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| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 20.10.2017 | Petuum, In... | petuum.com | $108M | United Sta... |
| 22.06.2017 | Cybereason | cybereason.com | $813.6M | Israel, Te... |
| 11.05.2017 | Improbable | improbable.io | $772.34M | United Kin... |
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| 02.05.2024 | Karius Raises $100M in Series C Funding | Karius, Inc., a Redwood City, CA-based leader in genomic diagnostics for infectious disease, raised $100m in Series C funding. The round was co-led by Khosla Ventures and new investors 5AM Ventures and Gilde Healthcare. Also investing was n... |
| 30.04.2024 | Gifty Co., Ltd. Provides “e-Machi Platform (R)” to 149 businesses in 170 local governments nationwide to digitally solve local issues | Gifty Co., Ltd. Providing “e-Machi Platform (R)” to 149 businesses in 170 local governments nationwide to digitally solve local issues ～Newly adopted for 37 projects in 39 areas nationwide from November 2023 to March 2024, ranging from “Tra... |
| 30.04.2024 | ADA Unveils AI CoPilots to Revolutionise Marketing and Commerce for Global Enterprises | SINGAPORE, April 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ADA, a leader in digital and data-driven business transformation across Asia, today launched a visionary suite of AI CoPilots engineered to redefine enterprise marketing and commerce functions, driv... |
| 29.04.2024 | Asia shares rise as Fed rate interest decision looms large; yen crumbles | - |
| 26.04.2024 | Asia stocks rise, yen slips as BOJ maintains accommodative monetary policy | - |
| 26.04.2024 | Rene Haas’ comments on USA and Japan announcing two new university-corporate AI partnerships worth $110 million with support from Arm | Following the joint news release from United States Department of Commerce, the State Department and Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Arm released the following comment on Arm’s participation as a corp... |
| 25.04.2024 | DOWNLOAD: Global venture fundraising report for Q1 2024 | - |
| 24.04.2024 | Perplexity AI: A Rising Star in the AI Search Space | Perplexity, the AI search engine startup, is making waves in the tech world with its innovative approach to generative AI search. The company recently announced a new funding round of $62.7 million, doubling its valuation to over $1 billion... |
| 23.04.2024 | Perplexity AI lands $63M funding for generative AI search at $1B valuation Your vote of support is important to us and it helps us keep the content FREE. One click below supports our mission to provid... | The generative artificial intelligence search engine startup Perplexity AI today announced it raised $62.7 million in new funding that doubles its valuation since its last round to more than $1 billion. The investment was led by Daniel Gros... |
| 21.04.2024 | Boston Dynamics Retires Hydraulic Robot Atlas | Boston Dynamics bids farewell to the hydraulic robot Atlas after over a decade of groundbreaking advancements in robotics technology. The company released a touching video showcasing the robot's impressive capabilities and memorable moments... |
| 19.04.2024 | M&A activity in the warehouse robotic space | Robots are taking over the heavy lifting work inside warehouses Autonomous robots present the ideal solution for large warehouses. Investing in robotics promises cost savings in the long term by reducing labor expenses, improving consistenc... |
| 19.04.2024 | Time for APAC Region to Build Its Own AI Foundation Models, Says CSIRO | Research conducted in 2023 by the Large European AI Models initiative found 73% of AI foundation models since 2017 were from the U.S. and 15% from China. It warned Germany was missing an AI “paradigm shift” that could “jeopardise Europe’s d... |
| 16.04.2024 | Boston Dynamics vai aposentar robô hidráulico Atlas | Saiba mais sobre Boston Dynamics no nosso canal no WhatsApp Entre Agora A Boston Dynamics publicou um vídeo de despedida para o robô hidráulico Atlas. Com mais de dez anos, o modelo se destacou pelo formato bípede, semelhante ao de um human... |
