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| 01.04.2025 | SoftBank And OpenAI Make History With Largest Startup Financing Ever | 9 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
In the history of startup funding, SoftBank’s announcement yesterday that it is backing an investment of up to $40 billion in OpenAI is in a league of its own.
No other financing even comes close.
Th... |
| 27.03.2025 | SoftBank and Ericsson: A New Era of Connectivity and AI Innovation | In the fast-paced world of technology, partnerships can be the lifeblood of innovation. Recently, two giants, SoftBank and Ericsson, announced a strategic alliance that promises to reshape the landscape of telecommunications. This collabora... |
| 21.03.2025 | SoftBank Expands AI Portfolio with $6.5B Acquisition of Chip Startup Ampere | Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group. Image: SoftBank YouTube
SoftBank has announced plans to acquire the chip startup Ampere for $6.5 billion in an all-cash deal that “broadens its AI infrastructure investm... |
| 20.03.2025 | China’s Services Sector: The Key to Economic Resilience | China stands at a crossroads. The nation is grappling with the dual pressures of external tariffs and internal economic shifts. As the world watches, economists are urging a pivot toward the services sector. This is not just a suggestion; i... |
| 20.03.2025 | With $6.2B Purchase Of Chip Designer Ampere, SoftBank Is Going Big This Year | 0 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
As an investor, SoftBank is known for going big.
That mentality came across clearly Wednesday evening, when the storied tech dealmaker announced it will acquire chip design company Ampere Computing, ... |
| 20.03.2025 | CNBC Daily Open: Fed’s dot plot calms some market jitters | The U.S. Federal Reserve concluded its meeting exactly as market watchers had expected: by keeping interest rates steady. While a cut might have been a pleasant surprise to some — as lower interest rates generally support the economy and st... |
| 19.03.2025 | SoftBank to acquire chip designer Ampere in $6.5 billion deal | SoftBank Group said Wednesday that it will acquire Ampere Computing, a startup that designed an Arm-based server chip, for $6.5 billion.
Carlyle Group and Oracle both have committed to selling their stakes in Ampere, SoftBank said.
Ampere w... |
| 05.02.2025 | SoftBank and OpenAI: A New Era of AI in Japan | In a bold move, SoftBank and OpenAI have joined forces to reshape the landscape of artificial intelligence in Japan. This partnership, announced in early February 2025, is not just a business deal; it’s a strategic alliance that aims to har... |
| 05.02.2025 | OpenAI's Strategic Leap into Asia: A New Era of AI Partnerships | In the fast-paced world of technology, OpenAI is making waves. The company is not just a player; it’s a game-changer. With recent partnerships in Asia, OpenAI is positioning itself to harness the power of the continent's diverse markets. Th... |
| 04.02.2025 | SoftBank e OpenAI anunciam join venture de IA no Japão | O SoftBank Group e a OpenAI anunciaram a criação da joint venture SB OpenAI Japan, destinada a oferecer serviços de inteligência artificial a empresas no Japão. A parceria será controlada pela OpenAI, liderada por Sam Altman, juntamente com... |
| 04.02.2025 | OpenAI укрепляет позиции на азиатском рынке: стратегические партнёрства с Kakao и SoftBank | После того как китайская компания DeepSeek произвела сенсацию на американском рынке, OpenAI активно развивает свою деятельность в азиатском регионе, заключая крупные коммерческие соглашения. Это позволит компании использовать азиатский конт... |
| 24.01.2025 | Project Stargate: A New Dawn for AI Infrastructure in America | In a bold move, OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle have joined forces to launch Project Stargate, a monumental initiative aimed at reshaping the landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) in the United States. This ambitious project is set to inve... |
| 22.01.2025 | Трамп сообщил об инвестировании от Softbank, OpenAI, Oracle и MGX до $500 млрд в развитие инфраструктуры ИИ в США | Президент США Дональд Трамп сообщил о выделении инвестиций в размере до $500 млрд от Softbank, OpenAI, Oracle и MGX для развития инфраструктуры искусственного интеллекта в США и создания суперкомпьютера, который будет создавать сверхумные н... |
| 19.11.2024 | Navigating UK Startup Growth Insights on Talent, Funding, and Economic Recovery | As the UK startup ecosystem looks toward 2025, Richard Potter, co-founder of Manchester-based artificial intelligence (AI) company Peak shares valuable insights on the evolving economic outlook, talent management challenges, and the future ... |
| 17.06.2024 | SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son set for ‘next big move’: report | Artificial IntelligenceInvestmentsNews
