SoftBank Vision Fund

Finance

09 November, 2020

SoftBank Vision Fund back to black but some tech bets sting

Japan's SoftBank Group Corp on Monday reported $6.1 billion in quarterly profit as a broad upswing in tech valuations brought ......

Finance

06 November, 2020

Hard cash at SoftBank: Investors await CEO Son's cashpile clues in Q2 report

SoftBank Group Corp shareholders have an $80 billion (£61 billion) question for Chief Executive Masayoshi Son when he presents the ......

Finance

13 October, 2020

SoftBank Vision Fund seeking cash for blank-cheque firm

SoftBank Group Corp's Vision Fund is targeting external funding for a blank-cheque acquisition company it plans to launch, a person ......

Premium

TMT

01 October, 2020

SoftBank-backed Lenskart gets new homegrown investor on board

Lenskart Solutions Pvt. Ltd has added a new homegrown company to its long list of investors after one of its ......

Markets

14 September, 2020

Embattled SoftBank renews talks on taking the group private

SoftBank Group Corp executives have held early stage talks about taking the Japanese technology group private as the company seeks ......

TMT

02 September, 2020

Unacademy gets SoftBank backing, joins unicorn league

Unacademy has raised a whopping $150 million (Rs 1,094 crore) in a new funding round led by SoftBank, catapulting the ......

TMT

02 September, 2020

SoftBank-backed Oyo sees signs of recovery after pandemic pummels travel

The COVID-19 pandemic will mean holiday-goers will shy away from larger hotels for the foreseeable future in favor of boutiques ......

Finance

11 August, 2020

SoftBank drops operating profit measure, notes $2.8 bn Vision Fund gain

SoftBank Group Corp broke with tradition on Tuesday and did not disclose operating profit in its quarterly results, saying the ......

Finance

06 July, 2020

SoftBank governance reforms stop short of Vision Fund

SoftBank Group Corp has no plans to increase board oversight of its $100 billion Vision Fund, two sources said, disregarding ......

Finance

25 June, 2020

SoftBank is not ‘SoftPunku', says CEO Masayoshi Son in defence of strategy

SoftBank Group Corp Chief Executive Masayoshi Son mounted a defence of his investing decisions on Thursday, saying the value of ......