February 5, 2022

LeddarTech Anuncia Financiamento de 140 Milhões de Dólares de Série D Combinado com Dívida

Este financiamento mais recente apoia os esforços de crescimento e desenvolvimento acelerado da LeddarTech das suas soluções automotivas exclusivas de fusão e percepção de sensor.

QUEBEC CITY, Feb. 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A LeddarTech^®, líder global no fornecimento da tecnologia de detecção de ADAS e AD mais flexível, robusta e precisa, tem o prazer de anunciar uma rodada de financiamento bem-sucedida com um investimento de US$ 140 milhões, que compreende um primeiro fechamento da Série D de US$ 116 milhões e uma linha de crédito de US$ 24 milhões.

A FS Investors liderou a rodada de financiamento com a participação da Investissement Québec, BDC Capital, Go Capital, determinados fundos administrados pela Fidelity Investments Canada ULC, Fonds de BNDité FTQ, Export Development Canada, ams OSRAM, Desjardins Capital, UI Investissement, Cowen Investment II LLC e outros gerentes da LeddarTech. A linha de crédito foi garantida pelo Desjardins Group.

Este investimento irá acelerar o desenvolvimento e a comercialização das soluções LeddarTech. Além disso, a LeddarTech usará os fundos para ampliar os recursos de engenharia para atender às demandas dos clientes OEM automotivos e Nível 1-2 em todo o mundo ativamente envolvidos com a empresa para soluções de detecção de percepção e fusão de sensores.

“Nossa decisão de fazer parceria com a LeddarTech teve início quando formos apresentados à equipe de gestão sênior corporativa. Individualmente, a equipe sênior possui décadas de experiência na indústria de tecnologia. Além disso, muitos trabalharam com grandes empresas globais de tecnologia automotiva e de detecção”, disse Nick Stone, fundador e sócio da FS Investors. “Um extenso processo de due diligence, juntamente com uma forte validação do cliente, confirmou que a solução exclusiva da LeddarTech é a mais bem posicionada no mercado para liberar a adoção em massa de ADAS e AD, quebrando a dependência típica do software no hardware na detecção”, disse o Sr. Stone, concluindo que: “A solução LeddarVision™ da LeddarTech, oferece aos clientes a flexibilidade de escalonamento rápido nos modelos de veículos, e a rápida colocação no mercado com maior desempenho por um custo menor.”

“O sucesso desta rodada é um testemunho do crescimento e reconhecimento da indústria que a LeddarTech alcançou. Tenho o prazer de receber a FS Investors como nossos investidores mais recentes, que trazem sua vasta experiência e experiência no setor de tecnologia profunda”, disse Charles Boulanger, CEO da LeddarTech. “Fiquei impressionado com a qualidade e o rigor da due diligente e com a excepcional compreensão do mercado ADAS e AD deles, o que confirma o valor da nossa solução de software única. Nossa equipe e eu estamos prontos para trabalhar com a FS Investors, nossos novos investidores e parceiros existentes para viabilizar que nossos clientes implantem significativamente nossas soluções ADAS e AD confiáveis e econômicas nas suas marcas e mercados”, concluiu o Sr. Boulanger.

A Cowen e a Desjardins Capital Markets atuaram como coorientadoras nesta rodada de investimentos.

Sobre a LeddarTech

Fundada em 2007, a LeddarTech evoluiu, tornando-se uma empresa abrangente de sensoriamento ambiental completo, permitindo que os clientes resolvam desafios essenciais de sensoriamento, fusão e percepção em toda a cadeia de valor. A empresa oferece soluções econômicas e escaláveis, como LeddarVision™, uma plataforma de fusão e percepção de sensores de dados brutos que gera um modelo ambiental 3D abrangente com configurações de múltiplos sensores para suporte de plena autonomia de Nível 2 ao Nível 5. É escalável para dar suporte a todos os níveis de automação do veículo. Além disso, a LeddarTech dá suporte aos fabricantes LiDAR e integradores de sistemas automotivos de Nível 1-2 com o LeddarSteer™, um dispositivo de direção de feixe digital, e a solução de desenvolvimento LiDAR XLRator para desenvolvimento LiDAR de estado sólido de grau automotivo com base na LeddarEngine™, e componentes principais de parceiros globais de semicondutores. A empresa é responsável por muitas inovações de aplicações com sensor remoto automotivos e de mobilidade avançadas, com mais de 100 tecnologias ADAS aprimoradas patenteadas (concedidas ou pendentes), e capacidade de condução autônoma.

