Isikuta Kagesi: U-Gogoro Uphumela Obala!
Umkhiqizi odumile wamasondo amabili kagesi u-Gogoro usanda kufakwa ohlwini esihwebeni kulandela ukuhlanganiswa nenkampani ethile yokutholwayo (“SPAC”).
Yasungulwa ngo-2011, i-Gogoro yinkampani yaseTaiwan egxile ekuthuthukiseni izikuta zikagesi kanye nobuchwepheshe bokubuyisela amabhethri. Ngo-2015, wethula isithuthuthu sakhe sokuqala sikagesi e-Consumer Electronics Show. Eminyakeni engu-6 eyalandela, inkampani ikwazile ukusungula inethiwekhi ebanzi yeziteshi zokushintsha amabhethri eTaiwan.
NgoSepthemba 16, 2021, abaqaphi baseTaiwan bamemezele ukuhlanganiswa ne-SPAC ngaphansi kwegama elithi Poema Global Holdings. Isivumelwano nale nkampani, esohlwini lweNasdaq, kulindeleke ukuthi sivale ngekota yokuqala ka-2022. Kulindeleke ukuthi ilethe imali engaphezu kuka-$550 million kuGogoro, okuzonikeza inkampani inani elingaphezu kuka-$2,3 billion.
Ukuqala kwandisa njalo
Lesi yisinyathelo esibalulekile kuGogoro. Ngo-Ephreli 2021, inkampani yamemezela ukubambisana ne-Hero Motocorp, umkhiqizi omkhulu emhlabeni wezimoto ezinamasondo amabili, ukungenisa izithuthuthu zayo zikagesi kanye nezinhlelo zokushintsha amabhethri eNdiya.
Ngemva kwenyanga, ngoMeyi 2021, uGogoro wangena kobunye ubudlelwano obubili nezinkampani ezinkulu ezizinze eChina. Ekugcineni, ngoJuni odlule, uGogoro waqinisekisa ukusebenzisana neFoxconn. Leli qembu elikhulu laseTaiwan elikhiqiza izinto zikagesi lisanda kuqalisa ukuthuthukiswa kwezimoto zikagesi.
Umnikelo kaFoxconn (usayizi wawo namanje ongaziwa) uzogxila "ekutshalweni kwezimali kwangasese" njengengxenye yokuhlanganiswa kwe-PSPC. Ngokuyisisekelo, lokhu ukuqoqwa kwezimali okuzokwenzeka kanyekanye nomsebenzi. Le PIPE (Private Equity Investment) izongenisa imali engaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-250 zamaRandi kanti amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-345 azovela ngokuqondile kwa-Poema Global Holdings.
