Analysis: SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 is investing at twice the pace of its predecessor, growing its portfolio fivefold in under nine months, despite fewer staff
Pavel Alpeyev / Bloomberg : Tweets: @pelstrom Tweets: Peter Elstrom / @pelstrom : SoftBank is speeding up investments in part because of growing competition from venture firms. The company used to ta...
SoftBank says Alphabet's Loon moonshot has transferred about 200 patents to it; Alphabet says it also handed over patents to partner Raven Industries
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SoftBank's Vision Fund posts a record $8B profit in Q3, but SoftBank's derivatives trading unit posts a $2.7B loss leading to an overall loss of $1.07B
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SoftBank plans to raise as much as $2.9B by selling a 5% stake in its Japanese wireless subsidiary this month
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Tokyo-based Kyash, which provides digital banking services to individual consumers as well as businesses, raises $45M Series C, bringing total raised to $73M
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SoftBank announces Vision Fund 2, will commit $38B to it with the goal of raising $108B; Apple, Microsoft, and others are expected to contribute
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Chat app Line will open a crypto exchange next month in Singapore, which will be available in 15 languages to users worldwide except those in US and Japan
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Japan passes law legalizing Airbnb, limiting stay in private homes to 180 nights a year and requiring hosts to register with local governments
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Line prices IPO at the top of its range at $32.84 per share, to raise up to $1.3B at $6.9B valuation; trading starts July 14 in NY and July 15 in Tokyo
Yuji Nakamura , Takashi Amano , Pavel Alpeyev — Messaging app to fully exercise greenshoe to sell more stock
Nintendo quarterly profit down 36% as Wii U and 3DS sales drop; first smartphone game on track for March release
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