新未来城和吉安资本管理有限公司加入融资回合
资金将用于飞机认证和商业航线的启动
德国布鲁赫萨尔，2022年11月1日 – 城市空中交通（UAM）的先驱Volocopter在E轮融资的第二次签约中又筹集了1.82亿欧元。红海的智能认知区域性项目新未来城（NEOM）和香港的吉安资本管理有限公司（GLy）加入了Volocopter的多元化投资者群体。这将推动该公司在其电动客机 – VoloCity空中出租车在获得认证后继续前进。
可持续交通是当今世界面临的巨大挑战。Volocopter提供了一个新的解决方案，它有一系列专门为城市任务建造的全电动飞机。至关重要的是，Volocopter独特而全面的UAM生态系统将所有关键的全球市场参与者联系在一起，努力使该行业落地。这包括开发多用途电动飞机，将乘客和货物安全地带到目的地（VoloCity、VoloRegion和VoloDrone），并提供与其相匹配的物理和数字基础设施（VoloPort和VoloIQ）。
Volocopter是UAM的领导者，拥有超过10年的开发经验和超过1500次的成功试飞。作为第一家也是唯一一家获得欧盟航空安全局（EASA）设计组织批准（DOA）的电动垂直起降（eVTOL）公司，Volocopter预计将在未来两年内在新加坡、罗马、巴黎和NEOM等大城市及区域推出其第一条商业空中出租车路线。
Volocopter和NEOM于2021年12月签署成立了一家合资公司，成为战略合作伙伴，计划将VoloCity空中出租车和VoloDrone整合到NEOM的可持续、智能和无缝连接的移动系统中。合资公司将设计、整合和并在启动后的最初七年内运营该区域的全电动公共飞行路线。
GLy得到了Volocopter的长期合作伙伴吉利控股的支持。在其合资企业中，吉利和Volocopter旨在将UAM引入中国。中国拥有高密度的大城市，预计将成为电动空中出租车的最大市场之一。
目前，许多感兴趣的公司已经通过了尽职调查，Volocopter的E轮融资仍然开放。
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About NEOM
NEOM is an accelerator of human progress and a vision of what a New Future might look like. It is a region in northwest Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea being built from the ground up as a living laboratory – a place where entrepreneurship will chart the course for this New Future. It will be a destination and a home for people who dream big and want to be part of building a new model for exceptional livability, creating thriving businesses and reinventing environmental conservation.
NEOM will be the home and workplace to more than a million residents from around the world. It will include hyperconnected, cognitive towns and cities, ports and enterprise zones, research centers, sports and entertainment venues, and tourist destinations. As a hub for innovation, entrepreneurs, business leaders and companies will come to research, incubate, and commercialize new technologies and enterprises in groundbreaking ways. Residents of NEOM will embody an international ethos and embrace a culture of exploration, risk-taking and diversity – all supported by a progressive law compatible with international norms and conducive to economic growth.
For further information email media@neom.com or visit www.neom.com and www.neom.com/en-us/newsroom
Find out more about NEOM Mobility at: www.neom.com/en-us/sectors/mobility
About GLy New Mobility Fund
The GLy New Mobility Fund is a global mid-to-late-stage private equity fund based in Hong Kong. Backed by Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, the fund invests into startups that disrupt the transportation industry. Key areas of focus are electrification, smart cars, smart cities, mobility as a service (MaaS) and materials. The New Mobility Fund has invested in several mobility startups globally such as Polestar, ECARX, Freewire, Ascend Elements, Nexeon.
About GLy Capital Management Limited
GLy Capital Management Limited is a Hong Kong based investment management entity holding SFC type 1, 4 and 9 licenses. The Company is majority owned by Zhejiang Geely Holding Group. For further information, visit: www.glycm.com.
About Volocopter
Volocopter brings urban air mobility (UAM) to megacities worldwide. We aim to improve the quality of life for people in cities by offering a fantastic new mode of transportation. For that, we create sustainable and scalable UAM ecosystems with partners in infrastructure and operations.
Volocopter’s family of eVTOL aircraft will offer passengers (VoloCity and VoloRegion) and goods (VoloDrone) swift, secure, and emission-free connections to their destinations, supported by VoloIQ, the UAM ecosystem’s software platform that serves as its digital backbone for safe and efficient operations.
As a pioneer in the UAM industry, Volocopter will launch commercial services within the next few years. Founded in 2011, the company employs more than 500 people in Germany and Singapore, has completed over 1,500 successful public and private test flights, and has diverse investors, including Geely, NEOM, Mercedes-Benz Group, Intel Capital, and BlackRock. www.volocopter.com
