| Date | Title | Description |
| 03.04.2026 | Microsoft to invest $10 billion in Japan for AI and cyber defence expansion | Previous
SAKURA internet Inc President and CEO Kunihiro Tanaka, SoftBank Corp. President and CEO Junichi Miyakawa, Microsoft Japan President Miki Tsusaka, Microsoft's Vice Chair and President Brad Smith, Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaich... |
| 03.04.2026 | Microsoft инвестирует $10 млрд в Японию до 2029 года для развития ИИ и кибербезопасности | Microsoft в пятницу объявила о планах инвестировать 1,6 трлн иен (около $10 млрд) в Японию в период с 2026 по 2029 год для расширения инфраструктуры искусственного интеллекта и укрепления сотрудничества с правительством в области кибербезоп... |
| 17.03.2026 | LEOTEK and 1NCE Accelerate Global Deployment of AI-Powered Smart Lighting Infrastructure | SAN JOSE, Calif., March 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- LEOTEK, a global provider of intelligent traffic and lighting infrastructure, announced a collaboration with 1NCE, global IoT software and connectivity company, and SoftBank Corp. ("Soft... |
| 15.03.2026 | PayPay Soars on Nasdaq: A Fintech Titan's $12.7 Billion Debut Reshapes Market Confidence | PayPay, SoftBank's Japanese fintech giant, made a resounding Nasdaq debut. Shares soared 19%, pushing its valuation to $12.7 billion. This successful IPO delivers a much-needed lift to the global listings market amidst volatility. PayPay pi... |
| 13.03.2026 | Японский финтех PayPay вышел на Nasdaq с оценкой $12,7 млрд | Японская финтех-компания PayPay, поддерживаемая технологическим холдингом SoftBank, дебютировала на бирже Nasdaq. В первый день торгов акции компании открылись примерно на 19% выше цены размещения, что позволило оценить компанию примерно в ... |
| 10.03.2026 | Oracle stock jumps 9% on earnings beat and increased guidance as cloud revenue climbs 44% | Oracle surpassed estimates for the quarter, and lifted its guidance for fiscal 2027 revenue.
During the quarter, Oracle announced plans to raise $45 billion to $50 billion in the fiscal year to expand its cloud infrastructure capacity.
Rema... |
| 02.03.2026 | SoftBank Corp. Announces Telco AI Cloud Vision to Build Social Infrastructure for the AI Era, Leveraging Its Telecommunications Foundation | Telecommunications operator is integrating GPU cloud, AI-RAN and software for AI data centers to evolve into an AI infrastructure provider
BARCELONA, March 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- SoftBank Corp. (President & CEO: Junichi Miyakawa, "... |
| 02.03.2026 | NVIDIA and Global Telecom Leaders Commit to Build 6G on Open and Secure AI-Native Platforms | NVIDIA announced a commitment together with Booz Allen, BT Group, Cisco, Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, MITRE, Nokia, OCUDU Ecosystem Foundation, ODC, SK Telecom, SoftBank Corp. and T-Mobile to build the world’s next generation of wireless net... |
| 27.02.2026 | Samsung amplia comunicação via satélite no Galaxy | S26 Ultra é o maior dos modelos da linha Galaxy S26 (foto: Thássius Veloso/Tecnoblog)
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Samsung ampliou a comunicação via satélite para EUA, Europa e Japão, mas não inc... |
| 25.02.2026 | SambaNova Unleashes SN50 AI Chip, Secures Major Funding and Intel Partnership | SambaNova Systems disrupts the AI landscape. It launched its SN50 AI chip. The chip promises superior speed and lower inference costs. Over $350 million in Series E funding now fuels its growth. Vista Equity Partners and Cambium Capital led... |
| 25.02.2026 | SambaNova Raises $350M in Series E Financing | SambaNova, a San Jose, CA-based AI infrastructure company, raised over $350m in strategic Series E financing.
