Airalo 係一間提供 eSIM 服務嘅供應商,專為全球200幾個國家同地區嘅旅客提供eSIM卡,方便佢哋喺出國時即時【上網】。截至2024年3月31日,Airalo 嘅應用程式已經有超過1,000萬用戶,並且喺App Store同Google Play Store上以53種語言提供[1][2][3][4][5][6]

AirGSM Pte. Ltd.
類型私營
開檔2019年
創辦人Abraham Burak、Bahadir Ozdemir
總部地址美國
業務地區全球
產業電信、旅遊
員工人數200+ (2024)
網址www.airalo.com

歷史

編輯

Airalo 係一間總部喺美國嘅新創公司,由Abraham Burak同Bahadir Ozdemir喺2019年創立。佢哋嘅目標係透過eSIM技術為旅客提供即時、經濟實惠嘅全球連接[7][8]

亞伯拉罕同巴哈迪爾係數碼遊牧企業家,佢哋親身體驗過旅行時連接受限嘅問題。eSIM技術為旅客提供咗一個更經濟、更方便嘅選擇。

2019年,Airalo從Antler同紅杉資本印度種子基金Surge獲得190萬美元嘅種子資金[9]。2021年,佢哋獲得500萬美元A輪融資[10][9]。2023年,佢哋完成B輪融資6,000萬美元。e& Capital係e&(即阿聯酋營運商Etisalat)的創投部門,領投咗呢輪融資,其他參與者仲有創投公司Antler Elevate、Liberty Global、Rakuten Capital、Singtel Innov8、Surge(即早期基金營運公司)由Peak XV(前身係紅杉資本印度和SEA)、Orange、T Capital(即德國電信嘅創投部門)、KPN Ventures、Telefónica Ventures同I2BF Global Ventures[11][12][13][14][1][2][5][7]

參考資料

編輯
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