Lokesh Choudhary · 2d ago · 2 min readSoftBank’s Masayoshi Son set for ‘next big move’: report
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SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son appears to be ready for his next big moves, Bloo... |
| 24.05.2024 | Andela Celebrates a Decade of Impact | Share this:
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| 13.05.2024 | SoftBank to leverage $184b portfolio for AI push, Vision Fund CFO says | Artificial IntelligenceNews
Miguel Cordon · 20h ago · 2 min readSoftBank to leverage $184b portfolio for AI push, Vision Fund CFO says
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SoftBank Group currently has a US$183.6 billion portfolio with 477 companies, ... |
| 29.04.2024 | SoftBank’s Vision Fund shrinks as Son embraces AI, semiconductors: report | Artificial IntelligenceInvestmentsNews
Gabriel Budi Sutrisno · 2d ago · 2 min readSoftBank’s Vision Fund shrinks as Son embraces AI, semiconductors: report
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As founder Masayoshi Son shifts his focus toward semiconducto... |
| 08.03.2024 | Another domino falls in banking crisis | Following the significant losses experienced by New York Community Bank (NYSE: NYCB) stock last week, which resulted in a substantial decrease in its value, it appears that another bank could be facing a similar situation.
Specifically, So... |
| 27.02.2024 | Paytm founder steps down as chairman at India's biggest fintech | Data: Capital IQ; Chart: Axios Visuals
Indian fintech Paytm revealed Monday that CEO and founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma will step down as non-executive chairman and board member.
Why it matters: It's the latest in an enormous change of fate f... |
| 20.02.2024 | Alat Alat, a leading technology provider in Saudi Arabia, announces partnerships with four major global companies to accelerate technology manufacturing | Alat
Alat, a Saudi Arabian technology provider, announces partnerships with four major global companies to accelerate technology manufacturing ……
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| 20.02.2024 | Alat Alat, a leading technology provider in Saudi Arabia, announces partnerships with four major global companies to accelerate technology manufacturing | - |
| 19.02.2024 | SoftBank founder seeking to raise $100B for AI chip initiative to challenge Nvidia’s AI chip dominance | SoftBank founder and CEO is reportedly seeking to raise a staggering $100 billion for a new AI chip venture that could potentially challenge Nvidia’s dominance in the industry, Bloomberg reported, citing sources close to the matter.
The pr... |
| 14.02.2024 | SoftBank founder eyes $100b raise for AI chip venture | Artificial IntelligenceInvestmentsNews
Gabriel Budi Sutrisno · 4h ago · 1 min readSoftBank founder eyes $100b raise for AI chip venture
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Masayoshi Son, founder of Japan-based SoftBank Group, is considering raising US$1... |
| 08.11.2023 | SoftBank slips to red as Vision Fund posts $4.2b in losses | InvestmentsNews
Miguel Cordon · 9 Nov 2023 · 2 min readSoftBank slips to red as Vision Fund posts $4.2b in losses
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SoftBank Group has lost 629.4 billion yen (US$4.2 billion) from its Vision Funds for the first half of ... |
| 13.09.2023 | In this year’s biggest IPO, Arm stock closes up 25% as chip designer raises $4.87B
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Newly public shares of British chip design firm Arm Holdings Ltd., which dominates the smartphone industry, jumped 10% in initial trading and then rocketed to close up nearly 25% Thursda... |
| 05.09.2023 | Arm’s latest IPO filing eyes potential $52B valuation | Arm this morning submitted an update to its SEC IPO filing proposing a $47 to $51 share pricing. The high end would put the British chip maker’s valuation north of $52 billion. The firm has seen a banner few years, as the world’s largest ha... |
| 21.08.2023 | SoftBank’s Arm files for Nasdaq listing | InvestmentsNews
Miguel Cordon · 22 Aug 2023 · 1 min readSoftBank’s Arm files for Nasdaq listing
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Arm, a British microchip major backed by SoftBank, filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (... |
| 14.08.2023 | Softbank quer comprar fatia de 25% da ARM, derivadas do Vision Fund | Já proprietário de 75% da ARM, o SoftBank agora pretende comprar o restante da empresa e tomar posse por completo da montadora de chips, a ideia surge pouco antes da ARM abrir seu IPO, programado para setembro deste ano. Segundo a Bloomberg... |
| 08.08.2023 | SoftBank posts loss, with a cumulative loss of $6.3B in its Vision Fund business | As SoftBank prepares to dive deeper into AI investments, the group posted an unexpected consecutive quarterly overall loss, as well as a continued loss in its existing investment business.