The round was led by Vista Equity Partners and Cambium Capital, with participation from Intel Capital, as well asew investors Assa... |
| 24.02.2026 | SambaNova: $350+ Million Series E Raised As AI Infrastructure Company Unveils SN50 Chip And Intel Collaboration | SambaNova has introduced its SN50 AI chip, which the company says delivers up to 5x the maximum speed of competitive chips, and has also announced a planned multi-year collaboration with Intel and more than $350 million in strategic Series ... |
| 18.02.2026 | Microsoft and Ericsson bring enterprise-grade 5G laptop management to Windows 11 | Joint solution makes PCs always connected, secure, and easy to deploy and manage remotely
Ericsson Enterprise 5G Connect and Microsoft introduce AI-driven connectivity intelligence to enhance performance, security, and user experience
Seven... |
| 17.02.2026 | Microsoft and Ericsson bring enterprise-grade 5G laptop management to Windows 11 | Microsoft and Ericsson bring enterprise-grade 5G laptop management to Windows 11
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Joint solution makes PCs always connected, secure, and easy to deploy and manage remotely
Ericsson Enterprise 5... |
| 18.06.2025 | Nomupay raised $40 M investment from Softbank to accelerate payment expansion across Asia | Nomupay, an Irish company, has gotten a $40 million investment from Softbank to expand its international payments business throughout Asia.
Nomupay announced in a statement on Tuesday that SB Payment Service Corp. (SBPS), a subsidiary of So... |
| 06.03.2025 | SoftBank-backed OakNorth sees new lending drive up profits | OakNorth, the UK challenger business bank, has reported a 15 per cent increase in pre-tax profits to £215m in 2024, driven by new lending in the UK and the US where it has recently launched.
OakNorth, which is backed by SoftBank, the Japane... |
| 26.03.2024 | Blackpanda and SB C&S Sign Distribution Agreement for Incident Response Services for SMBs | SINGAPORE and TOKYO, March 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- SB C&S Corp. (Head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Yasuo Mizoguchi; hereinafter "SB C&S") has concluded a distribution agreement with BLACKPANDA JAPAN K.K. (... |
| 12.04.2022 | Establishing an international robotics key player | German United Robotics Group acquires SoftBank Robotics Europe in Paris
BOCHUM, Germany, PARIS and TOKYO, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The United Robotics Group (URG), a subsidiary of the RAG-Stiftung in Essen, has reached an agreement wi... |
| 07.04.2021 | Brief: Food delivery app Grab said to target US listing in biggest ever SPAC deal | Southeast Asian decacorn Grab is mulling a merger with a New York-listed special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) operated by Silicon Valley investment firm Altimeter Capital Management, the Financial Times reports.
Singapore-headquartere... |
| 07.05.2019 | GM Cruise raises $1.15B at a $19B valuation from SoftBank and Honda | GM Cruise has raised another $1.15 billion in new equity from a group of investors that includes T. Rowe Price Associates, Honda, SoftBank Vision Fund and its parent company GM, as the self-driving vehicle company pushes to launch a commerc... |
| 07.12.2017 | Compass gets $450M from SoftBank; real estate portal now valued at $2.2B | Less than a month after raising $100 million led by Fidelity, real-estate startup Compass is striking while the iron is hot. The company has now picked up an even bigger investment of $450 million, this time from the SoftBank Vision Fund, p... |
| 23.05.2016 | Tencent reportedly eyes majority stake in Supercell, plans tie-ups with Publicis, LVMH | China’s Internet giant Tencent has been expanding its international reach in areas like games and advertising, and as part of that, the company is picking up its dealmaking in Europe. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the owner of t... |
| 11.04.2016 | Daily funding roundup - April 11, 2016 | Ticket Monster raised $40M; STAT-Diagnostica closed Series C; Marxent received $10M investment
Habito, a London-based online mortgage broker, raised £1.5 million (approximately $2.13 million) in seed funding in a round led by Mosaic Venture... |
