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SoftBank Vision Fund

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SoftBank Vision Fund has appeared in 35 articles since 2017-05. Coverage peaked in 2020Q1 with 3 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside SoftBank, Vision Fund, Masayoshi Son, WeWork.

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Coverage Timeline

2022-08-05
Bloomberg

As SoftBank Vision Fund managing partners Yanni Pipilis and Munish Varma leave, the fund has lost 10+ top execs since 2020, putting pressure on Masayoshi Son

Masayoshi Son is losing a growing number of top executives at SoftBank Group Corp., putting more responsibility on the founder's shoulders … Tweets: @caixin , @pelstrom , and @athomson6 Tweets: @caixi...

2021-11-04
Bloomberg

Sources say Masayoshi Son's profit-sharing plan for Vision Fund employees is contributing to a stream of defections, because it is based primarily on seniority

Ever since billionaire investor Masayoshi Son set up the giant Vision Fund in 2017 to provide backing for technology startups … Tweets: @gilliantan and @pelstrom Tweets: Gillian Tan / @gilliantan : So...

2021-09-28
Bloomberg 3 related

SoftBank Vision Fund's sole senior managing partner, Deep Nishar, says he will leave by the end of 2021 after six years at the fund

2020-11-02
Bloomberg

SoftBank confirms a series of departures from its Vision Fund, including its COO and four partners

A slew of SoftBank Vision Fund executives have left the almost $100 billion vehicle, best known for its bets on high profile startups including WeWork, Uber Technologies Inc. and Chinese ride-hailing ...

2020-02-11
Protocol 11 related

Direct-to-consumer retailer Brandless shuts down, becoming the first company backed by SoftBank's Vision Fund to do so

Good morning and welcome back to Merger Week. Tom Maxwell / Input : Brandless is shutting down after two years and $300 million invested Miles Kruppa / Financial Times : SoftBank-backed Brandless cuts...

2020-01-08
Crunchbase News 7 related

Report: pizza-making robot startup Zume, which raised $375M from SoftBank Vision Fund in 2018, plans to lay off up to 400 staff, or about 80% of its employees

Natasha Mascarenhas / Crunchbase News :

2019-12-18
Bloomberg

Current and ex-employees of SoftBank's Vision Fund describe an environment of sycophancy towards Son, harassment, rivalries, and a culture of recklessness

Masayoshi Son's venture capital firm is famous for making outsize bets on tech startups.  It has also been described as an environment of sycophancy and harassment. Tweets: @bw , @puiwingtam , @shirao...

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Quarterly Coverage

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TEXXR tracks 74 Techmeme articles mentioning SoftBank Vision Fund, dating back to May 2017. The biggest stories include Cruise raises $1.35B more from SoftBank Vision Fund and launches a waitlist for a... and SoftBank Vision Fund officially launches with $93B in committed capital and $100B target.... Frequently covered alongside SoftBank Vision Fund 2, TechCrunch, SoftBank, Cruise, and Masayoshi Son. Coverage has increasingly focused on consumer, funding themes.

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