Tokyo-based SODA, which runs Japan’s largest sneaker resell platform, lands $22 million led by SoftBank Ventures Asia – TechCrunch

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Seoul-based payment tech startup CHAI gets $60 million from Hanhwa, SoftBank Ventures Asia – TechCrunch

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Today in European Tech: SoftBank bets big on Sweden’s Sinch, French marketplace startup Ankorstore raises €25 million, and more

  47 days ago   5 Min Read

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 leads $100mn funding round in sales readiness startup MindTickle

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[Funding alert] MindTickle raises $100M led by SoftBank

  63 days ago   4 Min Read

These are the first 16 startups to nab deals from SoftBank's $100 million Opportunity Fund dedicated to Black, Latinx, and Native American founders

  67 days ago   4 Min Read

E-scooter startup Tier raises $250 million round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 – TechCrunch

  68 days ago   5 Min Read

SoftBank piles cash into European scooter firm Tier in $250 million fundraise

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Hard Decisions At SoftBank: Vision Fund CEO Rajeev Misra Gives Up His Board Seat, Along With 3 Others

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REEF Technology raises $700M from SoftBank and others to remake parking lots – TechCrunch

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T: The Healthtech Times - SoftBank's $100 million bet in health

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Spying a pivot to ghost kitchens, SoftBank’s second Vision Fund pours $120 million into Ordermark – TechCrunch

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SoftBank pays $215m for a stake in Kahoot

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Today in European Tech: Kahoot picks up $215M from SoftBank, a new ‘Glassdoor for VCs’, and other deals/stories that caught our eyes

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SoftBank’s Vision Fund plans to unveil a blank-check company

  97 days ago   3 Min Read

SoftBank Plans To Launch SPAC

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SoftBank In Talks To Infuse $100 Mn In SaaS Startup Mindtickle

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SoftBank Latin America fund will decide the future of fintech

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Almost everyone at SoftBank thinks going private is a bad idea

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India among top three digital markets worldwide: SoftBank's Manoj Kohli

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Indonesian cloud kitchen startup Yummy gets $12 million Series B led by SoftBank Ventures Asia – TechCrunch

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Nvidia acquires Arm from SoftBank for $40 billion

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SoftBank to invest US$2 billion in Latin America in 2020

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SoftBank and Oyo launch joint venture in Latin America

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Softbank Was The “Nasdaq Whale” That Caused Rally In US Tech Stocks By Buying Options: Report

  134 days ago   5 Min Read

For SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son, the better TikTok deal is in India

  135 days ago   3 Min Read

Healthcare startup Biofourmis closes $100 mln SoftBank Vision Fund 2-led round

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SoftBank Vision Fund 2 leads $100 million Series C in digital therapeutics company Biofourmis – TechCrunch

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Unacademy gets $150 million in a round led by Softbank’s Vision Fund 2 at a $1.5 billion valuation

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Unacademy Raises $150 Million From Softbank At $1.45 Billion Valuation, Enters Unicorn Club

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[Funding alert] Edtech startup Unacademy raises $150M led by SoftBank at $1.45B valuation

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Unacademy in talks to raise $150 million, led by SoftBank

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SoftBank commits $1.1 billion to WeWork amid membership drop

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Softbank backed Oyo Hotels & Homes begins restoring salaries of employees

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SoftBank makes Series B investment in healthtech iClinic

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SoftBank In Talks To Invest $15-20 Mn In Unacademy

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Policy Bazaar founder says capital raise from Softbank was a ‘Mistake’

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Softbank: New woes for SoftBank's Son: Wirecard may go the WeWork way

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SoftBank-backed Lemonade wants IPO investors to think of it as a technology company. Here's why it really isn't.

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SoftBank-backed Lemonade files to go public – TechCrunch

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Daily Tech Briefing: SoftBank’s Fund For Minorities & More

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SoftBank launches $100M+ Opportunity Growth Fund to invest in founders of color – TechCrunch

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SoftBank launches $100 mn fund investing in 'people of colour'

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Cortex gets investment round from SoftBank, Redpoint eventures, Endeavor Catalyst

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SoftBank doubles Vision Fund chief, Rajeev Misra's, pay despite record loss

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SoftBank Revs Up Didi’s Autonomous Driving Engine With $500M Investment

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SoftBank-Backed Paytm Mall In Talks To Invest In Grofers, MilkBasket

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Paytm Mall in talks for Grofers stake as SoftBank pushes for consolidation

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Softbank Vision Fund To Fire 10% Of Employees After Fund Loses $18 Billion: Reports

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SoftBank’s Vision Fund is planning to cut 10% of staff