| 01.03.2016 | Daily funding roundup - March 1, 2016 | YourMechanic raised $24M, Savara Pharmaceuticals closed $20M; Replay Technologies raised $13.5M
YourMechanic, provider of on-demand auto repair, secured $24 million in new funding from SoftBank Capital, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Data Point Ca... |
| 27.11.2015 | Daily funding roundup - November 27, 2015 | Grofers snapped up $120M; Sigma Pensios raised $62M; GOQii secured $13.4M funding
Savedo, a Berlin, Germany-based online financial marketplace that allows European savers to invest in safe term deposits within the EU, raised funding from HW... |
| 13.10.2015 | Daily funding roundup - October 13, 2015 | EverString raised $65M; Audentes Therapeutics bagged $65M; SteelBrick received $48M
Predictive marketing company EverString has raised $65 million, in what is the largest round ever for an AI company. Lightspeed Venture Partners led the Com... |
| 01.10.2015 | Daily funding roundup - October 1, 2015 | General Assembly raised $70M; Neon Therapeutics secured $55M; Dolly landed $8M
Social Finance (SoFi for short), a lending startup has raised a monster round of funding, taking $1 billion from SoftBank, with existing Third Point Ventures and... |
| 19.08.2015 | Daily funding roundup - August 19, 2015 | Kik raised $50M; SpotHero pulled $20M; Thrive Bioscience closed a $4M
If you thought unicorn fever was coming to an end, I'm sorry to break it to you, but it's still out there. There have been 18 new billion companies in the first half of t... |
| 03.08.2015 | Daily funding roundup - August 3, 2015 | Snapdeal raised $500M; Driveway Software bagged $10M; Meal Box got $3.6M
Snapdeal has raised another $500 million in funding, according to a report from ReCode on Sunday. Investors included Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, along with Foxco... |
| 16.07.2015 | Daily funding roundup - July 16, 2015 | Immunocore raised $320M; Zeta Interactive closed $125M; Flipagram landed $70M
Private equity firm iTech Capital has invested $3 million in TradingView, a social fintech platform that unites traders and investors from around the world. iTech... |
| 27.10.2014 | India’s Snapdeal Snaps Up $627M Led By SoftBank To Supercharge Its Marketplace | A big day for e-commerce startups in India, and a double boom for Japan’s SoftBank. Snapdeal, founded four years ago as a marketplace for third party retailers in India to sell goods online, has raised an additional $627 million from SoftBa... |
| 27.10.2014 | India’s Answer To Uber, Ola Takes $210M Led By Softbank At $1B Valuation | SoftBank is doubling down on India, quite literally. The Japanese tech powerhouse, flush with billions from its extremely lucrative Alibaba investment, is today confirming that it has led a $210 million investment in Ola, an Uber-style serv... |
| 15.10.2013 | Supercell Dominates The Realm: Game Maker Sells A 51%, $1.53B Stake To SoftBank and GungHo Online | Another big move for Softbank into the gaming world, and a massive investment for Finnish gaming juggernaut Supercell: the company is selling a 51% stake for $1.53 billion to Japan’s SoftBank and games developer GungHo OnLine Entertainment.... |
| 08.07.2013 | SoftBank investment in Sprint set to close this week | SoftBank spent $21.6 billion to gain a 78% stake in Sprint
More than nine months after announcing that it was going to be purchasing a majorty stake in Sprint, SoftBankhas finally declared that the end of the deal is in sight.
"SoftBan... |
| 08.07.2013 | Sprint will belong to Japan’s SoftBank in 2 more days | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Japanese mobile company SoftBank has finally announced a closing date for its acquisition of Sprint Nextel.
The $21.6 billion deal was ... |
| 08.07.2013 | After 9 Months, The Softbank-Sprint Merger Will Be A Done Deal On July 10 | It’s been nine months since we first caught wind of Softbank’s $20.6 billion purchase of a majority stake in Sprint, and the story is finally coming to a close.
Japanese mobile carrier Softbank announced today that it expects the deal to cl... |
| 11.06.2013 | Softbank bumps its Sprint bid to $21.6B | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Japanese telecom company SoftBank is sweetening its offer to purchase the third largest wireless carrier in the U.S.: Sprint.
