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SoftBank Group

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The SoftBank Group is a global technology player that aspires to drive the Information Revolution. The SoftBank Group is comprised of the holding company SoftBank Group Corp. (TOKYO: 9984) and its global portfolio of companies, which includes advanced telecommunications, Internet services, AI, smart robotics, IoT and clean energy technology providers. In September 2016, Arm Limited, the world's leading semiconductor IP company, joined the SoftBank Group. SoftBank Group Corp. is investing in the SoftBank Vision Fund, which is deploying up to $100 billion in committed capital to support the global businesses and technologies that the SoftBank Vision Fund believes will enable the next stage of the Information Revolution.
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155.55K
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15
Mentions
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Overview

Location
Japan
Employees
201-500
Founded date
1981
Investment Stage
Seed; Series C; Series D; Series F; Series G; IPO

Portfolio 15

DateNameWebsiteTotal RaisedLocation
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Aug 19, 2026SB Energy (SoftBank Group)sbenergy.com$2.5BUnited States
Jul 15, 2026emergent.ai$223MIndia
Jul 15, 2026emergentemergent.com$223MUnited States
Jun 5, 2026Helionhelionenergy.com$3.47BUnited States
May 12, 2026graphcoregraphcore.ai$1.36BUnited Kingdom
Nov 6, 2025Metropolis Technologiesmetropolis.io$3.61BUnited States
Oct 15, 2025Wayvewayve.ai$6.81BUnited Kingdom
Sep 27, 2025Tether.totether.tonull
Aug 25, 2025Eight Sleepeightsleep.com$388.58MUnited States
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Oct 18, 2026AI Stocks Face Reckoning: Inflation, Debt Fuel Global Tech Sell-OffGlobal AI stocks face a sharp downturn. Chipmakers endure heavy losses across Asia, Europe, and the US. Surging US inflation triggers fears of higher interest rates, impacting growth stocks. Massive AI investment debt raises default concern...
Oct 17, 2026SoftBank weighs $18 billion acquisition of Allied Universal, source saysOct 16 : SoftBank Group is considering an acquisition of Allied Universal in a deal that could value the US security services provider at about $18 billion, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday. • Allied Universal provides secur...
Oct 16, 2026Why CoreWeave's troubles are rattling the AI boomOct 15 : CoreWeave's mounting debt is raising fresh concerns about the AI boom, as investors question whether demand can justify the billions being borrowed to build data centres. Shares and bonds of the Nvidia-backed company have tumbled d...
Oct 16, 2026Mueon Raises $65M to Scale Modular AI Computing SystemsMueon Raises $65 Million to Advance AI Infrastructure Mueon Corporation has raised $65 million in Series A funding to advance its modular computing platform. Maverick Silicon led the round, with participation from Intel Capital and other in...
Oct 16, 2026Top Physical AI And Industrial Robotics Startups In Japan To Watch In 2027Japan has long been a leader in industrial robotics, and now a new wave of startups is adding a brain to all the hardware. The field is called physical AI, meaning AI that lets robots, vehicles and industrial systems perceive and act in the...
Oct 15, 2026AI's Reckoning: Billions Flow Amidst Growing Skepticism and Urgent Safety DemandsGlobal AI investment rockets. Billions pour into advanced agents, on-device computing, and vast infrastructure projects. Startups like Manus secure hundreds of millions. Giants like SoftBank plan massive funds. This unprecedented expansion,...
Oct 15, 2026TECHFUND's Hi AUDIT Agent Records 90.6% CyberGym Success RateTOKYO, Oct. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- TECHFUND, a Tokyo-based technology accelerator, announced that Hi AUDIT Agent achieved a 90.6% success rate on CyberGym, surpassing Anthropic's published Claude Mythos 5 score by 6.8 percentage points. A...
Oct 15, 2026Inflation, Debt, China: Why AI Stocks Are Taking Such a BeatingSet Trending Topics as a preferred source on Google. The AI frenzy on the stock markets is getting its hangover right now, and it is hitting the very companies that were celebrated the most: the chipmakers. After Wednesday’s slump on Wall S...
Oct 15, 2026Nvidia, AMD, Dell sink in global tech rout on AI funding worriesNvidia, AMD, Intel and Dell dropped on Thursday, as AI stocks across the globe continued to sell-off. Collectively, 20 of the most valuable global AI and semiconductor stocks have shed more than $1 trillion in value so far this week. The de...
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FAQ about SoftBank Group

When was SoftBank Group founded?

SoftBank Group was founded in 1981.

How many startups has SoftBank Group invested in?

SoftBank Group has 15 portfolio companies on Parsers VC, among them SB Energy (SoftBank Group), emergent and Helion.

What has the press written about SoftBank Group?

Parsers VC has collected 764 articles mentioning SoftBank Group, among them “AI Stocks Face Reckoning: Inflation, Debt Fuel Global Tech Sell-Off” (Oct 18, 2026) and “SoftBank weighs $18 billion acquisition of Allied Universal, source says” (Oct 17, 2026).

Is SoftBank Group still active?

Yes, SoftBank Group is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Oct 17, 2026.