| 08.04.2024 | Sendbird Launches Business Messaging to Empower Teams and Systems to Send Critical Messages with Impact and Cost-Effectiveness | Beta customers experienced a 78% increase in open rate and 43% cost savings; now, any department can reach its mobile audience using a single tool SAN MATEO, Calif., April 8, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Sendbird, the communications platform ... |
| 03.04.2024 | Bets from big global VC firms fall 80% in India in 2023 amid funding winter | Investments from large foreign investors, like Accel, Peak XV Partners, Tiger Global, and Softbank, fell by as much as 80 per cent on average in 2023, amid the Indian startup ecosystem’s so-called funding winter. Regardless, many of them sa... |
| 03.04.2024 | SoftBank's View files for bankruptcy 3 years after its SPAC. Here's how it went from investor darling to problem child. | Premium Finance SoftBank's View files for bankruptcy 3 years after its SPAC. Here's how it went from investor darling to problem child. Hayley Cuccinello 2024-04-03T17:10:54Z Share icon An curved arrow pointing right. Share Facebook Icon Th... |
| 02.04.2024 | TIER IV selected for government's new SBIR initiatives: Establishing safety assessment processes for Level 4 autonomous driving | TOKYO, April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- TIER IV, a pioneer in open-source autonomous driving (AD) technology, is proud to announce its selection for a project aimed at demonstrating AD technology for regional public transportation. This projec... |
| 02.04.2024 | Doceree expands Leadership Bench with Deepak Kandaswamy | Doceree, the leading global healthcare marketing platform building unprecedented programmatic solutions for HCP marketing with proprietary data tools, appoints Deepak Kandaswamy as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy. ... |
| 02.04.2024 | OpenAI откроет свой третий зарубежный офис — Bloomberg | OpenAI планирует открыть офис в Токио уже в текущем месяце. Токийское представительство станет третьим международным офисом технологической компании наряду с лондонским и дублинским, пишет Bloomberg. Офис в Токио ИИ-компания OpenAI намерена... |
| 27.03.2024 | Latest scams to watch out for in spring Tobira Systems Report on special scams and phishing scams (February 2024) | tobira systems Tobira Systems Special Fraud/Phishing Fraud Report (February 2024) Suspicious automated voice calls regarding electricity bills have increased rapidly. Scam SMS to be aware of during the spring tourist season …… Tobira System... |
| 26.03.2024 | Tami Erwin, former CEO of Verizon Business, joins Skylo's Board of Directors | Tami Erwin, former CEO of Verizon Business, joins Skylo’s Board of Directors Skylo proudly announces that Tami Erwin, a distinguished figure with over three decades of leadership in telecommunications, has joined its Board of Directors. MOU... |
| 22.03.2024 | Whoop's CEO on staying nimble as a company — and why the startup pays employees to sleep more | Careers Whoop's CEO on staying nimble as a company — and why the startup pays employees to sleep more Hugh Langley 2024-03-22T19:09:28Z Share icon An curved arrow pointing right. Share Facebook Icon The letter F. Facebook Email icon An enve... |
| 22.03.2024 | Reddit co-founder’s VC firm eyes Japan for AI chip investments | Artificial IntelligenceInvestmentsNews Gabriel Budi Sutrisno · 22 Mar 2024 · 2 min readReddit co-founder’s VC firm eyes Japan for AI chip investments Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, Sr. / Photo credit: Ohanian’s LinkedIn Page Alexis Ohani... |
| 21.03.2024 | Dcorp Co., Ltd. Received the “Special Judges Award” at the “SDGs Action Award” sponsored by SoftBank C orp. | Dcorp Co., Ltd. Received the “Special Judges Award” at the “SDGs Action Award” sponsored by SoftBank Corp. We would like to inform you that Dcorp Co., Ltd. received the “Special Judges Award” at the “SDGs Action Award 2023” sponsored by Sof... |
| 21.03.2024 | Saudi Arabia plans $40 billion investment in artificial intelligence | The government of Saudi Arabia plans to create a fund of about $40 billion to invest in artificial intelligence, according to three people briefed on the plans — the latest sign of the gold rush toward a technology that has already begun re... |
