Softbank
General
Deals Digest: 2023 ends on a sombre note as funding activity slows in last week
Private equity and venture capital deal flow continued to drop with the year coming to an end, as deal value ......
Finance
Flashback 2023: Early-stage funding slips as mid, late-stage deals fall off a cliff
Fewer startups raised funding in 2023 than in the previous two years of euphoria-driven dealmaking as angel investors, venture capital ......
Consumer
Who will be the real winners in Ola Electric's IPO as it eyes over $6.4 bn valuation?
Ola Electric, the electric two vehicle company started by Ola Cabs co-founder Bhavish Aggarwal with the backing of several existing venture ......
TMT
SoftBank completes nearly $600 mn India exit with neat profit
Japanese technology investment goliath SoftBank, which has been on a harvest spree in India having offloaded shares of Paytm, FirstCry, ......
TMT
SoftBank wraps up $375 mn India exit with a profit
Japanese technology investment goliath SoftBank, which has been on a spree to harvest money from its India portfolio, has completed ......
Infrastructure
B2B unicorn OfBusiness hits the road to raise funds in pre-IPO round
Business-to-business e-commerce unicorn OfBusiness is in early stages of discussion with multiple investors – both domestic and sovereign wealth funds ......
Manufacturing
Ola Electric's FY23 net loss almost doubles, revenue jumps but misses target
SoftBank-backed electric scooter maker Ola Electric posted a wider loss in the financial year through March 2023 but likely missed ......
TMT
After signing off from Paytm, Alibaba affiliate inks near 5x exit move in India
China’s Alibaba Group, which sold its stake in Paytm parent One97 Communications Ltd earlier this year after virtually writing off ......
TMT
SoftBank-backed OfBusiness in talks with PE firms, SWFs for new funding round
Chasing a valuation of $6 billion, business-to-business (B2B) marketplace OfBusiness has approached sovereign wealth funds, private equity (PE) funds and ......
Infrastructure
SoftBank logs another sub-par exit move in India
Japanese technology investment giant SoftBank, which has been on a harvest spree in India having divested shares of Paytm, FirstCry, ......