Wejo Announces Additional $15.9 Million PIPE Investment Anchored by Strategic Partner and Investor Sompo International Holdings Ltd.
2022年7月28日 - 8:00PM
ビジネスワイヤ(英語)
Implements Significant Cost Reductions While
Focusing on Expansion in Launched Products in Marketplace Solutions
and Automotive SaaS
Raising 2022 Adjusted EBITDA Outlook
Wejo Group Limited (NASDAQ: WEJO), a global leader in Smart
Mobility cloud and software solutions for connected, electric, and
autonomous vehicle data, today announced completion of a
self-arranged $15.9 Million private investment in public equity
(“PIPE”) investment in Wejo (the “Company”), anchored by Sompo
International Holdings Ltd., one of its major commercial partners,
as well as current investors and certain members of Wejo’s Board of
Directors. Under the PIPE, the Company has agreed to issue and sell
in a private placement an aggregate of approximately 11.3 million
of the Company’s units, each consisting of one of the Company’s
common shares and one third of one warrant per unit purchased. The
additional liquidity raised through this initiative, combined with
Wejo’s significant expense reduction initiatives discussed below,
and with further draw downs on the Company’s existing debt and
equity facilities previously announced, is intended to extend
Wejo’s capital runway through late 2023 under current capital
market conditions.
Wejo’s cost saving initiatives implemented in 2022 reduce our
cash burn from $10 million per month at the start of 2022 to a
projected $5-6 million per month by the fourth quarter of 2022. As
a result of these reduced expenses, Wejo is updating its 2022
financial outlook with respect to Adjusted EBITDA. The Company now
expects its 2022 Adjusted EBITDA loss to be in the range of $85
million to $95 million for 2022, a significant improvement versus
previous expectations in the range of $110 million to $120 million.
The Company remains committed to achieving our revenue and vehicles
on platform objectives for 2022.
“Executing a successful capital raise in this economic
environment is a major achievement for Wejo and reflects our
investors’, partners’, and directors’ confidence in the Company’s
ability to improve business fundamentals as we focus our portfolio
of solutions around the traffic and insurance product lines," said
Richard Barlow, Wejo Founder and CEO. “Sompo recognizes Wejo’s
significant value proposition, and its new investment will help us
continue to advance our Smart Mobility platform. Additionally, our
continued commercial partnership will allow the Company to
accelerate its entry into the Japanese market. Our proprietary
platform and products aim to transform the end-to-end insurance
market and help Sompo realize cost synergies and additional revenue
opportunities.”
John Maxwell, Chief Financial Officer, said: “To work through
these challenging times in the capital markets, we have taken
measurable actions to accelerate our path to profitability,
prioritizing growth in the marketplaces and SaaS offerings with the
highest near-term revenue opportunities. Our long-term plans have
not changed other than timing of when other marketplaces will be
launched. In addition to successfully raising additional capital
through the PIPE offering, we have implemented a hiring freeze,
eliminated non-revenue projects, and prioritized workflows to more
squarely focus on revenue generation in the current year and into
2023. We will continue to pursue additional cost reduction
initiatives, which will help us get to profitability sooner.”
About Wejo Wejo Group Limited is a global leader in cloud
and software analytics for connected, electric, and autonomous
vehicles, revolutionizing the way we live, work and travel by
transforming and interpreting historic and real-time vehicle data.
Wejo enables Smart Mobility for GoodTM by organizing trillions of
data points collected from approximately 19 million vehicles and 79
billion journeys to date, across multiple brands, makes and models,
and then standardizing and enhancing those streams of data on a
vast scale. Wejo partners with ethical, like-minded companies and
organizations to turn that data into insights that unlock value for
consumers. With the most comprehensive and trusted data,
information and intelligence, Wejo is creating a smarter, safer,
more sustainable world for all. Founded in 2014, Wejo has offices
in Manchester, UK and in regions where Wejo does business around
the world. For more information, visit: www.wejo.com or connect
with us on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram.
Forward-Looking Statements This communication contains
“forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe
harbor” provisions of the United States Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For more information, please follow
this link: https://www.wejo.com/forward-looking-statements
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Investors: Tahmin Clarke, Wejo
investor.relations@wejo.com Idalia Rodriguez, Arbor Advisory Group
on behalf of Wejo investor.relations@wejo.com
Media: Ben Hohmann, Wejo Ben.Hohman@Wejo.com
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