| 20.03.2024 | Saudi Arabia plans to make a $40 billion push into the AI arms race: report | AI Saudi Arabia plans to make a $40 billion push into the AI arms race: report Geoff Weiss 2024-03-20T17:44:24Z Share icon An curved arrow pointing right. Share Facebook Icon The letter F. Facebook Email icon An envelope. It indicates the a... |
| 19.03.2024 | Latest Scam SMS Tobira Systems decides to continue publishing its phishing scam real-time observation site “Scam SMS Monitor” | tobira systems Tobira Systems decides to continue publishing its phishing fraud real-time observation site “Scam SMS Monitor” Investigation report on fraudulent SMS observed during Cybersecurity Month also released …… Tobira Systems Co., Lt... |
| 13.03.2024 | Bengo.com Co., Ltd. Uda City, Nara Prefecture begins using “CloudSign(R)︎” with the introduction of elec tronic contract service | Bengo4.com Co., Ltd. Uda City, Nara Prefecture begins using “CloudSign(R)︎” with the introduction of electronic contract service – Third case of electronic contract introduction in Nara Prefecture – …… Bengo4.com, Inc. (Minato-ku, Tokyo, Pr... |
| 12.03.2024 | Synchronoss Technologies Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Results | Completes Strategic Transformation into a Pure-Play Cloud Company Launches SoftBank Personal Cloud in Q4, Expanding Global Reach of Cloud Platform Q4 Revenue of $41.4 Million Includes Year-Over-Year Cloud Growth and Exceeds Expectations Com... |
| 11.03.2024 | Fujieda City Hall DX promotion seminar & follow-up exchange meeting | Fujieda City Hall DX promotion seminar & follow-up exchange meeting ~Towards the growth and development of local industries and local companies in a digitalized society~ …… Last fall, we held the “Fujieda Mirai DX School” for employees ... |
| 06.03.2024 | Softbank Hikari survey Approximately 60% responded that they would recommend it | [Softbank Hikari survey] Approximately 60% responded that they would recommend it *View in browser* *LOHASTYLE Co., Ltd.* Press release: March 6, 2024 ** [Softbank Hikari survey] Approximately 60% responded that they would recommend it LIVI... |
| 06.03.2024 | NVIDIA A special event for Japan “Japan AI Day” will be held at NVIDIA GTC! | [NVIDIA] A special event for Japan “Japan AI Day” will be held at NVIDIA GTC! *View in browser* *NVIDIA* Press release: March 6, 2024 ** A special event for Japan “Japan AI Day” will be held at NVIDIA GTC! *Japan’s industrial transformation... |
| 05.03.2024 | WithSecure announces 2023 award winning partners | with secure WithSecure announces 2023 award winning partners ~ Working together to further promote co-security based on the idea of good partnership ~ …… With Secure announced the award-winning partners in Japan for 2023 at a business bri... |
| 05.03.2024 | Ateam Announces keynote speech and participating companies at Qiita Conference 2024, a tech conference for engineers | Ateam Keynote speech and participating companies announced for Qiita Conference 2024, a tech conference for engineers …… Qiita Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, President: Kensuke Shibata), a group company of Ateam Co., Ltd., wi... |
| 04.03.2024 | SB At Work Co., Ltd. Added new content in the area of business etiquette to the video teaching material service “Wellness Eye Study” | SB At Work Co., Ltd. New content in the field of business etiquette added to the video teaching material service “Wellness Eye Study” …… SB At Work Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO: Junya Nomura), a subsidiary of... |
| 03.03.2024 | Survey of SoftBank Hikari among game users Approximately 65% responded that they would recommend it | [Survey of SoftBank Hikari among game users] Approximately 65% responded that they would recommend it *View in browser* *LOHASTYLE Co., Ltd.* Press release: March 3, 2024 ** [Survey of SoftBank Hikari among game users] Approximately 65% ... |
| 01.03.2024 | Humane Announces Strategic Partnership with SoftBank to Transform AI Experience in Japan | In a further announcement at Mobile World Congress, Humane Inc revealed plans for a Telco partnership with SoftBank Corp.(SoftBank) for the Humane Ai Pin, the first stand-alone Ai device and proprietary Ai-driven OS, CosmOS. Recommended AI ... |
