In the wave of industry digitization, cloud has become a major trend. March 9 news, Ali cloud announced kangaroo cloud, harmonic cloud, black Lake technology, Qian Cloud technology and other 31 enterprises selected ali Cloud first phase of cloud accelerator, of which more than half of the enterprises for round B and above financing, 1/5 enterprises for round C and above. The companies selected have a total valuation of more than 33.8 billion yuan, covering manufacturing, new retail, Internet, healthcare and other sectors. Multi-party cooperation to accelerate the industry’s new ecology and jointly realize the upgrade of cloud native technology.
It is reported that Ali Cloud launched the cloud native accelerator program in 2021, committed to discovering and looking for outstanding innovative enterprises in the cloud native field, to help enterprises crack the growth code. In the one-year accelerated growth plan, Ali Cloud native accelerator will open Ali Cloud ecological and business resources, provide technical and product support, link more capital and venture capital resources, and jointly create a new blueprint for cloud native with accelerator member enterprises through 2 aggregation + N business docking.
In terms of technology, among the first batch of cloud native accelerator members, cloud native PaaS direction accounts for 55%, cloud native application accounts for 32%, and cloud native basic technology accounts for 13%. Among the member companies, there are not only unicorns, but also highly competitive companies in the segments of Authing, StreamNative, Vika, Xingyun Innovation, Tongchuang Yongyi and so on.
In terms of geographical distribution, the 31 selected enterprises are mainly concentrated in first-tier cities: Shanghai leads with 29 percent, Followed by Beijing with 26 percent, followed by Hangzhou with 23 percent. The diversified industrial structure of the city has better promoted the landing and development of cloud native in China.
Previously, several investment professionals have joined the expert team of Aliyunyun original Accelerator. Chen Xiangming, founder of Ginkgo Valley, said that the main implementation body of Yunyuansheng should be scientists and engineers, so we must match resources to these people, so that they can use new ideas, new technologies and new frameworks to serve the forefront of the industry. Ye Guantai, partner of Qiming Venture Capital, believes that cloud native focuses on efficiency and solves how to deploy more software in a fast, simple and efficient way with the latest cloud architecture. Zhu Yikai, partner of Yunfeng Fund, said that China’s software industry should accelerate the pace of transformation and gradually realize digitalization, informatization and cloud. In the new direction, digitization is really cloud biogenesis; Ian Jiang, managing director of Shenzhen Venture Capital, believes that cloud native products and solutions gradually to the direction of integration, the emergence of new architecture will certainly bring new security issues. Cloud native security is also worth investing in the future layout of a track.
Jiang Jiangwei, vice president of Alibaba and head of Aliyun Intelligent basic Product Division, believes that PaaS is a market with a lot of opportunities for entrepreneurship and innovation. “From a global perspective, cloud computing will overturn the original business model and bring a lot of innovation opportunities. Ali Cloud hopes to cooperate with more enterprises to build a new ecosystem.”
Since 2020, Ali Cloud has launched the “cloud native Partner Plan” — invested 2 billion special funds, prefered to support 100 head partners, empowered 10,000 partners and 500,000 developers, jointly served millions of cloud customers, and helped partners realize the upgrade of cloud native technology. To accelerate the digital transformation of hundreds of industries.
The cloud accelerator is an important measure for Ali Cloud to empower industry innovators, help all walks of life to achieve digital innovation and expand the industry ecology. “Through the integration of innovation, on the one hand, the output of Aliyunyun’s native technology and product capabilities, links start-ups and the capital market; On the other hand, join hands with high-quality ecological partners to build a richer ecosystem of yunyuan industry and accelerate the landing of Yunyuan industry.” Jiang jiangwei said.
The first phase of Aliyun Cloud accelerator member companies are listed as follows:
(Enterprises are ranked according to the road show order)
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