カジノジャンボリー Invests in US Zipline International Inc
- Collaboration in Drone Logistics Field -

  • (former)Mobility

2019-05-20

カジノオンライン ("Toyota Tsusho") has invested in a US startup,Zipline International Inc("Zipline"), in its Series C funding round in June 2018, and entered into a business tie-up with Zipline with the aim of promoting collaboration in the drone logistics field, expected as a new mobility service カジノジャンボリー is the first business company from which Zipline has accepted investment

1 Background

In recent years, カジノジャンボリー development has progressed rapidly through technological innovation, and the カジノジャンボリー market is expected to expand globally Drones are used for various purposes, such as taking images and measurements, infrastructure inspection, crop dusting, logistics, disaster response, and sports Drones are expected to be utilized, particularly in logistics in areas where infrastructure for delivery by land has not been developed, as an unprecedented mobility service

2 Purposes of Capital and Business Tie-up

In October 2016, Zipline started a logistics service using drones to deliver blood products for transfusion to hospitals in Rwanda as a world’s first, and has successfully commercialized drone logistics covering the whole country The company has made more than 13,000 deliveries and now covers more than 65% of Rwanda’s blood supply outside of the capital, Kigali In December 2018, it set up a new logistics center in Rwanda and has expanded the commodities it deals with to include other medicines Zipline also began a drone logistics service in a second country, Ghana, in April 2019

Since making this investment, as well as co-developing the drone logistics service with Zipline globally, カジノジャンボリー has been promoting collaboration in fields including Zipline’s technology development and operational support by utilizing its expertise gained in its automotive-related businesses
カジノジャンボリー will continue to promote initiatives for responding to the drone market, which is expected to expand in the future

This is a project of NEXT Technology Fund, a カジノジャンボリー internal fund

Overview of Zipline

Company Name
Zipline International Inc
https://flyziplinecom
Zipline’s カジノジャンボリー

Zipline’s distribution center
Headquarters
California, United States of America
Established
August 2011
Representative
Founder & CEO Keller Rinaudo
Business description
カジノジャンボリー development and manufacturing, software development, カジノジャンボリー logistics operation
Countries where operates
Rwanda, Ghana

The information in this release is current as of the date of announcement
Please note that information may change after the date of announcement Thank you in advance for your understanding

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