| 29.02.2024 | SoftBank Corp. SoftBank Debut Discount is a great deal for both children and parents! The latest work in the “Smartphone Debut 1st Year” series! That legendary teacher is coming back! Eikichi Onizuka,... | Softbank Corp. SoftBank Debut Discount is a great deal for both children and parents! The latest work in the “Smartphone Debut 1st Year” series! That legendary teacher is coming back! Eikichi Onizuka, played by Takashi Sorimachi from the dr... |
| 26.02.2024 | SKT, Deutsche Telekom, e&, Singtel, and SoftBank Corp. Announce Plan to Establish a Joint Venture | Joint Venture Company to develop Large Language Models (LLM) specifically for telecommunications companies Joint Venture Company to be established within this year Initial fine-tuning of models takes place BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 26, 2024 /P... |
| 25.02.2024 | Softbank Corp. Softbank 2nd commercial starring Sorimachi and Kurokawa! Takashi Sorimachi is thrilled with the huge present from Soya Kurokawa! “You grew up to be a good child! In a world like this!” ... | Softbank Corp. Softbank 2nd commercial starring Sorimachi and Kurokawa! Takashi Sorimachi is thrilled with the huge present from Soya Kurokawa! “You grew up to be a good child! In a world like this!” He says passionate words reminiscent of ... |
| 19.02.2024 | BOLDLY Co., Ltd. Nisshin City, Aichi Prefecture introduces a second self-driving bus and expands its service routes | BOLDLY Co., Ltd. Nisshin City, Aichi Prefecture introduces second self-driving bus and expands service routes ~ Steady progress toward autonomous driving level 4 on existing routes ~ …… BOLDLY Corporation (BOLDLY, President and CEO Yuki Saj... |
| 08.02.2024 | LINE Yahoo! “Super PayPay Festival” where you can enjoy shopping at a great deal with “PayPay” starts on February 16th! | LINE Yahoo Corporation [LINE Yahoo!] “Super PayPay Festival” where you can enjoy shopping at a great deal with “PayPay” starts on February 16th! “SoftBank” users will be holding a “Scratch and Win PayPay Scratch Lottery” where they are sure... |
| 30.01.2024 | Calls taking advantage of the earthquake are increasing Tobira Systems Report on special scams and phishing scams (December 2023) | tobira systems Tobira Systems Special Fraud/Phishing Fraud Report (December 2023) After the earthquake, sales and solicitation calls for renovations, etc. increased, so be careful of special scams and malicious business practices that take ... |
| 30.01.2024 | Dainippon Printing (DNP) Starts year-round operation of self-driving EV “MiCa” in Yahiko Village, Niigata Prefecture | Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) Self-driving EV “MiCa” begins year-round operation in Yahiko Village, Niigata Prefecture …… Yahiko Village in Niigata Prefecture (village mayor: Yoshiyuki Honma) is a subsidiary of SoftBank Corp., BOLDLY Co., Ltd. ... |
| 16.01.2024 | Developing Beyond 5G MEC platform in collaboration with Sakura Internet, Kochi University of Technology, Citynet, Kindai University, University of Tokyo, and others | Developing Beyond 5G MEC platform in collaboration with Sakura Internet, Kochi University of Technology, Citynet, Kindai University, University of Tokyo, and others *View in browser* *Citynet Co., Ltd.* Press release: January 16, 2024 ** De... |
| 11.01.2024 | SoftBank Corp. The popular junior high school student YouTuber Chonmage Kozo member is a first-year student who will make his real smartphone debut! What shocking photos were taken with Google Pixel…!... | Softbank Corp. The popular junior high school student YouTuber Chonmage Kozo member will make his real smartphone debut as a first-year student! What shocking photos were taken with Google Pixel…! ? If you’re looking for a smartphone for yo... |
| 11.01.2024 | SoftBank Corp. SoftBank Debut Discount is a great deal for both children and parents! Latest work in the “Smartphone Debut 1st Grade” series Popular actors Takashi Sorimachi and Soya Kurokawa co-star ... | Softbank Corp. SoftBank Debut Discount is a great deal for both children and parents! Latest work in the “Smartphone Debut 1st Grade” series Popular actors Takashi Sorimachi and Soya Kurokawa co-star for the first time in a parent-child rol... |