Para mais informações sobre a LeddarTech, visite www.leddartech.com, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook e YouTube.

Contato:
Daniel Aitken, Vice-Presidente de Marketing Global, Comunicações e Relacionamento com o Investidor, LeddarTech Inc.
Tel.: + 1-418-653-9000 ramal 232
daniel.aitken@leddartech.com

Os logotipos Leddar, LeddarTech, LeddarSteer, LeddarEngine, LeddarVision, LeddarSP, LeddarCore, LeddarEcho, VAYADrive, VayaVision, XLRator e afins são marcas comerciais ou marcas comerciais registradas da LeddarTech Inc. e suas subsidiárias. Todas as outras marcas e nomes de produtos são ou podem ser marcas comerciais ou marcas comerciais registradas usadas para identificar produtos ou serviços de seus respectivos proprietários.

February 5, 2022

Luxcore, Inc. annonce la mise en production de la plateforme d’infrastructure de données Cloud LambdaXchange™

– Signature d’un accord exclusif de trois ans avec l’État de la diaspora africaine (SOAD) pour fournir une plateforme, des produits et des services d’infrastructure de données Cloud

– LambdaXchange™ soutiendra les services bancaires mobiles numériques de SOAD, les devises numériques des banques centrales, les cryptomonnaies et échanges dérivés, les services mobiles et de commerce électronique sur leur marché mondial potentiel de 1,7 milliard de personnes

– L’entreprise accède aux marchés de capitaux privés pour développer davantage sa plateforme d’infrastructure de données Cloud

ATLANTA, 4 février 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Luxcore, Inc., un fournisseur d’infrastructure de données Cloud en phase de démarrage, a annoncé aujourd’hui la mise en production de sa plateforme d’infrastructure de données Cloud LambdaXchange™, une plateforme technologique de registre distribué compatible avec l’IA pour le routage, la commutation et le transport intelligents de données avec des points d’échange à Miami, Dallas et Atlanta.

Dans le cadre de cette première mise en production, le 8 janvier 2022, Luxcore a signé sa première entreprise cliente multinationale avec le gouvernement de l’État de la diaspora africaine (SOAD). Le SOAD est membre du Traité de la Communauté économique des États, Nations, Territoires et Royaumes de la 6^e région africaine. Dans le cadre de cet accord exclusif de trois ans, Luxcore fournira sa plateforme, ses produits et ses services d’infrastructure de données Cloud LambdaXchange™ à l’appui des services bancaires mobiles numériques, des devises numériques des banques centrales, des cryptomonnaies et des échanges dérivés, des services mobiles et de commerce électronique au marché mondial de SOAD, qui compte potentiellement 1,7 milliard de personnes.

« Notre Parlement a récemment adopté une loi établissant notre Code de nationalité et de citoyenneté : ainsi, la diaspora africaine mais également les Africains sur le continent seront éligibles à l’identification numérique de SOAD », a déclaré le Dr Louis-Georges Tin, Premier ministre de SOAD. « La carte d’identité fonctionnera comme une multicarte. Cette initiative historique offrira des services numériques comme l’accès aux élections, notre système d’éducation, les services bancaires et cryptographiques, le commerce électronique et plus encore. Nous sommes ravis de nous associer à Luxcore en tant que fournisseur technologique exclusif de services Cloud pour aider le SOAD à atteindre ses objectifs et à améliorer la vie de potentiellement 1,7 milliard de personnes dans le monde. »

La plateforme d’infrastructure de données Cloud et les services de base de Luxcore permettront à l’infrastructure de données mondiale de SOAD de disposer de technologies dédiées de calcul, de stockage et de transport de données physiques et virtuelles pour soutenir le SOAD et son écosystème numérique à venir. Ces applications et services mondiaux comprennent :

