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'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
Pavel Alpeyev / Bloomberg : Tweets: @bloombergasia Tweets: Bloomberg Asia / @bloombergasia : Japanese fintech startup Kyash manages to raise funds despite a venture capital chill https://www.bloomber...
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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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
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