| 19.12.2023 | O Corporation Builds a virtual campus for Keio University SFC | O Co., Ltd. Building a virtual campus for Keio University SFC Published on O Inc.’s Metaverse platform. A demonstration experiment was conducted in which lectures were held on a virtual campus. …… O Corporation (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tok... |
| 06.12.2023 | BOLDLY Co., Ltd. First in Japan, Sakai Town, Ibaraki Prefecture, introduces self-driving EV “MiCa” | BOLDLY Co., Ltd. First in Japan, Sakai Town, Ibaraki Prefecture, introduces self-driving EV “MiCa” …… Sakaimachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, has installed one self-driving EV “MiCa” in cooperation with BOLDLY Corporation (BOLDLY, President and CEO... |
| 05.12.2023 | Softbank pays €473m for majority stake in Cubic Telecom | SoftBank Corp headquartered in Tokyo is paying €473m to acquire a 51% stake in Cubic Telecom, the Sandyford firm that specialises in providing software-defined connected solutions for vehicle manufacturers. SoftBank said the two firms will ... |
| 02.11.2023 | ソフトバンク新テレビCMバスケットボール男子日本代表ジョシュ・ホーキンソン選手がCM初出演!中居正広さん、劇団ひとりさん、広瀬すずさん、杉咲花さんに208cmの長身から繰り出す豪快なダンクシュート披露... | ソフトバンク株式会社は、中居正広さん、劇団ひとりさん、広瀬すずさん、杉咲花さん、バスケットボール選手のジョシュ・ホーキンソンさんが出演する新テレビCM「ホーキンソンさんもペイトク」篇（30秒、15秒）を2023年11月3日（金）から全国で放送します。 PayPayでのいつものお買い物※1で魔法のようにポイントが貯まる、"ソフトバンク"の料金プラン「ペイトク」の魅力を伝える本シリーズ。シリーズ最新作となる本テレビCMは、バスケットボール男子日本代表選手とし... |
| 01.11.2023 | 子どもたちの探究的な学びを応援する教育プロジェクト「STREAMチャレンジ2024」および「ChatGPT x ロボット アイデアコンテスト」のエントリーを受け付け開始！... | ソフトバンクロボティクス株式会社（本社：東京都港区、代表取締役社長 兼 CEO：冨澤 文秀）は、子どもたちがロボットやAIを活用してSDGsの社会課題に取り組む教育プロジェクトとして今期で第7回目(※1)になる「STREAM(※2)チャレンジ2024」に加え、話題の生成AIを利用し新たな未来を考える「ChatGPT x ロボット アイデアコンテスト」のエントリー受付を本日開始しました。ご参加にあたり、不安がある方向けに事前相談会も開催しますので、奮ってご応募ください。 So... |
| 01.11.2023 | 子どもたちの探究的な学びを応援する教育プロジェクト 「STREAMチャレンジ2024」および「ChatGPT x ロボット アイデアコンテスト」のエントリーを受け付け開始！... | B Lab（iUの研究所、 所長 石戸奈々子）は、ソフトバンクロボティクス株式会社（代表取締役社長 兼 CEO：冨澤 文秀）との共同プロジェクト「超SDGsラボ」において、子どもたちがロボットやAIを活用してSDGsの社会課題に取り組む教育プロジェクトとして今期で第7回目※1 になる「STREAM※2 チャレンジ2024」に加え、話題の生成AIを利用し新たな未来を考える「ChatGPT x ロボット アイデアコンテスト」のエントリー受付を本日開始しました。ご参加にあたり、不安... |
| 26.10.2023 | 【LINEヤフー】「PayPay」でお得に買い物を楽しめる「超PayPay祭」が11月1日からスタート！ | キャンペーンページ： https://paypay.ne.jp/event/paypay-matsuri202311/ PayPay株式会社（以下、PayPay）、LINEヤフー株式会社（以下、LINEヤフー）およびソフトバンク株式会社（以下、ソフトバンク）は、全国のPayPay加盟店とオンラインショップでお得に買い物をお楽しみいただける大規模キャンペーン「超PayPay祭（ちょうペイペイまつり）」を、2023年11月1日から実施します。 2023年6月から8月まで実施し... |
| 18.10.2023 | APTO、LLM開発用データセット提供を開始 | 株式会社APTO（本社：東京都渋谷区、代表取締役：高品良）は、LLM（Large Langage Model）に必要な大量のデータセットを権利クリアな状態で多言語提供いたします。 ■ 背景 2023年10月現在、国内でも「NEC」「ソフトバンク」「LINE」などの多くの企業がLLM開発を開始し、AWSでは大規模言語モデル(LLM)開発を支援する「AWS LLM 開発支援プログラム」を開始、AWSの技術支援や600万USドルのAWSクレジット提供などを実施し、LLM活用を目... |
| 17.10.2023 | 【LINEヤフー】「ソフトバンクホークス 応援感謝キャンペーン」を本日から順次実施 | ソフトバンク株式会社、LINEヤフー株式会社、PayPay株式会社、SB C&S株式会社およびDiDiモビリティジャパン株式会社は、2023年の福岡ソフトバンクホークスへの温かいご声援に対する感謝として、「ソフトバンクホークス 応援感謝キャンペーン」を本日から順次実施します。 ＜各社の主なキャンペーン＞ ・ソフトバンク 誰でも応募OK！ 抽選で最大20万円相当のPayPayポイントなどが当たるキャンペーン ・LINEヤフー 「Yahoo!ショッピング」のお買... |
| 17.10.2023 | 「ソフトバンクホークス 応援感謝キャンペーン」を本日から順次実施 | ソフトバンク株式会社 LINEヤフー株式会社 PayPay株式会社 SB C&S株式会社 DiDiモビリティジャパン株式会社 ソフトバンク株式会社、LINEヤフー株式会社、PayPay株式会社、SB C&S株式会社およびDiDiモビリティジャパン株式会社は、2023年の福岡ソフトバンクホークスへの温かいご声援に対する感謝として、「ソフトバンクホークス 応援感謝キャンペーン」を本日から順次実施します。 ＜各社の主なキャンペーン＞ ●ソフトバンク ... |
| 05.10.2023 | AGI Will Be Ten Times More Intelligent Than The Sum Total Of All Human Intelligence | Masayoshi Son, speaking at the SoftBank World Business Conference on Wednesday, forecasted the arrival of artificial general intelligence (AGI) within the next decade. AGI is an AI that is smarter than people and can surpass humans in a wid... |
| 04.10.2023 | CEO do SoftBank afirma que inteligência artificial geral chegará em 10 anos | O CEO do SoftBank, Masayoshi Son, disse na conferência corporativa SoftBank World que acredita que a inteligência artificial geral (AGI), IA que supera a inteligência humana em quase todas as áreas, será realizada dentro de 10 anos. E que a... |
| 18.09.2023 | Seguindo IPO da ARM, SoftBank demonstra interesse em investir na OpenAI | O SoftBank anunciou que está em busca de negócios ligados à inteligência artificial para realizar investimentos, incluindo um potencial investimento na OpenAI. O movimento foi iniciado após a abertura de capital da ARM, empresa pertencente ... |
