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Germany's Rocket Internet is looking at investing $3 billion in financial technology and artificial intelligence

Reuters • May 30, 2018, 11:37:43 IST
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Rocket Internet, which had a shaky start in 2014 as its start-ups made big losses, saw its share price jump last year.

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Germany's Rocket Internet is looking at investing $3 billion in financial technology and artificial intelligence

Germany’s Rocket Internet said on 29 May that it is looking at investing in areas such as financial technology and **artificial intelligence** with the €2.6 billion ($3 billion) it has amassed. [caption id=“attachment_4487981” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]The logo of of Rocket Internet, a German venture capital group. Reuters. The logo of of Rocket Internet, a German venture capital group. Reuters.[/caption] “We are looking for opportunities in the tech sector… There is no set timeframe,” the e-commerce investor’s chief executive Oliver Samwer told journalists after its main holdings saw more revenue growth and narrowed first quarter losses. Rocket Internet, which had a shaky start after listing in 2014 as its start-ups made big losses, saw its share price jump last year after HelloFresh and Delivery Hero went public. Delivery Hero, HelloFresh, Home24 and Global Fashion Group (GFG) have already reported quarterly figures, while Home24 announced plans earlier this month for an initial public offering. Rocket’s stock dipped last week after disappointing figures from GFG and its shares were down another 0.4 percent following its quarterly results. Kimpel said GFG, which runs fashion sites in Russia, Latin America and South East Asia, was hit by the decline in the Russian rouble and Brazilian real, noting that sales rose 18 percent after stripping out the impact of currency fluctuations. Rocket said its African e-commerce group Jumia, also a possible candidate for a listing, saw gross merchandise volume - the value of goods sold via the site - rise 71 percent to 151 million euros, adding it remained well funded. However, Samwer added that he could imagine the loss-making firm might need to raise funds in the next 24 months. Online home furnishings site Westwing saw sales rise 18 percent to 71 million and reported its second consecutive profitable quarter, with an adjusted earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation margin of 1.7 percent.

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