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Softbank backed Oyo Hotels & Homes begins restoring salaries of employees

SoftBank makes Series B investment in healthtech iClinic

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SoftBank’s Son offers mea culpa after Jesus comment backfires

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

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

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

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

SoftBank awaits consolidation of food delivery in Latin America

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

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

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

SoftBank’s international arm cuts roughly 10% of staff

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

AlphaCredit makes its US$100 million investment from SoftBank official

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

Mexico’s Cofece fines WeWork and SoftBank for negligence

SoftBank forecasts record losses as startup bets backfire

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

SoftBank won’t buy $3 billion in WeWork stock

SoftBank seeks $10 billion to support Vision Fund companies

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

SoftBank lays ground to abandon $3 bln WeWork tender offer

SoftBank plans $4.8 billion buyback after Elliott’s call

SoftBank’s Son backtracks on proposal for free virus tests

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

No More Investments In Similar Business: SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son

Six questions US investors should ask SoftBank’s CEO Son

SoftBank, Naspers Seek Tax Clarity On Walmart-Flipkart Deal

SoftBank-backed Grab raising $856 million from Japanese investors

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

SoftBank's latest fund wheeze sets off new alarms

SoftBank-backed Brandless shutters less than 2 years after investment

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

SoftBank, Mahindra Electric May Ink Partnership To Push EV Solutions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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'

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

What SoftBank’s new vision means for Indian industry

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

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

Lenskart Raises $275M From Softbank

SoftBank closes $231 million investment in Lenskart

[Funding alert] Lenskart raises $231M from SoftBank Vision Fund II

SoftBank's China strategy wobbles as key bets disappoint

Paytm Parent One97 Secures Funding From SoftBank, AliPay, Others

Mexican fintech Konfío closes US$100 million Series D led by SoftBank to boost support for SMEs

OYO Raises $6 Mn Debt From JV With SoftBank, Avendus To Upgrade Indian Hotels

SoftBank-backed FirstCry Group acquires Oi Playschool

Argentine fintech Ualá raises US$150 million in Series C led by Tencent and SoftBank

[Funding Alert] Paytm raises $1B in funding from Softbank and others at $16B valuation

SoftBank proposes $30 billion merger between Yahoo Japan and Line

'The last person I felt this with was Jack Ma' - SoftBank's Masayoshi Son reportedly compared WeWork's Adam Neumann to Alibaba's founder

'The last person I felt this with was Jack Ma' — SoftBank's Masayoshi Son reportedly compared WeWork's Adam Neumann to Alibaba's founder

SoftBank's second Vision Fund is starting life with a mere $2 billion

Softbank’s New Investment In Paytm To Include Clause On Going Public In 5 Years: Report

$100M Pig Transplants, Canadian Unicorns, And SoftBank’s Epic Slides

The Best Slides From SoftBank’s WeWork-Focused Earnings Report

Here’s how SoftBank says it’ll fix WeWork and turn it profitable

SoftBank’s Son defiant as WeWork triggers $6.5 billion loss

Bull run for private technology funding market coming to an end: Softbank's Deep Nishar

SoftBank’s Vision Fund 1 Closes Investment Period, Gears Up For Fund 2

Why SoftBank's risk-loving bets maybe what the world needs (and other top stories of the day)

Why risk-loving SoftBank and Masayoshi Son’s audacious bets on disruptive startups may just be what the world needs

SoftBank expects to invest in almost 200 companies with its Vision Funds: Rajeev Misra

Latin America Roundup: Uber acquires Cornershop, SoftBank invests in Buser and Olist – TechCrunch

Client Note: SoftBank’s WeWork Takeover, ‘Big 4’ Wireless Carriers Partner On Next-Gen Messaging, Snoop’s Cannabis Investment, And More

Startups Weekly: SoftBank is screwing up – TechCrunch

After WeWork, the market is concerned about SoftBank's massive debt load again

Fair, the SoftBank-backed car subscription startup, lays off 40% of staff, sacks CFO – TechCrunch

After Acquisition, SoftBank To Layoff 4000 WeWork Employees Globally

WeWork's co-CEOs will walk away with millions in severance payments if SoftBank replaces them

SoftBank leads US$46.65 million round for Brazilian e-commerce solution, Olist

WeWork Receives Funding from SoftBank Group