| 13.09.2023 | Data snapshot: 5 years of agrifoodtech investment in Latin America | Data snapshot is a regular AgFunderNews feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder. Click here for more research from AgFunder and sign up to our newsletters to receive alerts ab... |
| 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... |
| 29.05.2023 | NVIDIA Collaborates With SoftBank Corp. to Power SoftBank’s Next-Gen Data Centers Using Grace Hopper Superchip for Generative AI and 5G/6G | Arm-Based Superchip and BlueField-3 DPU Power Revolutionary Architecture to Enable Generative AI-Driven Wireless Communications /EIN News/ -- TAIPEI, Taiwan, May 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- COMPUTEX -- NVIDIA and SoftBank Corp. today annou... |
| 27.02.2023 | SoftBank Corp. and SandboxAQ Jointly Verify Hybrid Mode Quantum-safe Technology | TOKYO (PRWEB) February 27, 2023 SoftBank Corp. (“SoftBank”) today announced it completed a demonstration of combined classical encryption algorithms, represented by elliptic curve cryptography (ECC), with Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) alg... |
| 15.02.2023 | From delivery ‘bots to burger chefs, meet the startups driving the future of foodservice robotics | Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder, a food and agriculture technology venture capital firm. Click here for more research from AgFunder and ... |
| 25.01.2023 | With $3bn in deals, top 10 climate x agrifoodtech startups prove themselves a vital part of climate tech ecosystem | Climate tech investment landed in the spotlight in 2022. While other sectors (e.g., eGrocery, food delivery) saw valuations nosedive and VC dollars dwindle, climate tech investment “hovered at historic highs,” according to PWC’s State of Cl... |
| 14.12.2022 | Data snapshot: Thanks to Swiggy’s mega-deals, restaurant marketplaces lead India agrifoodtech funding | Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature analyzing agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder. Click here for more research from AgFunder and sign up to our newsletters to receive alerts about new research re... |
| 22.08.2022 | SoftBank-backed Socar sees post-IPO drop | NewsStartupsTransportation Xavier Kong · 22 Aug 2022 · 1 min readSoftBank-backed Socar sees post-IPO drop Socar, a South Korean car-sharing startup backed by SoftBank, saw its debut on the Korea Exchange take a downward turn after its share... |
| 08.08.2022 | Vision Fund’s $17.3b in losses drag SoftBank Q1 earnings down | NewsStartups Xavier Kong · 8 Aug 2022 · 2 min readVision Fund’s $17.3b in losses drag SoftBank Q1 earnings down Japanese conglomerate SoftBank saw a net loss of almost 3.1 trillion yen (US$23 billion) for the quarter ended June 30, weighed ... |
| 12.07.2022 | May Mobility aims for fully driverless autonomous shuttles by 2023 | May Mobility, a Michigan-based autonomous ride-hail and shuttle startup, says its most recent round — a $111 million Series C — will help it get to driver-out operations in 2023. To advance its technology and scale its commercial efforts, t... |
| 07.07.2022 | Vision Fund’s senior leader resigns from SoftBank | ManagementNews Aditya Hadi Pratama · 8 Jul 2022 · 1 min readVision Fund’s senior leader resigns from SoftBank Rajeev Misra, CEO of the primary investment advising arm for the SoftBank Vision Fund, has stepped away from his role in the Japan... |
| 05.07.2022 | Onomondo secures cash to expand its wireless network for IoT devices | Onomondo, a startup offering a dedicated wireless network for internet of things (IoT) devices, today announced that it raised $21 million in a funding round led by Verdane with participation from Maersk Growth, People Ventures and The Dani... |
| 23.06.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: WayCool bags $40m, Rohlik raises $231m despite e-grocery woes | Indian farmer-to-business marketplace WayCool landed another round of funding this week, as did Czech e-grocery startup Rohlik. Elsewhere, France’s HappyVore secured nearly $40 million to open a facility for plant-based meat, and cereal gia... |
| 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... |