For your piece, the Vision Funds actually posted a ... |
| 08.08.2023 | SoftBank’s Vision Funds recover with $426m income | InvestmentsNews
Miguel Cordon · 2d ago · 2 min readSoftBank’s Vision Funds recover with $426m income
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SoftBank‘s Vision Funds (SVF) generated segment income of 61 billion yen (US$426 million) in the fi... |
| 08.08.2023 | SoftBank is getting its investing mojo back | After a few quarters of going turtle, SoftBank has started ramping up its investing cadence again.
Once one of the most active and visible investors in startup land, the Japanese conglomerate is itching to get back into the fray, unlike som... |
| 08.08.2023 | SoftBank apresenta prejuízo em fundo de capital de risco, alcançando déficit de US$ 6,3 bilhões | Em seu terceiro balanço trimestral consecutivo, o Grupo SoftBank registrou um prejuízo acumulado de US$ 6,3 bilhões, referentes a gastos com seu novo fundo de capital de risco, o Vision Fund. A quantia surgiu da subtração entre os custos de... |
| 04.08.2023 | SoftBank launches an OpenAI for Japan: SB Intuitions, building LLMs and generative AI in Japanese | AI may have found a center of gravity in the Bay Area, but we’re seeing a lot of activity elsewhere among those who believe that there is a market opportunity ensuring that the pace of innovation does not only get played out in just one cor... |
| 24.07.2023 | SoftBank and Symbotic team to offer automated warehouses as a service | When it comes to retail, it’s Amazon versus the world. That’s been true for a long time and will continue to be so for the foreseeable future. Plenty of factors have contributed to the company’s position as a seemingly unstoppable juggernau... |
| 24.07.2023 | SoftBank Group and Symbotic Establish New Warehouse-as-a-Service Joint Venture To Transform Supply Chain Services Through Automation and A.I. | New joint venture, GreenBox, to offer first of its kind automated warehouse services, unlocking significant new addressable market
Symbotic and GreenBox contract for the sale of approximately $7.5 billion in systems over the course of the c... |
| 29.06.2023 | ChatGPT-Heavy SoftBank CEO Shares Revolutionary AI Vision: 'Birth of Superhuman' | John Lopez, Tech Times 29 June 2023, 11:06 am
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son presented a talk during the company's annual shareholder meeting, revealing his fundamental belief in the revolutionary power of artificial intelligence (AI).
Son, who... |
| 22.06.2023 | SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son thinks his firm will 'rule the world' thanks to its AI investments. Believe it or not, that's not as far-fetched as his previous claims. | Masayoshi Son, the chief of the Japanese internet and telecom giant Softbank, delivers a speech during a press conference on June 20, 2011. Park Ji-Hwan/AFP/Getty Images
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son says the firm will be a winner in the AI ra... |
| 11.05.2023 | Годовой убыток японского инвестиционного холдинга Softbank Group составил $7,18 млрд | Японская корпорация Softbank Group опубликовала отчетность за завершившийся в марте финансовый год, сообщив о чистом убытке в размере ¥970 млрд ($7,18 млрд). Главная причина слабых результатов — рекордные убытки принадлежащего SoftBank Grou... |
| 05.05.2023 | Having Rebuffed The UK Stock Market, Now This Firm Could Become The Biggest Stock Listing Of The Year | 0 shares
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After already withdrawing its shares from London, in what could be the biggest stock market listing of the year, the microchip designing giant Arm has now announced that it has filed to sell its shares... |
| 01.05.2023 | UK Chip Giant Arm Files for US IPO | The firm announced it had filed papers with the US Securities and Exchange Commission proposing an initial public offering (IPO). The valuation of Arm is unsettled, with Bloomberg reporting investment banks pitching anywhere between roughly... |
| 13.04.2023 | Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank Sells Venture Capital Arm To Younger Brother’s Singapore-Based Investment Firm | Taizo Son, youngest brother of Masayoshi Son. Akio Kon/Bloomberg |
| 07.02.2023 | Arm CEO Says He Is ‘Fully Committed’ to Going Public This Year | The chip design firm Arm is preparing for what will be one of the most important initial public offerings of 2023, and unlike many other semiconductor companies, the company is posting strong financial performance.
