Softbank

Finance

08 February, 2021

SoftBank posts Q3 profit gain as Vision Fund rallies

SoftBank Group Corp on Monday recorded an 844 billion yen ($8 billion) profit at its Vision Fund unit in the ......

Premium

TMT

05 February, 2021

SoftBank executive picks up stake in IPO-bound foodtech unicorn Zomato

A top SoftBank Group Corp executive and the founder of a hyperlocal startup have picked up stakes in Gurugram headquartered ......

Consumer

08 January, 2021

Oyo secures funding from Hindustan Media Ventures

SoftBank-backed hospitality chain Oyo has raised Rs 54 crore ($7.4 million) in fresh funding from Hindustan Media Ventures amid signs ......

General

30 December, 2020

Grapevine: Yuri Milner to invest in Rupeek; Interups backs out of Air India race

Yuri Milner, the billionaire chief of global technology fund DST Global, is in advanced discussions to back gold-loans startup Rupeek, ......

General

12 October, 2020

Grapevine: Qatar to invest in Mumbai airport; Actis, others eye SoftBank stake in JV

Adani Airport Holdings Ltd (AAHL) is in advanced talks to raise $750 million (Rs 5,480 crore) from Qatar Investment Authority ......

General

16 September, 2020

Grapevine: LIC to sell stake in IDBI Bank; two left in race for Piramal's glass unit

Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) is planning to gradually sell its stake in IDBI Bank nearly two years after ......

Consumer

15 September, 2020

The Moms Co pockets funding in extended Series B round

Amishi Consumer Technologies Pvt. Ltd, which operates baby-care products startup The Moms Co, has secured additional $3 million (Rs 22 ......

TMT

03 September, 2020

SoftBank leads Series C funding for Sequoia-backed Biofourmis

Digital therapeutics firm Biofourmis Singapore Pte Ltd has raised $100 million (Rs 733 crore) in a Series C round of ......

General

14 July, 2020

Grapevine: Promoter, two PE firms to part-exit Sahajanand; SoftBank may back Unacademy

The promoter of Sahajanand Medical Technologies Pvt. Ltd, India’s largest cardiac stent maker, along with two private equity firms, plan ......

General

01 July, 2020

Grapevine: Brookfield may invest in SBG Cleantech; Premji, SBI mull joint bid for Future JV

SoftBank-backed SBG Cleantech has approached Brookfield for up to $600 million (Rs 4,530 crore at current exchange rate), people aware ......