| 15.06.2022 | Softbank eyes dual listing in UK, US for Arm | Consumer TechNews Qishin Tariq · 15 Jun 2022 · 2 min readSoftbank eyes dual listing in UK, US for Arm SoftBank plans to split its IPO for UK-based semiconductor company Arm between the London Stock Exchange and US exchanges, Bloomberg repor... |
| 03.06.2022 | Q&A: Pachama’s Josh Parrish on quality, efficiency & transparency in forest carbon markets | Restoring forests is widely seen as key to removing carbon from the atmosphere and keeping global warming below 1.5 °C to avoid climate disaster. The International Union for Conservation of Nature estimates that halting deforestation and pr... |
| 02.06.2022 | Croatian giant Rimac on a roll, raises €500M in a Series D round led by SoftBank and Goldman Sachs | Zagreb, Croatia ~ Company: Croatian electric vehicle manufacturer Rimac Group raised €500M in a Series D round led by giants SoftBank and Goldman Sachs, as well as existing shareholders such as Porsche and InvestIndustrial. The latest fundi... |
| 05.05.2022 | Pachama nets $55m Series B to bring accountability to forest carbon markets | San Francisco-based Pachama has raised $55 million in Series B funding for its tech-focused carbon credit platform the company says can bring more integrity and accountability to forest carbon markets and reporting. Future Positive led the ... |
| 26.04.2022 | Elon Musk is buying Twitter. Here’s what comes next | 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. Goodbye, TWTR ticker. Hello to the reign of the world’s wealthiest man, Elon Musk. While Musk tak... |
| 31.03.2022 | Sprint CDMA Gets Another Brief Lease on Life | T-Mobile is expending its shutdown date for Sprint’s CDMA network, giving devices reliant on it a brief lease on life. T-Mobile bought Sprint in April 2020 and has been working to integrate the latter’s spectrum in its own network. In order... |
| 30.03.2022 | T-Mobile delays shutdown of Sprint 3G CDMA network | Folks using Sprint’s legacy 3G CDMA network may have just won a slight reprieve, with a new report revealing that T-Mobile has pushed back the date of its shutdown by another two months. T-Mobile, which merged with Sprint in 2020, had plann... |
| 29.03.2022 | Zimperium: The Journey of a $525M Cyber Success | When mobile vulnerabilities were first making their presence known, we set off on a mission to find a company that could tackle this complex problem. After many months of searching, I came across a team of Android researchers from Samsung i... |
| 15.03.2022 | SoftBank sells $1b in Coupang stake as Vision Fund’s investments slide | EcommerceInvestmentsNews Roehl Niño Bautista · 15 Mar 2022 · 1 min readSoftBank sells $1b in Coupang stake as Vision Fund’s investments slide Vision Fund, the tech-focused investment arm of SoftBank Group, has let go of US$1 billion worth o... |
| 10.03.2022 | SoftBank’s Son withdraws from investing in Indonesia’s new capital | News Miguel Cordon · 11 Mar 2022 · 1 min readSoftBank’s Son withdraws from investing in Indonesia’s new capital SoftBank boss Masayoshi Son is no longer backing Indonesia’s US$34 billion project to build a new capital in Borneo as the count... |
| 08.03.2022 | SoftBank raises $22b through sale of Alibaba stake | EcommerceInvestmentsNews Qishin Tariq · 2d ago · 1 min readSoftBank raises $22b through sale of Alibaba stake SoftBank raised up to US$22 billion in cash as part of a sell-off of its long-time investment in Alibaba over the next several yea... |
| 10.02.2022 | SoftBank : Q&A at Earnings Results Briefing for Q3 FY2021 | Q&A at Earnings Results Briefing for Q3 FY2021 < Back Date Thursday, February 3, 2022 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm Speakers SoftBank Corp.: Junichi Miyakawa (President & CEO) Kazuhiko Fujihara (Board Director, Executive Vice President &... |
| 09.02.2022 | Inside Look: SoftBank Corp.'s Next-generation Battery Lab is Helping to Usher in a New Generation of Drones and More | Located in Tochigi Prefecture's Utsunomiya City, approximately 100km north of Tokyo, the hexagonal complex pictured above is the Battery Safety Testing Center and Utsunomiya Test Center of ESPEC CORP. a world-leader in environmental test ch... |
