Rakuten Group, Inc. (the "Company") is an Internet services company, which has Internet Services Segment, including Rakuten Ichiba (Domestic EC) and Rakuten Travel (travel reservation), FinTech Segment, which is handling credit cards, banking, securities, etc., and Mobile Segment, such as mobile network operator business (MNO). The Company forms Rakuten Ecosystem by providing various services.
2) Driven by strong consumer demand for EC, its Domestic EC keeps growing. Each FinTech business is also steady with risk controlled appropriately. The Company differentiates itself from its peers by offering a variety of services and a unique point system. On the other hand, MNO is in the start-up phase, which places a heavy burden on profit and finances, but the Company is working on financial arrangements such as financing by utilizing its assets and businesses. JCR will closely monitor progress of MNO in terms of the number of subscriptions, user data usage, capital investments, profit, etc.
Hiroyuki Chikusa, Akihisa Motonish
Rating
Issuer: Rakuten Group, Inc.
Issue Amount (bn) Issue Date Due Date Coupon Rating
Bonds no. 21 JPY 150 June 13, 2022 June 13, 2025 0.72% A
Long-term Issuer Rating: A Outlook: Negative
https://www.jcr.co.jp/download/...ccc8f4bb97eefbb1c4384/22d0132_f.pdf
I believe, that low 2.5-times revenues for the fintech-revenues of Rakuten are appropriate to the situation.
Rakuten’s fintech-revenues in 2022 will be about 650 billion Yen = about $ 4.5 billion – valuend with 2.5-times revenues = $ 11.25 billion.
Rakuten Group's quarterly fintech revenue 2012-2022
Published by C. Diep, Sep 13, 2022
In the second quarter of 2022, Rakuten Group generated around 163 billion Japanese yen in revenue through its fintech business segment, up more than six percent compared to the second quarter of the previous year. Rakuten offers services such as Rakuten Card, Rakuten Bank, and Rakuten Securities. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, where it was founded in 1997.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/223360/...internet-finance-sales/
9 March 2022
After 3 consecutive declining quarters, FinTech companies in the SEG Index recorded a median 9 March 2022
FinTech Valuation Multiples
SEG’s reports offer interesting insights into FinTech valuation multiples. Their index comprises 99 publicly traded SaaS companies, broken down by sector.
FinTech companies’ revenue multiples have been steadily rising for three years until the end of 2020.
After closing Q4 2020 with a median EV/Revenue multiple of 15x, companies in the Index peaked at 19x in the first quarter of 2021 before taking a dip nearly back to pre-pandemic levels.
After 3 consecutive declining quarters, SaaS companies in the SEG Index recorded a median EV/Revenue multiple of 12.2x in Q4 2021.
After 3 consecutive declining quarters, FinTech companies in the SEG Index recorded a median EV/Revenue multiple of 12.2x in Q4 2021.EV/Revenue multiple of 12.2x in Q4 2021.
https://finerva.com/report/fintech-2022-valuation-multiples/
The report stated that shares in recently listed FinTechs have fallen by an average of over 50% since the start of the year. This is compared to a 29% drop in the Nasdaq Composite.
It continued by stating their cumulative market capitalisation has fallen $156bn in 2022 and if each stock is measured from its all-time high, around $460bn has been lost.
https://member.fintech.global/2022/07/18/...luations-according-to-ft/
Rakuten is a large conglomerate of e-commerce, financial, telecom, and consumer service dominating the Japanese online economy. The telecom segment has been a major cash drain and spooked investors out. The strong growth and quality of the core business have been ignored and left the company undervalued. The mobile business is set to turn profitable and this should change the narrative (and valuation multiples) around Rakuten.
https://finmasters.com/rakuten-stock-research-report/
Ushering a New Design for Communications Satellites: Q&A with AST SpaceMobile’s Scott Wisniewski
September 14, 2022
By David Bullock
This past weekend, AST SpaceMobile’s BlueWalker 3 communications satellites was deployed in low Earth orbit after a successful launch aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. Parabolic Arc was able to talk Scott Wisniewski, Chief Strategy Officer at AST Mobile, about BlueWalker 3 and the company’s plans for a constellation of broadband satellites that will connect directly with cellular phones worldwide.
What makes the BlueWalker3 (BW3) significant?
Well, it’s a mission that will facilitate our company’s strategy, which is to connect regular phones to satellites directly in low Earth orbit with cellular broadband. And that’s unmodified cell phone 4G/5G… There’s five billion globally and our intent is to connect to them.