  235 days ago   3 Min Read

A veteran Silicon Valley investor said SoftBank's $100 billion Vision Fund had one big fatal flaw — too much money

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Mapbox and SoftBank form joint venture to provide mapping tech to Japanese developers – TechCrunch

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We'll never see another $100 billion technology Vision Fund — from SoftBank or anyone else

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SoftBank’s Son offers mea culpa after Jesus comment backfires

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SoftBank and WeWork launch program to foster tech diversity, with 3 Seattle startups in first cohort

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What SoftBank’s Vision Fund results tell us about troubled startup sectors – TechCrunch

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SoftBank’s Q1 2020 earnings presentation mixes comedy and drama – TechCrunch

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SoftBank Vision Fund posts record $17.7 billion loss on Oyo, WeWork and Uber

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SoftBank awaits consolidation of food delivery in Latin America

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SoftBank has spent $2.3 billion to buy own shares since March

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WeWork and SoftBank unveil the first 14 startups in their Emerge accelerator for underrepresented founders – TechCrunch

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CEO of SoftBank-backed startup Banjo resigns after hidden neo-Nazi past surfaces

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SoftBank’s international arm cuts roughly 10% of staff

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SoftBank to write down WeWork by $6.6 bln, compounding portfolio misery

  263 days ago   4 Min Read

AlphaCredit makes its US$100 million investment from SoftBank official

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The cofounder of a food packaging startup acquired by SoftBank-backed Zume is suing, alleging he was misled about Zume's financial health and never got millions in promised payouts

  265 days ago   4 Min Read

Mexico’s Cofece fines WeWork and SoftBank for negligence

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SoftBank forecasts record losses as startup bets backfire

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Oyo, the former 'jewel' in SoftBank's startup portfolio, quietly fired 110 people based on their performance. Some fired workers say it was basically impossible to close sales, and the company is only

  282 days ago   7 Min Read

SoftBank won’t buy $3 billion in WeWork stock

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SoftBank seeks $10 billion to support Vision Fund companies

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[Funding alert] OYO receives infusion of $807M from SoftBank and RA Hospitality Holdings

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SoftBank lays ground to abandon $3 bln WeWork tender offer

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SoftBank plans $4.8 billion buyback after Elliott’s call

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SoftBank’s Son backtracks on proposal for free virus tests

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Softbank-backed Goggo Network has a plan to stop Google’s robo-taxis from taking over Europe

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No More Investments In Similar Business: SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son

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Six questions US investors should ask SoftBank’s CEO Son

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SoftBank, Naspers Seek Tax Clarity On Walmart-Flipkart Deal

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SoftBank-backed Grab raising $856 million from Japanese investors

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Softbank’s Masa Son Had Reportedly Said That Oyo Rooms Was WeWork’s “Little Brother”

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SoftBank's latest fund wheeze sets off new alarms

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SoftBank-backed Brandless shutters less than 2 years after investment

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SoftBank’s Latest Setback: Brandless Shuts Down After Raising $292.5M

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SoftBank, Mahindra Electric May Ink Partnership To Push EV Solutions

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SoftBank Vision Fund 2 Likely To Fall Short Of Its $108 Bn Target

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India’s FirstCry Lands Another $150M from Softbank in $400M Deal

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Activist Paul Singer builds close to $3 billion stake in SoftBank

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Client Note: Waymo Tests Autonomous Trucks, Taco Bell’s Personalization Move, SoftBank Backs A Retail Robot Startup, And More

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Skylo Launches Out Of Stealth And Into The Sky With $116M In Funding From SoftBank, DCM

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Softbank-backed Housing.com enters co-living listing business; partners with OYO, Zolo

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SoftBank’s Biggest Backer May Pull Out Of Vision Fund 2

  365 days ago   5 Min Read

SoftBank’s Layoff Spree, Our Quarterly Reports Are Back and Houston’s New Unicorn

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SoftBank Appoints Google’s Vikas Agnihotri As Operating Partner In India

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Zume, the SoftBank-backed robotic pizza startup, just lost a third of its executive team amid company-wide layoffs

  375 days ago   3 Min Read

SoftBank has reneged on term sheets to invest in several startups, and Paul Graham says it's 'one of the most damaging things that can happen to a startup'

  376 days ago   3 Min Read

Will Oyo Shut Down Unprofitable Businesses With SoftBank’s FY23 IPO Deadline?

  378 days ago   3 Min Read

What SoftBank’s new vision means for Indian industry

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SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son had a bad 2019. Here’s what he can buy in 2020

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This Week In AI: Intel Acquires Habana Labs, Samsung Partners With Baidu, SoftBank Backs AV Startup

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