Rakuten wesentlich besser als Rocket

revenue growth

ONLINE marketplace Carousell is looking to grow its top line in two of its overseas markets, the Philippines and Hong Kong. This will complement the seven-year-old startup's increased efforts to monetise its platform in Singapore over the past year.

However, Carousell - which also operates in Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan and Australia - does not have a precise timeline to hit profitability for now, its co-founder and CEO Quek Siu Rui told The Business Times.

The efforts to boost revenue come as it announced a US$56 million deal on Wednesday, with classifieds giant OLX Group taking an approximate 10 per cent stake in Carousell. This values Carousell at over US$550 million.

https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/garage/...nding-from-cool-japan-fund
 

Posting. Statt der dort angegebenen hätte sie lauten müssen:

https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/garage/...ippines-for-revenue-growth  

Freitag einen gigantisch hohen Quartalsgewinn von Rakuten ausgewiesen bekommen - bedingt durch den Börsengang von Lyft und den Verkauf von Careem.

Allerdings müssen wir uns, soweit börsennotierte Papiere im Besitz sind, was bei Rakuten der Fall sein wird, daran gewöhnen, dass seit Einführung einer neuen Bilanzierungsmethode, durch die der Marktwert nicht realisierter Investmentgewinne laufend ausgewiesen werden muss, das Ergebnis heftig schwanken wird und diese Schwankungen richtig interpretiert werden müssen.  

Frankfurt, 26 March 2019 – the eBook market in Spanish-language regions also recorded exceptionally high growth in the 2018 financial year: The “5th Bookwire.es Report 2019. Evolution of the digital market (eBooks and audiobooks) in Spain and Latin America” by Bookwire Spain, in collaboration with Dosdoce.com, documents growth in turnover of 57 % in total – which is also due to relevant growth in subscription offers.

Although Amazon, Apple, Google, Kobo etc. are still the most important distribution channels (80 %) for Spanish and Latin American publishers.

https://www.bookwire.de/presse/artikel/detail/...of-total-turnover-1/
 

January 9, 2019

2018 was a banner year in digital reading as 43,000+ OverDrive library and school partners around the world circulated over 274 million ebook and audiobook checkouts. We’ve seen consistent record breaking circulation numbers every year for some time, but this number represents a 22% increase over 2017, the largest growth since 2015. Leading the growth of the digital library lending movement were 65 libraries who joined the Million Checkout Club in the calendar year.

https://company.overdrive.com/2019/01/09/...llion-checkout-club-2018/
 

Rakuten Aspyrian is a biotechnology company that develops tumor-targeted precision therapies.
San Diego, California, United States

https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/...rapeutics#section-overview

 

Einstellungen ignoriert hat, kann ich nicht nachvollziehen. Dort findet sich nachwievor:

Nutzer markieren, ignorieren und sperren
Benutzer markieren

Gonzodererste
 

Fintech app Acorns receives $105m funding
31st January 2019

Fintech app Acorns has received a $105 million Series E funding round, which puts its valuation at $860 million, with NBC Universal and Comcast Ventures as leading investors.

BlackRock, Bain Capital Ventures, TPG’s Rise Fund, DST and Michael Dell’s MSD Capital also took part in the round.

NBC Universal, now Acorns’ biggest shareholder, will place CNBC chairman Mark Hoffman on Acorn’s board. CNBC has also reported on this story.

The California-based start-up has several financial products, such as automatic investment of spare change from debit or credit card purchases.

Its automated retirement account service “Acorns Later” has hosted 350,000 investors who have invested $40 million to date, according to the company.

https://www.bankingtech.com/2019/01/...-acorns-receives-105m-funding/
 

Digital Remittance Market 2019 Industry Analysis by Top Companies like – Mobetize Corp., Remitly, Regalii, peerTransfer, Currency Cloud, Azimo, WorldRemit, TransferWise
By QyReports

Digital remittance market identifies key characteristics of a customer in order to define a potential market and identify different needs across the industry. By understanding the economic and geographic location of your audience, you can gain business insight for better strategic decision making. Market coverage in different industries reveals hidden truths about strategies adopted by players in different areas and helps organizations determine their target audience.

Digital remittance market is expected to grow from USD 1,556.15 million 2017 to USD 7,822.65 million by the end of 2024, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of +25%.

https://thewirenewsnow.com/...oud-azimo-worldremit-transferwise/3349/
 

after my estimates - not only 1 billion like Bloomberg published:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/...k-on-pre-ipo-funding-round

My advice: Ignore the published nonsense of Bloomberg about the valuation of Cabify.  