Points d’accès au réseau Internet (NAP) à l’échelle mondiale (pour l’accès Internet à haut débit)
Application d’identification de citoyenneté SOAD
Passeports numériques SOAD
Portefeuille(s) numérique(s) mobile(s)
Accès aux services d’échange de cryptomonnaies centralisés et décentralisés
Accès aux plateformes de traitement des paiements et aux services de règlement des transactions
Prise en charge des échanges marchands pour le commerce électronique et le commerce mobile
Développement futur de DApp et d’applications

« Luxcore est l’un des premiers fournisseurs de services de Cloud computing dont la plateforme d’infrastructure de données Cloud de base est intégrée verticalement, depuis nos processeurs de circuits intégrés photoniques, redéfinis comme la première couche, en passant par les couches réseau intégrées supérieures jusqu’à la pile d’applications qui offre une vitesse, une évolutivité et une sécurité améliorées pour les applications et les services numériques Web3 à venir », a déclaré Gerald Ramdeen, fondateur et président-directeur général de Luxcore, Inc.

Augmentation de capital pour faire évoluer la plateforme d’infrastructure de données Cloud

En retour des marchés de capitaux privés, Luxcore a annoncé une augmentation de capital pour faire passer sa plateforme d’infrastructure de données Cloud de 2 millions d’abonnements mensuels moyens (« MAU ») et 2000 transactions simultanées par seconde aujourd’hui à 50 millions de MAU mondiaux, en utilisant ses services de tokenisation d’identité numérique et de portefeuille numérique à des performances et des vitesses de transaction plus élevées. En tant que transaction sur le marché secondaire privé, les investisseurs institutionnels accrédités intéressés peuvent trouver plus d’informations sur le site Web de la société et sa salle de données électroniques, facilitée par Nasdaq Private Market.

Luxcore, Inc. est depuis longtemps un pionnier des technologies de semi-conducteurs optiques et de commutation optique avec ses marques déposées LambaRouter™ et LambdaXchange™ (son architecture réseau décentralisée), les positionnant de manière unique pour introduire un modèle d’infrastructure de données Cloud émergent.

À propos de Luxcore, Inc.

Luxcore est un fournisseur d’infrastructure de données Cloud de nouvelle génération en phase de démarrage. Depuis 2001, nous sommes un leader de l’innovation dans les technologies de routage, de commutation et de transport tout optique de circuits intégrés photoniques et de routage optique. En commençant par notre système LambdaRouter™ primé de routage, de commutation et de transport optique de base, la société conçoit le LambdaRouter G7 : un système de routage, de commutation et de transport optique de base encore plus radical alimenté par un processeur multicœur quantique propriétaire entièrement photonique. Luxcore introduit un modèle commercial d’infrastructure de données Cloud innovant et différent pour le provisionnement automatisé des ressources de transport de données, de stockage de données et de calcul de données dans un réseau ouvert et décentralisé de points d’échange optique (OIX) provisionnés du cœur à la périphérie dans le datacenter. L’architecture réseau décentralisée LambdaXchange™ (LXE DeNA) offrira une vitesse, une évolutivité, une sécurité et une disponibilité sans précédent pour prendre en charge les écosystèmes d’échange d’actifs numériques et Web3 les plus avancés au monde. Nous sommes Luxcore, les architectes du prochain Internet pour l’avenir de la finance, du commerce, de la mobilité et du métavers.

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February 5, 2022

Morocco’s King Says 5-Year-Old Boy Trapped in Well Has Died

IGHRAN, MOROCCO — The Moroccan royal palace said Saturday that a 5-year-old boy who was trapped in a deep well for four days has died.

Moroccan King Mohammed VI expressed his condolences to the boy’s parents in a statement released by the palace.

The boy, Rayan, was pulled from the well Saturday night by rescuers after a lengthy operation that captivated global attention.

An Associated Press reporter at the scene saw the boy wrapped in a yellow blanket after he emerged from a tunnel dug specifically for the rescue.

His parents had been escorted to an ambulance before the boy emerged.

Online messages of support and concern for the boy poured in from around the world as the rescue efforts dragged through the night.

