In June of this year, Mobike won a new round of over US$600 million in financing. Since 2017, it has accumulated more than US$1 billion in financing, setting an industry record. Wang Xiaofeng, co-founder and CEO of Mobike, said that one of the main uses of financing is to accelerate the process of internationalization.
Sure enough, Mobike bikes seem to be accelerating international expansion, with good news. Mobike, which had just announced its arrival in Fukuoka, Japan, officially announced on the 23rd that it will soon enter the city of Sapporo in Hokkaido, Japan. This is the fifth overseas city to enter Mobike after Singapore, Manchester, Salford and Fukuoka.
It is understood that Sapporo is the second Japanese city to enter Mobi Bicycle after Fukuoka. As one of the most popular tourist destinations in Japan, Sapporo is attracting travelers from all over the world, especially Chinese tourists. This means that Mobike bicycles will not only serve the local residents, but also provide visitors with new and convenient travel modes, boosting local economic growth and improving people's well-being.
Mr. Toyama, General Manager of SATUDORA, one of Japan's largest drugstores and cosmetics chains, expressed his warm welcome to the arrival of Mobike: “Chinese tourists have benefited greatly from Hokkaido and Sapporo. There are many attractions and playgrounds in the city, so a new addition is made. The flexible, convenient, and easy-to-use travel mode will benefit tourists, citizens and local businesses.†SATUDORA is actively helping Mobike to find and open parking areas in Sapporo, making it convenient for users to park their vehicles reasonably and to allow Mobike bicycles to interact with the city. The scenery blends.
In addition, the arrival of Mobike bicycles in Sapporo has also been greatly appreciated by “No Mapsâ€, a Japanese technology innovation institution. No Maps chairman Ito Hiroyuki said: “Mobike bicycles perfectly represent the development vision we hope to realize and promote in Sapporo: innovation, technology, advanced design, and a new era brought about by innovative companies. Mobike improves the city with smart technology. The environment, at the same time, 're-invented' bicycles with innovative capabilities, is a perfect model for the innovative companies we hope to introduce in Sapporo."
Mobike uses the Internet of Things, cloud computing, and big data technologies to create the industry's only "magic cube" for artificial intelligence big data. It can not only accurately control the position and status of each intelligent shared bicycle in real time, but also helps the operational team to achieve refined and efficient operation and maintenance. It can also deeply mine and analyze hundreds of variables such as time, location, weather, traffic flow and trip characteristics. It realizes balance forecast of supply and demand, riding trend forecasting and intelligent parking management, and provides scientific decision-making reference for the city management and traffic planning departments, so that Mobike's sailing into the sea adds unique innovation driving force and technical attraction.
Up to now, Mobike has put more than 5 million smart shared bicycles in more than 100 cities around the world, with more than 100 million registered users and more than 20 million daily trips. It is the world's largest Internet travel service. Wang Xiaofeng, co-founder and CEO of Mobike, said that he plans to serve 200 cities around the world by the end of 2017 and will bring smart solutions for travel to more users around the world.