Yesterday... |
| 15.04.2013 | Dish Makes $25.5B Bid For Sprint To Snatch It Out Of Softbank’s Hands | A dramatic turn of events in the ongoing story of U.S. carrier consolidation: Dish Network is launching a $25.5 billion bid for number-three carrier Sprint, amounting to $17.3 billion in cash and $8.2 billion in stock. If successful, the de... |
| 31.03.2013 | All Quiet On The Western Front: Gaming M&A May Be In A Lull As A New Generation Grows Up | When you step off the elevator into Kixeye’s new downtown San Francisco office, a guy in military fatigues has you sign an NDA. After you do (I didn’t), a receptionist with a lot of piercings takes your name, while The White Panda’s “Foolis... |
| 28.03.2013 | Hot Gaming Startup Supercell Is Closing A Round Above $100M At Valuation Around $800M | Supercell is a very quiet, humble mobile gaming company out of the very quiet and humble city of Helsinki, Finland. Unlike their brasher, Angry Birds-making brethren a 15-minute drive away in Espoo, they don’t like to talk much about anythi... |
| 02.11.2012 | Hey, we know how you feel: Softbank gives half a million dollars in Hurricane Sandy relief | Japan's third-largest wireless carrier Softbank announced on Friday that it is donating $500,000 to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund to support the relief efforts in East Coast areas seriously affected by Hurricane Sandy.
"O... |
| 15.09.2011 | InMobi raises massive $200M to overtake Google in mobile ads (video) | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
InMobi, the four-year-old company that is second ... |
| 15.09.2011 | InMobi Receives $200M Investment from SOFTBANK Corp. | InMobi, a San Mateo, CA-based independent mobile ad network, completed a $200m investment with SOFTBANK Corp.
The funding will be delivered in two tranches: $100m in September 2011 followed by an equivalent tranche in April 2012.
Softbank j... |
| 15.09.2011 | InMobi raises massive $200M to overtake Google in mobile ads (video) | InMobi, the four-year-old company that is second place globally in mobile advertising, has raised an astonishingly large $200 million round of funding from Softbank Corp.
The company’s goal is overtake Google as the world leader in the cate... |
| 04.02.2011 | PPLive raises $250M for Web TV streaming | The company scores its latest round of capital from Softbank
China’s largest online TV service, PPLive, confirmed Friday that it has raised $250 million from Softbank Corporation.
The company’s flagship PPTV is like the Chinese Hulu, stream... |
| 07.10.2010 | Online betting venue Betfair to IPO punters: We’re worth $2.4B | The world’s largest online betting exchange, Betfair Group, today set a price range for its upcoming initial public offering and listing on the London Stock Exchange that would value the company at as much as $2.4 billion.
The British compa... |
| 05.08.2010 | Zynga confirms purchase of Japanese social game firm Unoh | Zynga confirmed it has acquired Tokyo-based social game company Unoh for an undisclosed price.
The deal is part of Zynga’s geographic diversification strategy and expansion into the Japanese market. Unoh will serve as the foundation of Zyng... |
| 05.08.2010 | Zynga confirms purchase of Japanese social game firm Unoh | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Zynga confirmed it has acquired Tokyo-based social game company Unoh for an undisclosed price.
The deal is part of Zynga’s geographic d... |
| 05.08.2010 | Zynga Confirms Unoh Acquisition | Zynga just officially confirmed their buy of Tokyo-based startup Unoh , which we reported on yesterday. Japanese business publication The Nikkei estimated the price at several billion yen. When contacted, Zynga representatives declined to c... |
| 29.07.2010 | Zynga Raises $150M; Launches Japan Joint Venture; | Zynga, the San Francisco, CA-based developer of social games such as FarmVille, Treasure Isle, Zynga Poker, Mafia Wars, YoVille, Café World, FishVille, PetVille and FrontierVille, has received a $150m investment from Softbank, a technology ... |
| 27.07.2010 | Yahoo Japan To Use Google Search (And Not Bing) In The Future | The spectactular search deal Microsoft and Yahoo struck last summer doesn’t extend to all country markets. In Japan, Yahoo search will be powered by Google in the future, as announced [JP] on the Google Japan blog and by Yahoo Japan itself ... |
| 27.07.2010 | FarmVille maker Zynga could unveil SoftBank deal in Japan this week | Talk about big in Japan! Zynga, the maker of FarmVille and other popular social games, is nearing an announcement of its alliance with Japan’s SoftBank, which plans to invest around $147 million into Zynga and its Japanese subsidiary.