| 07.02.2022 | Q3 FY2021 SoftBank Corp. Earnings Summary: On Track to Achieve Full-year Targets with Best-ever Sales and Profits | On February 3, 2022, SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434) President & CEO Junichi Miyakawa presented earnings results for the nine months ended December 31, 2021 (Q1-Q3) in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021 (FY2021). Continued progress towa... |
| 03.02.2022 | Sustainability Report 2020 (PDF: 26.2MB/90 pages) | SoftBank Corp. supports the Sustainable Development Goals SoftBank Corp. https://www.softbank.jp/en/corp/sustainability/ Sustainability Report 2 0 2 0 2020 Report Sustainability .Corp SoftBank Printed in Japan Corporate Philosophy Informati... |
| 03.02.2022 | SoftBank : Summary of Earnings Results Briefing for Q3 FY2021 | Summary of Earnings Results Briefing for Q3 FY2021 < Back Date Thursday, February 3, 2022 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm Speakers SoftBank Corp. Junichi Miyakawa (President & CEO) Kazuhiko Fujihara (Board Director, Executive Vice President & ... |
| 21.01.2022 | SoftBank : Decides on Terms and Conditions for Issuance of its Sustainability Bond (“HAPS Bond”) | SoftBank Corp. Decides on Terms and Conditions for Issuance of its Sustainability Bond ("HAPS Bond") January 21, 2022 SoftBank Corp. SoftBank Corp. ("SoftBank") announced that it determined the following terms and condit... |
| 04.01.2022 | SoftBank : CEO Message updated | Right after I assumed the post of President & CEO in April 2021, SoftBank Corp. faced a challenging business environment due to mobile service price reductions and other headwinds. In response, I launched a series of initiatives in line... |
| 23.12.2021 | «Китайские гиганты» — когда «единорог» кажется букашкой | «Китайские гиганты» — когда «единорог» кажется букашкой |
| 01.12.2021 | SoftBank : “SoftBank Academia” applications open for April 2022 enrollment | How many are you recruiting this time? About 30 people. Will there be any offering later on? We will offer once a year in principle. Does nationality matter? No, any nationality is acceptable. Does academic background matter? No, academic b... |
| 24.11.2021 | SoftBank : to Issue Sustainability Bond (HAPS Bond) | SoftBank Corp. to Issue Sustainability Bond (HAPS Bond) Fund will be used for SoftBank's HAPS business to connect the unconnected November 24, 2021 SoftBank Corp. SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434, "SoftBank") today announced it decided... |
| 18.11.2021 | SoftBank : Selected as Component of Dow Jones Sustainability Asia/Pacific Index for First Time | Press Releases 2021 SoftBank Corp. Selected as Component of Dow Jones Sustainability Asia/Pacific Index for First Time November 18, 2021 SoftBank Corp. SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434, "SoftBank") announced that for the first time it ... |
| 11.11.2021 | SoftBank Corp. Receives Gold Rating for Fifth Consecutive Year as LGBTQ+-friendly Workplace in ‘PRIDE Index' | SoftBank Corp. Receives Gold Rating for Fifth Consecutive Year as LGBTQ+-friendly Workplace in 'PRIDE Index' November 11, 2021 SoftBank Corp. SoftBank Corp. ("SoftBank") announced on November 11 it received a gold rating from 'wor... |
| 10.11.2021 | Q&A at Earnings Results Briefing for Q2 FY2021 | Q&A at Earnings Results Briefing for Q2 FY2021 < Back Date Thursday, November 4, 2021 4:00 pm - 5:20 pm Speakers SoftBank Corp.: Junichi Miyakawa (President & CEO) Kazuhiko Fujihara (Board Director, Executive Vice President &... |
| 10.11.2021 | Telia deploys 5G standalone core with Nokia | In a first for the Nordics and Baltics, Telia has deployed a commercially available 5G standalone core in Finland. Shifting to a 5G SA architecture means the network no longer relies on 4G networks for signaling as it does in 5G non-standal... |
| 10.11.2021 | SoftBank to open “AI-on-5G Lab.” with NVIDIA for commercialization of fully virtualized Private 5G | SoftBank to open "AI-on-5G Lab." with NVIDIA for commercialization of fully virtualized Private 5G vRAN and MEC convergence to accelerate private 5G commercialization November 10, 2021 SoftBank Corp. SoftBank Corp. ("SoftBank... |
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