SoftBank Group acquired A... |
| 07.02.2023 | SoftBank неожиданно завершил квартал с убытком в $5,9 млрд | Японская телекоммуникационная компания SoftBank Group завершила третий квартал финансового года (октябрь—декабрь 2022 года) с чистым убытком $5,92 млрд. Более того, отрицательный баланс SoftBank по итогам квартала стал неожиданным для инвес... |
| 08.12.2022 | Inside SoftBank Vision Fund's awful, terrible, really bad year. How the venture fund tumbled, according to former employees, investors and rival VCs. | Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images; IStock; Vicky Leta/Insider This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
SoftBank's Vision Fund just experienced one of its most dismal years in its histor... |
| 11.11.2022 | SoftBank’s India Portfolio A Mixed Bag; Delhivery Adds To Profit, Paytm In Red | SoftBank reported a profit after three quarters of loss on account of $37 Bn gains made from early settlement of prepaid forward contracts of Alibaba’s shares
While Paytm contributed $500 Mn loss to the SoftBanks’ kitty, Delhivery contribut... |
| 11.11.2022 | SoftBank Held Under $100M Position in Crypto Exhange FTX | SoftBank Group will write down its stake in the troubled cryptocurrency exchange FTX to zero, a source close to the situation confirmed.
On the SoftBank (ticker: SFTBY) earnings call with reporters Friday morning, SoftBank Chief Financial O... |
| 29.09.2022 | SoftBank Vision Fund is reportedly laying off 30% of its workforce, or at least 150 employees | The Vision Fund, a venture capital arm of SoftBank, has launched a sweeping layoff process, cutting at least 30% of its workforce globally, or approximately 150 of the 500 employees, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The news comes nearly... |
| 20.09.2022 | Backed by Deutsche Telekom and SoftBank, DTCP unveils $300 million fund for web3, AI and fintech startups in Europe | Hamburg-based VC Digital Transformation Capital Partners (DTCP) has announced the first closing of its growth equity III fund at $300 million. It plans to continue to raise significant capital for the fund and aims to close fundraising in 2... |
| 14.09.2022 | SoftBank mulls Vision Fund 3 | InvestmentsNews
Shadine Taufik · 14 Sep 2022 · 1 min readSoftBank mulls Vision Fund 3
SoftBank Group may launch a third startup fund with its own cash after the poor show of its previous two, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources... |
| 10.08.2022 | Alibaba Stock Sale to Give SoftBank a $34 Billion Gain | Technology investor SoftBank said it will book a 4.6 trillion yen ($34 billion) gain from selling down its massive stake in battered Chinese tech giant Alibaba after posting a record loss.
SoftBank (9984.Japan) on Wednesday issued a stateme... |
| 10.08.2022 | SoftBank планирует заработать $34 млрд на продаже части доли в Alibaba | Сегодня, 10 августа, японский холдинг SoftBank сообщил о дальнейшем сокращении доли в китайской интернет-корпорации Alibaba. SoftBank собирается к сентябрю сократить долю в компании с нынешних 23,7% до 14,6%, заработав на этом ¥4,6 трлн ($3... |
| 10.08.2022 | SoftBank to trim Alibaba stake to 14.6%, poised to book $34B gain | Masayoshi Son famously built his war chest by pumping $20 million into Alibaba two decades ago. Over the years the Chinese e-commerce behemoth has become a way for the billionaire founder of SoftBank Group to generate liquidity. And now Son... |
| 08.08.2022 | SoftBank Group закончила квартал с чистым убытком $23,4 млрд | SoftBank Group опубликовала результаты первого квартала текущего финансового года: ее чистый убыток составил ¥3,16 трлн ($23,4 млрд). Годом ранее в первом квартале у SoftBank Group была прибыль в размере $5,6 млрд. Главная причина слабых ре... |
| 08.08.2022 | Losses at SoftBank’s Vision Funds have consumed nearly all their historical gains | Earnings season is slowing, with the largest U.S. tech companies already having reported second-quarter results. But oftentimes the most interesting results come not from your Amazons or Apples, but from smaller concerns — and even those th... |
| 08.08.2022 | SoftBank posts record loss as Vision Fund bets take hammering | Japanese multinational conglomerate SoftBank has reported a record loss of 3.16 trillion yen (£19.4bn) as its investments take a hammering during the global tech selloff.