Algorithmia, a Seattle based marketplace for AI and machine learning algorithms, named prominent artificial intelligence executive Andy Jacques to its board of directors. The addition comes just a few months after the company raised a $10.5 million round, led by Google’s new AI investment arm.

Jacques is well known for his role as the CEO of San Francisco area data intelligence company Lattice, which was backed by Madrona Venture Group and was acquired by Apple last year for a reported purchase price of around $200 million.

https://www.geekwire.com/2018/tech-m  

https://www.lightreading.com/...ten-network-at-mwc-2019/v/d-id/750312  

06.05.19 15:35

New York (www.aktiencheck.de) - Lyft-Aktienanalyse des Analysten John Blackledge von Cowen and Company:

Laut einer Aktienanalyse bringt John Blackledge, Analyst von Cowen and Compeny, in Bezug auf die Aktien des Fahrdienstvermittlers Lyft Inc. (ISIN: US55087P1049, WKN A2PE38, NASDAQ-Ticker: LYFT) nach wie vor die Erwartung einer überdurchschnittlichen Kursentwicklung zum Ausdruck.

Die Analysten von Cowen and Company rechnen mit einem starken Quartalsbericht.

Die Anzahl aktiver Fahrer dürfte sich im Vergleich zum Vorjahr um 40% auf 19,7 Mio. erhöht haben. Den Umsatz von Lyft Inc. werde auf 745 Mio. USD geschätzt, mithin ein Plus von 88% gegenüber 2018.

Analyst John Blackledge schätzt das adjustierte EBITDA auf minus 243,4 Mio. USD. Der Markt gehe im Durchschnitt von einem höheren Verlust aus.

Die Analysten von Cowen and Company bekräftigen in ihrer Lyft-Aktienanalyse das Votum "outperform" sowie das Kursziel von 77,00 USD.

https://www.aktiencheck.de/exklusiv/...erwartet_Aktienanalyse-9857319
 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/...rly-earnings-results-193525766.html  

Uber-Konkurrent Lyft stellt Verluste in Aussicht
Mittwoch, 08.05.2019 06:35 von dpa-AFX
 
SAN FRANCISCO (dpa-AFX) - Der Uber-Rivale Lyft stimmt Investoren gut einen Monat nach seinem Börsengang auf tiefrote Zahlen ein. Dieses Jahr werde das verlustreichste in Lyft-Geschichte, unter anderem weil die Firma massiv in Service-Stationen sowie neues Geschäft mit elektrischen Fahrrädern und Tretrollern investiere, kündigte der Fahrdienst am Dienstag an. Bei den ersten Quartalszahlen seit dem Börsengang meldete Lyft einen Verlust von 1,1 Milliarden Dollar. Er geht allerdings vor allem auf Kosten für die Vergütung mit Aktien im Zuge des Börsengangs in Höhe von 859 Millionen Dollar zurück.
Der bereinigte Verlust sank im Jahresvergleich dagegen von 228,4 auf 211,5 Millionen Dollar. Analysten hatten mit einem höheren Minus bei über 270 Millionen Dollar gerechnet. Zugleich wächst Lyft weiterhin schnell: Der Fahrdienst-Vermittler verbuchte im ersten Vierteljahr Erlöse von 775 Millionen Dollar. Das war fast doppelt so viel wie im Vorjahresquartal - und mehr als viele Analysten erwartet hatten.
 

https://www.ariva.de/news/...lyft-stellt-verluste-in-aussicht-7563451  

“The first quarter was a strong start to an important year, our first as a public company,” Lyft co-founder and chief executive officer Logan Green said in a statement. “Our performance was driven by the increased demand for our network and multi-modal platform, as Active Riders grew 46 percent and revenue grew 95 percent year-over-year. Transportation is one of the largest segments of our economy and we are still in the very early stages of an enormous secular shift from personal car ownership to Transportation-as-a-Service.”

https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/07/...b-in-q1-2019-on-776m-in-revenue/
 

Rakuten is expected to add over $10.9 billion in sales by 2023

Rakuten, Japan's largest ecommerce player, operates 70+ businesses that span ecommerce, digital content, communications and FinTech, reaching more than 1.2 billion members around the world. Rakuten’s sales are primarily concentrated in Japan, but other markets are growing rapidly – especially its largest international market i.e. US, which is forecasted to grow the fastest at 9.0%.

