Rajeev Misra set to leave SoftBank; group clocks profits from successful Indian IPOsRajeev Misra, 62, played a critical role in raising the Vision Fund, the largest pool of private capital that disrupted technology investin...
12 Nov, 2024, 09.33 PM IST
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
IPO-bound Swiggy appoints former Diageo India CEO Anand Kripalu as chairman of the boardKripalu, a graduate from IIM Calcutta and the CEO of packaging manufacturing company EPL, is a FMCG veteran. He was also the president for ...
06 Dec, 2023, 05.14 PM IST
Deloitte appoints former SoftBank India head Manoj Kohli as senior advisorIn his new role as Senior Advisor to Deloitte, Kohli will leverage his expertise in technology, telecommunications, renewables, and digital...
29 Jun, 2023, 02.10 PM 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
MUFG achieves green certification for solar farm in IndiaThis marks the first green certification of a solar project loan for both the client and the country, and underscores both MUFG's sustainab...
22 Dec, 2020, 06.06 PM IST
Betsy Atkins joins Oyo board as Independent DirectorAtkins, who founded Baja Corp, an early-stage technology, energy and healthcare-focused investment firm in the early 90s, has sat on the bo...
22 Nov, 2019, 08.52 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
Andhra dares centre on investment concerns, claims several investors lined upIn September last year, SoftBank Energy had denied allegations of cartelisation and said it had stuck to bidding norms set by the Indian go...
16 Jul, 2019, 07.23 PM 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
SoftBank invests additional Rs 100 crore in Housing.comThe investment comes at a time when the startup is scaling up its home buying and selling business with a focus on revenue generation.
22 Jan, 2016, 04.57 PM IST