SoftBank’s Vision Fund, one of the most prolific tech investors in th... |
| 08.08.2022 | How to lose money, SoftBank edition | Alex and Grace are back to cover the biggest and most interesting technology, startup and market news. This morning was a fun mix of stuff that we don’t always get to, so strap in for the following:
Stocks and cryptos are mostly higher toda... |
| 08.08.2022 | SoftBank сообщил о втором подряд квартальном убытке инвестиционного фонда Vision Fund | Об убытках, которые понесла SoftBank Group, говорится в квартальном отчете компании.
В первом квартале японский холдинг зафиксировал чистый убыток в $26,2 млрд, что стало рекордной суммой в истории SoftBank Group. Второй квартал компания сн... |
| 02.08.2022 | Tiger Global vs SoftBank: Part 2 | In the first part of the series, we dived into Tiger Global’s history, its playbook, and current state of affairs. In the second part, we’ll trace SoftBank’s origins, come up with a definition for SoftBank, understand its playbook, the curr... |
| 27.07.2022 | Ex-Lazada CEO’s French fashion unicorn set to enter South Korea | Consumer TechEcommerceNewsStartups
Xavier Kong · 3h ago · 1 min readEx-Lazada CEO’s French fashion unicorn set to enter South Korea
Vestiaire Collective, a Paris-based luxury fashion platform led by ex-Lazada CEO Maximilian Bittner, announc... |
| 22.06.2022 | SoftBank names Alex Clavel as CEO of its international unit | ManagementNews
Aditya Hadi Pratama · 22 Jun 2022 · 1 min readSoftBank names Alex Clavel as CEO of its international unit
Japanese conglomerate SoftBank has appointed former Morgan Stanley executive Alex Clavel as the CEO of SoftBank Group I... |
| 22.06.2022 | SoftBank Group International’s new CEO is leaving, just five months after being appointed | If SoftBank investors were already feeling shaken by the conglomerate’s poor performance this year, a news release out of the company tonight isn’t exactly going to assuage their concerns.
The big news? French businessman Michel Combes, who... |
| 17.06.2022 | London-based Peckwater cooks up £15 million to speed up food delivery | London-based company Peckwater Brands has raised £15 million in funding to develop its technology that enables kitchen operators to succeed at delivery – including machine learning-generated menus and operations performance improvements.
Th... |
| 08.06.2022 | 1NCE signs an exclusive APAC distribution deal via SoftBank Corp. | Cologne-based maker of managed connectivity services for IoT devices 1NCE has announced that it’s signed a deal with Japan’s SoftBank Corp. that will see the latter selling 1NCE IoT services exclusively in 19 APAC markets.
The deal will see... |
| 30.05.2022 | SoftBank CFO's pay fell nearly 40% after the company's VC fund lost $26.2 billion, a report says | SoftBank's CFO, Yoshimitsu Goto, made 40% less in the year ending March 31, 2022, per Bloomberg.
Another top SoftBank exec, Ken Miyauchi, took a 15% pay cut.
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Yoshimitsu Goto, the chief financial officer of Japanese conglomerat... |
| 20.05.2022 | Y Combinator Asks Startup Founders To “Plan For The Worst”, Sends 10 Point Survival Strategy | “The safe move is to plan for the worst,” Y Combinator said, telling the startups that Default Alive should be the goal
Y Combinator told founders that it is their responsibility to keep startups alive if they can’t raise funds in the next ... |
| 13.05.2022 | SoftBank Vision Fund reports $26 billion loss; Son's more cautious pledge, however, does not reach LatAm's fair value 'oasis' for now | Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp reported a record $26.2 billion loss at its Vision Fund investment arm on Thursday, as rising interest rates and political instability whiplashed high-growth tech stocks. The loss was in stark contrast to a year ... |
| 13.05.2022 | Has SoftBank’s IPO Pressure On Paytm Backfired On The Masayoshi Son-Led Fund? | SoftBank’s $1.4 Bn investment in Paytm till date has a fair value of $800 Mn as per the Japanese VC
SoftBank's condition for funding Paytm in a 2019 round accelerated the fintech unicorn's IPO plans
But did it also put Paytm in a position w... |
| 12.05.2022 | SoftBank сообщил о рекордных убытках его инвестиционных фондов | Информация об убытках фондов Vision Fund 1 и 2 отражена в отчете SoftBank за 2021 фискальный год.
