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| Li ka-shing, harbour a $10.8 million stake in shipping company data |
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date：2015-05-07 08:51:50 hits：1229 | |
And the department chairman li ka-shing private investment of the heart (Horizons Ventures), have a special liking to tech upstart, this time is the data analysis of the company.Harbour investment led, partnership with Israeli vc firms Aleph, etc., to the shipping data and analysis company Windward combined investment of $10.8 million (about hk $84.24 million), to help the company through the data analysis, improve the transparency of the shipping industry.Windward board will AD hoc, senior consultant, to make an investment to send.
Israeli company Windward, mainly through the analysis and organization of the global shipping industry data, provide solutions to the industry.According to introducing, the development of the Windward intelligent solution "MARINT", for security, intelligence and law enforcement agencies around the world are applied, combined with data and analysis data of Windward, helps to identify the potential risk before the cargo moored.
Data to help reduce crime threat at sea
Windward has established the world's first shipping data platform "Windward Mind", and makes possible the application of data and execution, to reduce the threat of maritime crime.
Harbour investment represents Wang Shizong said the shipping industry in the global economy is important, however, the whole shipping industry still continue to use the Analog signals (Analog), was near the last used old signals of industry, the truth shipping industry reform speed, lags far behind other transport systems.
Ami Windward co-founder and chief executive Daniel, an investment in the investment world's most subversive high-tech project has certain experience, over?Harbour investment to participate in the Windward, brings new opportunities for the industry innovation are old pattern.
Windward intends to push financial solutions
In addition, the Windward plan in the second half of this year, financial solutions derived from data analysis "FORESEA", let traders, investors and analysts to get market opportunities should be developed.At present, the "FORESEA" in the Beta testing stage.
In addition to the capital contribution, harbour investment will send representatives to join the board of directors of the Windward, as a board add senior consultant position.In addition to harbour investment, this time to participate in the financing of investors and Thomson Reuters, a former chief executive Tom Glocer, and join the Windward advisory committee.The idf chief of staff and a former Israeli defense chief executive officer Gabi Ashkenazi, network media to Perion of Israel before the strategy cooperation, vice President of Danielle Ullner, will respectively as Windward advisory committee members and chief operating officer.
Harbour investment in recent years, many shots, just have more investment in April, earlier by participating in the financing activities, investment in the U.S. diet soft drink maker Celsius, Oscar and U.S. health insurance group, and a $50 million (about hk $390 million), involved in the Slack corporate communications software company financing activities.In addition, to the United States in February the cloud video conference company Zoom overweight
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