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Uber slides 4% on report SoftBank will shed a third of its stake in the ride-hailing app
China's recent crackdown on ride-hailing app Didi has reportedly cost SoftBank, its largest shareho…
Shalini Nagarajan
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Not just small investors, even Alibaba-owned ANT Group and Softbank have lost money on Paytm
All the retail investors who lost money on Paytm’s public issue, it may bring you some solace that …
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Japan's billionaire space tourist gives away money as he returns to Earth
Yusaku Maezawa promised he'd give away funds on his inaugural 12-day trip to space and has granted …
Huileng Tan
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Watch Masayoshi Son get in the groove as Softbank’s ‘golden goose eggs’ followed his famous unicorn slide
Over the years, it’s not just SoftBank’s earnings reports that everyone waits for but also its foun…
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Lenskart acquires majority stake in Japanese eyewear brand for $400 million
Omnichannel eyewear unicorn Lenskart on Thursday announced it has taken a majority stake in Japanes…
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Watch Larry Page playfully kick Boston Dynamics' robotic dog before Google sold the firm to Softbank in a newly-surfaced video
Kicking or pushing is standard practice for testing in the industry but has drawn complaints of "ro…
Katie Canales
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SoftBank's Vision Fund posted a record $8 billion profit in the third quarter as its bets on DoorDash and Uber paid off
Booming markets - particularly for tech - helped SoftBank's Vision Fund bring in record 3rd-quarter…
Harry Robertson
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SoftBank piles $3.9 billion into surging market giants including Tesla, Netflix, and Amazon
SoftBank opened a $1.04 billion stake in Amazon, a $475 million position in Alphabet, and a $189 mi…
Ben Winck
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Swiggy reports nearly three-fold increase in annual revenue, in neck and neck race with Zomato
Revenue of food delivery giant Swiggy has grown 2.8 times in the last one year, between June 2020 a…
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OfBusiness, a platform that helps SMEs get raw materials, becomes the newest unicorn from India
As per the company’s press note, OfBusiness was valued at more than $1.5 billion. A unicorn, in …
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SoftBank's $9.5 billion bailout of WeWork hits a hurdle as Japanese banks are worried about funding it
WeWork scrapped its IPO after investors balked at its losses and the behavior of cofounder and then…
Theron Mohamed
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Tiger Global overtakes Sequoia as the top investor in Indian unicorns in 2021, cracks 15 deals this year so far
The Indian startup ecosystem is undoubtedly at its prime at the moment, with an undisrupted flo…
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Masayoshi Son, the CEO of SoftBank and the 2nd-richest person in Japan, joins the growing chorus of voices calling to cancel the Tokyo Olympics
"Currently more than 80% of people want the Olympics to be postponed or canceled. On what authority…
Katie Warren
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Softbank's Vision Fund could go public in a $300 million SPAC deal, report says
Softbank's Vision Fund is the world's largest tech venture capital firm and could list on the Amste…
Sophie Kiderlin
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SoftBank-backed True Balance is set to close its Series D funding round – founder says they are focussed on lending in India
SoftBank-backed payment and financial services platform True Balance has had its share of finding t…
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SoftBank Vision Fund 2 fails to raise new funds — Masayoshi Son says the company will now use its own money for investments
“The performance of Softbank Vision Fund 1 is not that great, therefore we decided to invest our…
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SoftBank eyes TikTok India operations along with a bid for the video sharing app’s US business: Report
According to the report, SoftBank has already held talks with Reliance Jio and Airtel separately…
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SoftBank Vision Fund 2 leads a $100 million funding in this Indian founder’s global healthtech startup
Japanese investment firm SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2 has led a $100 million fund in Biofourmis – a dig…
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Invitae surges after report says Softbank will lead a $1.2 billion investment in the genetic-testing company
Invitae announced it will acquire the genomics company Genosity for $200 million on Monday after la…
Will Daniel
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SoftBank is reportedly under investigation by the SEC following its risky 'Nasdaq whale' investments
SoftBank's investment arm, SB Northstar, made risky multibillion-dollar bets on tech stocks in 2020…