Speaking more broadly, I think the mission is pretty important and historic, because once we unfold the array, it will be the largest communications array ever commercially deployed into low Earth orbit. So, it’s 693 sq ft. [64.3 sq m] A large communications array, a large antenna is important in order to connect directly to weak, low-powered phones, the ones that we use for terrestrial usage… So, it’s a pretty important milestone for the development of space and how we are doing it.
Where is your customer base for BW3 technology?
This is a test satellite, so this is to configure the ground infrastructure. But once we start launching our commercial satellites, our go-to market strategy is pretty simple and we target two groups of folks. One, is the [group of people who] work and travel and are going in and out of coverage every day. This can be all around the world where people experience gaps in coverage anywhere there is not terrestrial coverage today.
And the other group of people is folks that don’t have access to cellular or broadband today. There are 3.7 billion people globally that don’t have access to cellular broadband, which is defined as 3G or better. And there is another 450 million people who don’t have access to any cellular infrastructure. So, those are the two big, broad sets of people that we think we’ll be able to service and together collectively they fill in that 5 billion mobile phones that are in use today around the world.
Tell me a little about the investments made for this mission.
So, we invested $85 million directly into the BlueWalker 3 satellite. Most of that was one time R&D. We’ve been at it for about two years, designing and manufacturing the BlueWalker 3 satellite. Over the life of our company, we have raised $600 million, and we’ve made significant investments in our people and growing the company.
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2022/09/14/...cemobiles-scott-wisniewski/
September 15, 2022
Zineb Gda
https://firecell.io/...sform-the-future-of-enterprise-edge-computing/
S&P Global Ratings affirms Rakuten Group at "BB+" (Local Currency LT credit rating)
September 14, 2022 Cbonds
S&P Global Ratings affirmed the "BB+" Local Currency LT credit rating of Rakuten Group on September 13, 2022.
https://cbonds.com/news/1967351/
S&P Global Ratings affirms Rakuten at "BB+" (Foreign Currency LT credit rating); outlook negative
September 8, 2021 Cbonds
S&P Global Ratings affirmed the "BB+" Foreign Currency LT credit rating of Rakuten on September 7, 2021. The outlook is negative.
https://cbonds.com/news/1448613/
Japan increases LNG purchases from Russia 380%
According to the data, Russian LNG supplies to Japan grew by 211.2% in quantity compared to August 2021. In terms of value, imports of Russian LNG soared by more than 380%.
Read more at:
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/...t&utm_campaign=cppst
von Heiko Weckbrodt
https://oiger.de/2022/01/21/...ranzoesische-5g-campusnetze-auf/181921
Joint statement between the United States and Australia
https://www.nationaltribune.com.au/...ations-resilience-and-security/
Key sessions planned for this year’s edition of Rakuten Optimism include a fireside chat with José María Álvarez-Pallete López (Chairman and CEO, Telefónica S.A) and Mickey Mikitani, as well as a talk session with Michael Martin (CEO, 1&1 Mobilfunk GmbH; Part of 1&1 AG) and Tareq Amin (Group Executive Vice President, Rakuten Group, CEO, Rakuten Mobile, CEO, Rakuten Symphony).
https://rakuten.today/blog/rakuten-optimism-2022.html
Another series of sessions exploring how fintech is shaping the world of tomorrow will feature two titans of the credit card industry: Ryan McInerney (President, Visa) will join Masayuki Hosaka (Representative Director and Vice Chairman, Rakuten Group and President and CEO, Rakuten Card) for an industry leader-level discussion.
https://rakuten.today/blog/rakuten-optimism-2022.html
5 days ago
https://rakuten.today/blog/...s-inauguration-of-new-bengaluru-hq.html
Rakuten Capital Exits (22)
Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size
Coda Payments 14-Apr-2022 PE Growth/Expansion
https://pitchbook.com/profiles/investor/166304-08#exits
Coda Payments Raised $690m at $2.5bn Valuation
The new investment will allow the company to fuel its cross-border payments efforts aimed at games and other digital products as well as alternative app stores.
https://80.lv/articles/...ments-raised-usd690m-at-usd2-5bn-valuation/
Research on Gen Z shopping behaviour and brand preferences by Rakuten Europe and Rakuten Insight Global.
Research shows that offline shopping is increasing in relevance for Gen Z shoppers.
Sustainable shopping is important – but the price, quality, and design are the top 3 priorities for purchases.
