SoftBank executive Paul Davison leaves FirstCry boardSoftBank exits board positions in portfolio companies after they go public due to internal governance and compliance policies.
23 Oct, 2024, 11.33 AM IST
SoftBank India elevates Sarthak Misra to partner roleSarthak Misra, who joined the fund in 2019 from Matrix Partners India, sits on the board of ecommerce firm Meesho and business-to-business ...
19 Mar, 2024, 06.58 PM IST
SoftBank sees new-found caution as secret weapon in AI arms raceThe Vision Fund unit made just 29 new and follow-on investments in all of 2023 out of more than 300 companies it studied. The October-to-De...
09 Feb, 2024, 04.46 PM IST
Arm's stellar listing sets the stage for more SoftBank acquisitionsSoftBank Group's successful IPO of Arm Holdings has put the company in a position to resume its acquisition spree. Arm's shares surged 25% ...
15 Sep, 2023, 03.05 PM IST
Rajeev Misra steps back at SoftBank to launch new fundRajeev Misra, who has led the SoftBank Vision Fund since 2017 when it raised $100 billion, the largest pool of private capital, is likely t...
03 Jul, 2023, 08.54 AM IST
SoftBank India head Sumer Juneja gets larger role, to also oversee Europe, Middle EastSoftBank Vision Fund’s managing partner Sumer Juneja and India head has been given the additional responsibility of overseeing Europe, the ...
20 Aug, 2022, 11.35 AM IST
Rajeev Misra must be doing something rightRajeev Misra’s impressive fundraising should thus serve as a lesson for hedge fund managers. These days, you don’t have to be good, but you...
20 Jul, 2022, 10.29 AM IST
SoftBank's Ron Fisher steps down as head of Vision Fund's US armFisher will leave his position as director and chairman of SoftBank Investment Advisors US on April 15 but remain a senior advisor to Masay...
05 Apr, 2022, 03.14 PM IST
SoftBank biggest foreign investor in India, funding 10% of all unicorns: Masayoshi SonSoftBank is amongst the most bullish investors in Indian startups having backed large ventures including Paytm and Policybazaar, both of wh...
03 Dec, 2021, 06.53 PM IST
After Paytm, SoftBank eyes Juspay as its next India fintech betSoftBank Vision Fund is close to leading a $100-120 million funding round at Juspay, valuing the fintech startup at $400-500 million. That,...
23 Nov, 2021, 10.17 AM IST
SoftBank, armed with billions in cash, joins blank check bingeSoftBank 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...
14 Oct, 2020, 09.00 AM IST
Son’s empire wobbles as credit rout hits SoftBank debt loadThe company is more vulnerable because of missteps at the Vision Fund, the $100 billion investment vehicle that Son set up to become the ne...
19 Mar, 2020, 09.20 AM IST
SoftBank Vision Fund planning writedown of over $5 billionThe writedown is being driven by the Vision Fund’s holdings in ride-hailing giant Uber and WeWork parent We Co., the beleaguered co-working...
25 Oct, 2019, 09.35 AM IST
SoftBank’s Vision Fund to open India office, to be led by Sumer JunejaET was the first to report in its edition dated November 21, that Norwest Venture Partners’ Sumer Juneja would be joining Softbank to lead ...
21 Nov, 2018, 04.08 PM IST
SoftBank renews search for an India head, tasks Egon ZehnderRajeev Misra, CEO of SoftBank Investment Advisors, is overseeing the process that has been on for a while now.
04 Sep, 2018, 08.14 AM IST
WeWork is raising funds at $35 billion value, SoftBank exec saysWeWork has raised billions of dollars in equity, including $4.4 billion last summer from SoftBank, which split the money between WeWork’s c...
14 Jun, 2018, 11.01 AM IST
SoftBank takes on Amazon by investing $2.5 billion in FlipkartSoftBank has already committed more than $4 billion to India's startup ecosystem in 2017, doubling what it had invested in the country sinc...
12 Aug, 2017, 11.30 AM IST