RAJEEV MISRA
Rajeev Misra steps down from SoftBank group board along with three others
India-born Misra has been leading the charge of the $100 billion SoftBank Vision Fund, and was a part of the board since 2017 when the grou...
SoftBank, armed with billions in cash, joins blank check binge
SoftBank is now looking at ways to deploy the cash it’s raised, and has recently launched an asset management unit that’s putting money int...
SoftBank’s Vision Fund plans to unveil a blank-check company
SoftBank’s experiments beyond its traditional expertise have spooked some investors, including earlier this year when the company traded bi...
Almost everyone at SoftBank thinks going private is a bad idea
Convincing Japanese banks to change their minds and finance the deal would be a tall order. SoftBank is already the country’s second-bigges...
For the next 10 years, it's about who has the better technology: Rajeev Misra, VP Softbank Group
Our 10 Indian portfolio companies we have over 10 of them and, of course, India have been more adversely affected than other parts of the w...
SoftBank's India portfolio has fared well despite Covid-19: Rajeev Misra
Rajeev Misra, who also serves on the board of SoftBank Group Corp, said the central government’s move to put curbs on capital emanating fro...
Clampdown on Chinese investments: Indian startups will miss the know-how, says SoftBank's Rajeev Misra
Citing the example of its China-based investee company Alibaba's investment in Paytm, Rajeev Misra said this was a strategic and not a fina...
For SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son, the better TikTok deal is in India
Son might be just the man to bring TikTok back. He’s already one of India’s greatest foreign backers, having poured money into local startu...
SoftBank CEO defends Vision Fund chief Rajeev Misra, after losses, controversy
The Vision Fund lost almost $18 billion in the fiscal year ended March 31, as it wrote down the value of investments in WeWork and Uber Tec...
SoftBank to expand Vision Fund cuts to as many as 80 workers
SoftBank’s businesses were battered early this year with the coronavirus outbreak and its stock tumbled.
SoftBank launches $100 mn fund investing in 'people of colour'
Named the "Opportunity Growth Fund", its total initial size is less than a typical single investment by the $100 billion Vision Fund, which...
SoftBank doubles Vision Fund chief, Rajeev Misra's, pay despite record loss
The pay hike for Rajeev Misra comes at a time when the Vision Fund is planning deep cuts in staffing.
SoftBank’s Masa-Misra partnership strained by losses, infighting
Misra is at the heart of the problem in ways that go beyond how the fund’s companies are performing.
Amid turmoil at SoftBank, its Vision Fund scouts for secondary deals in India
Rajeev Misra, who oversees the Vision Fund as its CEO, said the firm has $13 billion in unspent capital which they are in talks to deploy i...
SoftBank Fund’s Rajeev Misra ran smear campaign against Nikesh Arora, others: Report
Misra, who oversees the $100-billion technology-focused fund that has backed companies like Uber, WeWork, Oyo and Paytm, is said to have or...
SoftBank's latest fund wheeze sets off new alarms
SoftBank’s core competence is in a specific sector, technology, and a specific category, late-stage venture capital. It needs to be crystal...
SoftBank expects to invest in almost 200 companies with its Vision Funds: Rajeev Misra
Last year, SoftBank Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son told Businessweek that he plans to raise a new $100 billion fund every two to three year...
Rajeev Misra & Marcelo Claure's power clash at top of SoftBank puts Son's vision in question
Marcelo Claure clashed from the start with Rajeev Misra, who oversees SoftBank’s $100 billion Vision Fund and many of Masayoshi Son’s most ...
SoftBank elevates Vision Fund CEO Rajeev Misra to executive VP
This potentially places the veteran banker among those in line to succeed the Tokyo-based company’s founder Masayoshi Son.
MORE NEWS