The d... |
| 01.06.2010 | Cross-Border Ecommerce Ventures Formed By Taobao And Yahoo! JAPAN Take Off | A couple of weeks ago, Yahoo Japan (Japan’s biggest website) and Taobao (China’s largest e-retailer) agreed to launch a cross-border initiative under which both services will link their online shopping services starting June 1.
Well, today’... |
| 10.05.2010 | Yahoo Japan And China's Taobao Announce Cross-Border E-Commerce Tie-Up | Big news from the Asian web world today. Yahoo Japan (Japan’s biggest website) and Taobao (China’s largest e-retailer) have agreed to launch a cross-border initiative under which both services will link their online shopping services starti... |
| 02.02.2010 | Ustream Annuonces $75M Series B Funding Led by SOFTBANK | Ustream, a Mountain View, CA-based interactive video broadcast platform for Internet and mobile devices, announced a $75m in a Series B funding round led by SOFTBANK of Japan, an internet and telecom company.
Additional funding commitments ... |
| 01.02.2010 | Ustream's Massive Round: $20 Million Now, $55 Million More Later. And Maybe More. | Streaming video site Ustream has just pulled in a massive new round of funding: $75 million. This second round was led by SoftBank, a Japanese telecom giant. Previously, the site had raised just below $13 million in funding, which came from... |
| 01.02.2010 | Softbank invests $75M in Ustream video streaming startup | Ustream, which provides live video streams to web sites and cell phones, has raised $75 million in a second round of venture funding led by Softbank.
Tokyo-based Softbank has a number of investments in tech companies and operates the third-... |
| 01.07.2009 | Japanese cell phone commercial: Brad Pitt plays disgruntled sumo champion's butler (video) | Brad Pitt has been shooting TV commercials for Japan’s third biggest cell phone carrier SoftBank for a few years now, and more often than not, he plays a total moron. In this new spot, currently in heavy rotation on Japanese TV, he tries ev... |
| 31.08.2008 | Google's Strategy In Japan: Avoid Yahoo And Take Over The Mobile Web First | Google may be the leader in the worldwide search engine market, but in Nippon, it has some catching up to do: In 2007, Yahoo Japan saw a whopping 76% of the nearly 350 billion search engine and portal-related pageviews registered in the cou... |
| 23.08.2008 | Why Yahoo Japan Is Worth Nearly As Much As Yahoo | Yahoo’s stake in Yahoo Japan is often cited as one of its most valuable assets, and indeed Yahoo is considering selling it as a quick fix to appease angry shareholders in the U.S. While Yahoo seems to be treading water in the US, Yahoo Japa... |
| 22.08.2008 | How Disney Mobile Is Succeeding In Japan (After Failing In the U.S.) | Disney embarked on a cellular phone business in the US as early as June 2006 but pulled the plug at the end of last year, citing delays in the spread of 3G networks as the major reason.
In March this year, Disney carried out another attempt... |
| 09.08.2008 | Japan’s super-advanced mobile web: Too unique to serve as a global blueprint? | Over one billion cell phones have been sold worldwide in the last year, but in the US or Europe, the mobile Internet is still catching on relatively slowly. There even was a heated debate in the blogosphere just recently whether the mobile ... |
| 04.06.2008 | Softbank to bring iPhone to Japan | Japan’s number three mobile carrier Softbank Corp. announced late yesterday that it has struck a deal with Apple to sell the iPhone to the tech savvy Japanese public. Sales of the iPhone should begin sometime this year. Softbank was able to... |
| 28.11.2007 | Japan Offers University Course via Cellphone | Japan’s Cyber University, the nation’s only university to offer all classes on the Internet, began offering a class today that is taught over mobile phones. Students will be able to learn about the mysteries of the pyramids while on the go.... |
| 13.11.2007 | Disney Mobile Turns to Japan | Disney plans to end its U.S. mobile phone service in December and to compensate will turn to the Japanese market early next year. The company is hoping that the demand for its online content will be able to compete in the world’s biggest ma... |