Rescuers used a rope to send oxygen and water down to the boy as well as a camera to monitor him. By Saturday morning, the head of the rescue committee, Abdelhadi Temrani, said: “It is not possible to determine the child’s condition at all at this time. But we hope to God that the child is alive.”

In the well for days

Rayan fell into a 32-meter (105-feet) well located outside his home in the village of Ighran in Morocco’s mountainous northern Chefchaouen province on Tuesday evening. He became trapped in a hole too narrow for rescuers to reach safely.

For three days, search crews used bulldozers to dig a parallel ditch. Then on Friday, they started excavating a horizontal tunnel to reach the trapped boy. Morocco’s MAP news agency said that experts in topographical engineering were called upon for help.

Temrani, speaking to local television 2M, said Saturday that rescuers had just two meters (yards) left to dig to reach the hole where the boy was trapped.

“The diggers encountered a hard rock on their way and were therefore very careful to avoid any landslides or cracks,” he said. “It took about five hours to get rid of the rock because the digging was slow and was done in a careful way to avoid creating cracks in the hole from below, which could threaten the life of the child as well as the rescue workers.”

The work was especially difficult for fear that the soil surrounding the well could collapse on the boy.

Villagers gather

His distraught parents were joined by hundreds of villagers and others who had gathered to watch the rescue operation.

The village of about 500 people is dotted with deep wells, many used for irrigating the cannabis crop that is the main source of income for many in the poor, remote and arid region of Morocco’s Rif Mountains. Most of the wells have protective covers.

The exact circumstances of how the boy fell in the well are unclear.

Nationwide, Moroccans had taken to social media to offer their hopes for the boy’s survival, using the hashtag #SaveRayan which has brought global attention to the rescue efforts.

Source: Voice of America

February 5, 2022

Nigeria Seeks to Recover up to $4 Billion in Oil Revenue Losses

ABUJA, NIGERIA — With rising oil prices, Nigeria is cracking down on oil theft as part of the country’s effort to recover missed revenue. Nigeria loses some 150,000 barrels of oil a day to illegal tapping of pipelines. At that rate, authorities say the country loses about $4 billion every year, or 10 percent of its annual budget.

Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission head Gbenga Komolafe announced the revenue-recovery effort this week but declined to provide further details on new steps authorities would take.

Gbenga said President Muhammadu Buhari approved the “Industry-Wide Oil Revenue Recovery Initiative” and formed a committee that includes several security agencies. He said the committee will begin operations soon.

“The positive impact of that will be witnessed very soon because there is [a] collaborative approach to stop the incident, especially as it affects the federation’s revenue. You should not expect me to disclose the strategy,” Gbenga said.

The petroleum commission says the ambitious recovery plan will double the nation’s output from 1.5 million barrels of oil a day to3 million barrels daily.

Output has dwindled in Nigeria in recent years as a result of the illegal tapping of oil pipelines. The commission said oil production slipped to 1.5 million barrels a day in December 2021 from 1.7 million at the start of last year.

Nigeria’s current production level falls short of OPEC’s earmark for the West African nation.

Energy expert Odion Omonfoman says the government’s revenue recovery plan is possible.

“That should have been $4 billion that would have accrued to the federation, which should have been used to build schools, hospitals, roads, infrastructure,” Omonfoman said. “But that money is pretty much stolen and doesn’t come back to Nigeria. It also harms investment in the oil and gas sector. If you notice, a lot of the IOCs are divesting from onshore and shallow water assets that they used to own.”

But Omonfoman says while promoting initiatives that will boost production and generate more revenue, authorities must also consider local communities that are suffering from environmental hazards resulting from oil production.

“Any action aimed at reducing the amount of sabotage, including involving the local communities who literally are unwilling participants in this business will be helpful,” Omonfoman said. “At the end of the day we must have a strategy that ensures that the local communities benefit from crude oil and gas productions within their area. You must have some form of incentive that will ensure and allow continuous production and community participation in protecting oil and gas assets.”

Oil prices have jumped on global markets to more than $90 per barrel. Nigeria’s economy is highly dependent on earnings from oil.

Source: Voice of America