Два фонда, принадлежащие японскому холдингу SoftBank, потеряли 3,55 трлн иен, что эквивалентно $27 млрд. В Financial Times отметили, что убытк... |
| 12.05.2022 | Японский холдинг SoftBank закончил год с рекордным убытком в $13 млрд | 6K 1 мин. --> --> --> --> --> --> --> ...
В четверг японский инвестиционный и телекоммуникационный холдинг SoftBank представил отчетность за финансовый 2021 год, завершившийся в конце марта. Корпорация завершила год с ч... |
| 16.03.2022 | Making second-hand fashion a first choice, SoftBank and Tiger Global-backed French platform buys US rival | As consumers increasingly reuse fashion and luxury items, there has been a spurt in the second-hand market. Adding on to the race of startups getting into the second-hand goods marketplace, French second-hand luxury marketplace Vestiaire Co... |
| 14.03.2022 | SoftBank-owned chipmaker Arm to cut up to 15% of jobs: report | ManagementNews
Deepti Sri · 15 Mar 2022 · 1 min readSoftBank-owned chipmaker Arm to cut up to 15% of jobs: report
Arm, a UK-based semiconductor company owned by SoftBank primarily focused on processor design, is reportedly planning to trim ... |
| 24.02.2022 | As appetite for meal kits grow, Gousto grabs massive bite of $230 million led by SoftBank | The meal-kit delivery service in the UK just got tastier! Grabbing a fantastic share of the pie in this sector, London-based meal-kit service and profitable B Corp unicorn Gousto has received a $230 million secondary placing. The secondary ... |
| 08.02.2022 | SoftBank Earnings Plunge in Growth Stock Selloff | SoftBank Group reported a sharp drop in December-quarter profits, as the Japanese-based investment company’s net asset value tumbled more than 10%, or $19 billion, to $168 billion, amid a broad selloff in growth stocks both in China and the... |
| 08.02.2022 | Nvidia, SoftBank call off Arm deal due to regulatory challenges | American chip giant Nvidia and Japanese conglomerate SoftBank announced on Tuesday that they have terminated a deal for Nvidia to acquire British chip designer Arm, which SoftBank owns, 'because of significant regulatory challenges preventi... |
| 07.02.2022 | Nvidia calls off its efforts to acquire Arm | Nvidia’s deal to acquire Arm is off, the two companies and Arm owner SoftBank announced Tuesday.
With this, there is also a major leadership change at Arm. The company’s current CEO, Simon Segars, is leaving his post, effective today, with ... |
| 27.01.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Swiggy, Deliverect & Calii raise funds for food delivery | Three of the biggest rounds announced in the last week came from on-demand food delivery startups. India’s Swiggy raised another $700 million, with both the UK’s Deliverect and Mexico’s Calii announcing substantial rounds.
In agtech, Plenty... |
| 24.01.2022 | With a fresh $40m in the bank, TerraMagna is bringing ‘buy now, pay later’ to Brazilian farmers | Brazilian ag fintech startup TerraMagna recently raised $40 million in funding from Japanese tech giant SoftBank and other investors.
The round included $30 million in debt financing and a $10 million equity component.
SoftBank Latin Americ... |
| 09.01.2022 | Japan-Israel ties strengthen, as 2021 investments nearly triple to record $2.9b | Economic relations between Japan and Israel reached new heights in 2021, with Japanese firms investing some $2.9 billion across 85 deals in Israeli companies last year, almost triple the amount in 2020, according to a new study released Sun... |
| 16.12.2021 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: EzCater nets $100m, McCain bets $55m & Good Meat gets green light | This week, vertical ag player Infarm and corporate catering startup ezCater each closed funding rounds that kicked their valuations to over $1 billion. In the alt-protein world, Eat Just secured further regulatory clearances in Singapore fo... |
| 14.12.2021 | Brief: Walmart robot provider Symbotic announces $5.5bn SoftBank SPAC | Symbotic, a US developer of automated fulfillment solutions for retailers and distributors, has agreed to merge with SoftBank-affiliated special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) SVF Investment Corp 3.