Luxembourg, Belfast, September 13 2022 – Gen Z has taken the world by storm – at least the digital world. But what do we know of Gen Z? A term applied by many demographic researchers, and according to Pew Research Center, Generation Z (in short: Gen Z) consists of people born between 1997 and 2012. Gen Z follows Millennials (born between 1981 and 1996) and precedes Generation Alpha.
Gen Z is known to be the most racially and ethnically diverse generation yet. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, wars, and economic uncertainties following the Financial Crisis of 2009, Gen Z looks into a future more uncertain than previous generations have experienced. According to the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Gen Z’ers are more socially minded than previous generations and focus on seven key issues: healthcare, mental health, higher education, economic security, civic engagement, race equity, and the environment.
And as true digital natives, who have been exposed to the internet, social networks, and mobile systems since the youngest age, Gen Z has access to many platforms to raise their voices and demand change.
What implications does Gen Z have for companies and brands, building their ad strategy, reaching new customers, or building their platform?
In collaboration with Rakuten Insight Global, Rakuten Europe has recently conducted an online survey among 1,800 respondents aged 16-25 in France, Germany, Spain, Japan, the U.K., and the U.S. to find out about this generation’s shopping preferences and trends.
https://corp.rakuten.eu/pressrelease/gen-z-study-2022/ Look like According to Gen Z?
Research on Gen Z shopping behaviour and brand preferences by Rakuten Europe and Rakuten Insight Global.
Research shows that offline shopping is increasing in relevance for Gen Z shoppers.
Sustainable shopping is important – but the price, quality, and design are the top 3 priorities for purchases.
Luxembourg, Belfast, September 13 2022 – Gen Z has taken the world by storm – at least the digital world. But what do we know of Gen Z? A term applied by many demographic researchers, and according to Pew Research Center, Generation Z (in short: Gen Z) consists of people born between 1997 and 2012. Gen Z follows Millennials (born between 1981 and 1996) and precedes Generation Alpha.
Gen Z is known to be the most racially and ethnically diverse generation yet. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, wars, and economic uncertainties following the Financial Crisis of 2009, Gen Z looks into a future more uncertain than previous generations have experienced. According to the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Gen Z’ers are more socially minded than previous generations and focus on seven key issues: healthcare, mental health, higher education, economic security, civic engagement, race equity, and the environment.
And as true digital natives, who have been exposed to the internet, social networks, and mobile systems since the youngest age, Gen Z has access to many platforms to raise their voices and demand change.
What implications does Gen Z have for companies and brands, building their ad strategy, reaching new customers, or building their platform?
In collaboration with Rakuten Insight Global, Rakuten Europe has recently conducted an online survey among 1,800 respondents aged 16-25 in France, Germany, Spain, Japan, the U.K., and the U.S. to find out about this generation’s shopping preferences and trends.
https://corp.rakuten.eu/pressrelease/gen-z-study-2022/
24 Juli 2022
Rakuten Capital fokussiert sich mit seinen Fonds bei seinen Investments auf die Bereiche Informationstechnologie, Fintech, E-Commerce und Mobilität. Zudem investiert man auch in Unternehmen, die potenziell einen Wert für die Firmengruppe und deren Netzwerk mitbringen.
Einige Unternehmen in die Rakuten frühzeitig investiert hat und die dann entweder an die Börse gegangen sind oder übernommen wurden sind Careem, Currencycloud, Glovo, Lyft, Goto, Pinterest, Upstart oder auch Wepay.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Derzeitige Investments von Rakuten Capital (mit Anmerkungen von mir in Klammern):
Acorns
Airalo
Airweave
AWL
Azimo (vermutlich inzwischen monetarisiert)
Basefood
Blackfish
Bluevine
Button
Byju's
Cabify
Cariuma
Carousell
Coda Payments (vermutlich inzwischen monetarisiert)
Cyndx
Dacadoo
Datarobot
Datax
Everledger
Fever
Flow Solutions
Genesis Healthcare
Honest
Ladorian
Leal
Okan
Onesignal
Overture
Petokoto
Pop Meals
Premfina
Qf Pay
Reddoorz
Secai Marche
Shopback
Simplesurance
Syla Holdings
Taster
Toranotec
Uncover Truth
Verishop
Visenze
https://imaraiv.com/investments-von-rakuten-capital/
https://www.acorns.com/about/
Firm valuation
$2.0b (Public information from Mar 2022)
https://app.dealroom.co/companies/acorns
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