Rakuten is the 8th largest ecommerce player in the world, and the largest in Japan

Globally, Rakuten competes with other large marketplaces from around the world including Alibaba and Amazon, but still significantly trails them by scale. Rakuten has made several investments to compete better internationally, particularly in supply chain and delivery logistics. It’s moving towards a “Fulfillment by Amazon” model, where it will manage 3rd party inventory and delivery for sellers.

https://www.ascentialedge.com/insights/rakutens-path-ecommerce-success
 

MAY 7, 2019

Ebates is steadily promoting its rebrand to Rakuten with great success. We go behind the scenes to look at some key drivers of the rebrand process.

Why was it necessary to rebrand and why did it make sense to rebrand to Rakuten?

What were some of the challenges to rebrand?

How did the sports partnership provide great assets to increase Rakuten awareness?

What other marketing initiative helped Rakuten reach a wider audience?

How does the rebrand strengthen Rakuten's greater reward business?

https://global.rakuten.com/corp/innovation/rnn/2019/0506/
 

die meines Erachtens okay sind, für nicht nachvollziehbar:

Der bereinigte Verlust sank im Jahresvergleich dagegen von 228,4 auf 211,5 Millionen Dollar. Analysten hatten mit einem höheren Minus bei über 270 Millionen Dollar gerechnet. Zugleich wächst Lyft weiterhin schnell: Der Fahrdienst-Vermittler verbuchte im ersten Vierteljahr Erlöse von 775 Millionen Dollar. Das war fast doppelt so viel wie im Vorjahresquartal - und mehr als viele Analysten erwartet hatten. Zugleich zeigt das Unternehmen schnelleres Wachstum als der inzwischen weniger aggressiv als früher auftretende Marktführer. Für das laufende Quartal rechnet Lyft mit einem Umsatzplus von 60 Prozent auf mindestens 800 Millionen Dollar.

In einer Partnerschaft, die auf die Zukunft zielt, wird die Google-Schwesterfirma Waymo in den kommenden Monaten zunächst zehn ihrer selbstfahrenden Autos auf die Lyft-Plattform in der Stadt Phoenix bringen. Lyft kündigte schon länger an, den Dienst für Roboterwagen verschiedener Anbieter öffnen zu wollen. Uber arbeitet unterdessen weiter an eigener Technologie für selbstfahrende Autos.

https://www.finanzen.net/nachricht/aktien/...tiefroten-zahlen-7452885
 

sehe ich es an, dass Rakuten die Bewegungen von Lyft mitmacht.  

5/8/2019

TEWKSBURY, Mass. -- Altiostar, the pioneer in open virtualized RAN (open vRAN) technology, announced today that it has closed a $114 million Series C round of financing with Rakuten coming on board as an investor. In early 2018, Qualcomm Ventures LLC and Tech Mahindra also participated in the C-round as investors. This financing will be used to expand Altiostar’s virtual RAN solution to encompass 4G and 5G products allowing telecom operators to build end-to-end web-scale cloud native networks.

Concurrently with this financing round, Altiostar has agreements solidifying its relationship with each of its strategic partners.

•  Rakuten which is deploying the Altiostar solution in their mobile network and the companies are collaborating on the development of 5G solutions.
•  Qualcomm Technologies Inc., which has entered into a development collaboration agreement with Altiostar.
•  Tech Mahindra has signed a value-added-reseller/system integrator contract with Altiostar.

https://www.lightreading.com/mobile/...r/d/d-id/751329?_mc=RSS_LR_EDT
 

https://global.rakuten.com/corp/investors/documents/results/

Obwohl ich auch schon fast zum halben Preis gekauft habe, und zwar nicht wenige.  

Consolidated revenue: +15.9% YoY

Global GTV: +22.5% YoY

Domestic E-Commerce GMS growth accelerated: +13.3% YoY

Non-GAAP OI: +270.5% YoY

FinTech: Revenue growth strong at +22.1% YoY, Non-GAAP OI +13.7% YoY
(excluding Rakuten Securities)

Awarded 5G spectrum, and ongoing network construction for 4G MNO service launch in October 2019

Successful launch of new Rakuten Pay ap

Quelle: siehe mein letztes Posting und dort auf "presentation"  

Through these efforts, the Rakuten Group achieved revenue of ¥280,294 million, up 15.9% year-on- year, for the three months ended March 31, 2019. Non-GAAP operating income was ¥117,977 million, up 270.5% year-on-year.

(Non-GAAP)
(Millions of yen)
3 months ended  March 31, 2018 3 months ended March 31, 2019 Amount Change  % Change  YoY

Revenue 241,871 280,294 38,423 15.9 %

Non-GAAP Operating Income 31,843 117,977 86,134 270.5 %

Quelle wie 3498, jetzt aber weiter mit: Earnings Release for Q1 of FY2019 Financial Results