The Wilmington, Massachusetts-based c... |
| 08.11.2021 | How China’s regulatory crackdown whomped Vision Fund 1’s returns | SoftBank lost some investing preeminence in recent years as names like Tiger and a16z rose to new heights thanks to rapid-fire deal-making and eager willingness to prepay for startup growth. But as SoftBank continues to cut checks from its ... |
| 08.11.2021 | Equity Monday: Elon Musk reinvents corporate governance | Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.
This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest private market news, talks about the coming we... |
| 25.10.2021 | SoftBank : Corporate Governance Report | ｚ
This document has been translated from the Japanese original (as submitted to the Tokyo Stock Ex- change) for reference purposes only. In the event of any discrepancy between this translated document and the Japanese original, the origina... |
| 19.10.2021 | Pismo : Raises $108 Million Series B Led by SoftBank, Amazon and Accel to Enable Cloud-Native Financial Services Globally | SÃO PAULO, Oct. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Pismo, the cloud-native core banking and payments platform, today announced the signing of a $108 million Series B fundraising round, led by SoftBank Latin America Fund, Amazon and Accel with partici... |
| 20.09.2021 | Risky investments: is the game worth the candle? | Risky investments: is the game worth the candle? |
| 20.09.2021 | Рискованные инвестиции: разбираемся, стоит ли игра свеч | Рискованные инвестиции: разбираемся, стоит ли игра свеч |
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| 16.09.2021 | Goldman Sachs dives into fintech’s latest trend with GreenSky | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
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| 09.09.2021 | ‘Uninvestable’? Rather than abandon China altogether, investors may have to work around Beijing’s tech crackdown | Goldman Sachs first uttered the “U” word in July. In a note, strategists Kinger Lau and Timothy Moe said, “‘Uninvestable’ has featured in many of our recent conversations with clients regarding investing in Chinese stocks.”
The idea that in... |
| 12.08.2021 | Big Global Investors Say No To Chinese Tech Stocks—At Least Until The Smoke Clears | SoftBank Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son speaks during a press conference ... [+] on Feb. 10, 2016 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images) Getty Images |
| 10.08.2021 | Earnings Slump at Softbank but It Shrugs Off the Chinese Crackdown–for Now | Earnings have slumped at Softbank Group the Didi Global and Alibaba investor, which posted a first-quarter update Tuesday. But the tumble had little to do with its exposure to Chinese groups listed on world markets—for now.
Net profit fell ... |
| 10.08.2021 | SoftBank will cut investments in Chinese startups as it awaits more regulatory clarity | SoftBank Group will cut investments in Chinese startups pending regulatory clarity, founder Masayoshi Son said.
“We will remain cautious until we can judge how deep and far the regulations will go,” Son said.
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| 10.08.2021 | SoftBank will cut investments in Chinese startups as it awaits more regulatory clarity | SoftBank Group will cut investments in Chinese startups pending regulatory clarity, founder Masayoshi Son said.
"We will remain cautious until we can judge how deep and far the regulations will go," Son said.
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| 27.07.2021 | Annual Reports and Related Documents:: | 2021
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This Annual Report provides relevant information about SoftBank Group Corp. ("SBG") and its subsidiaries (together with SBG, the "Company") and its affiliates (together with the Company, th... |
| 15.07.2021 | Revolut Becomes One of UK’s Largest Fintechs After $800m Deal | Revolut has soared to the top of Britain’s fintech charts after a new nine-figure deal valued the firm at nearly $33 billion (£24bn).
Revolut raised nearly $800m (£578m) in a fresh funding round led by major tech investors SoftBank Vision F... |
| 08.06.2021 | Japanese Female Billionaire Set To Join SoftBank Board, Boosts Gaming Credentials | Koei Tecmo Holdings Chairman Keiko Erikawa (left) and President Yoichi Erikawa.COURTESY OF KOEI TECMO HOLDINGS |
| 25.05.2021 | Stockholm’s omnichannel tool Sinch raises $1.1 billion in new share issue | Stockholm-based communications platform Sinch has raised $1.1 billion in a new share issue. The firm directed a share issue of 7,232,077 shares at kr1,300, raising approximately kr9.4 billion. The issue was oversubscribed and saw a large nu... |
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SoftBank : Appointment of Board Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members | May 21, 2021
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Appointment of Board Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members
SoftBank Group Corp. ("SBG") announces that it has nominated candidates for the position of Board Directors and Audit &... |
