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Masayoshi Son says AWS and Microsoft will buy more chipsets from the SoftBank Vision Fund-backed Arm, and not Intel
Out of the 88 companies that the SoftBank Vision Fund 1 has invested in, Son assumes that as man…
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SoftBank's India investments might jump the $10 billion mark in the coming decade
"We have already invested $2 billion and we are interested in investing more," he said. "India has …
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PolicyBazaar becomes India’s latest unicorn after Softbank investment
Softbank is no stranger to India’s technology sector, becoming something of a unicorn-builder wi…
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SoftBank's $10 billion gain on the DoorDash IPO will offset the fund's WeWork 'disaster,' says a stock analyst
"Suddenly Masa goes from losing to being hero very quickly," David Gibson of Astris Advisory Japan …
Emily Graffeo
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Softbank will invest $100 million to make Miami a new tech hub
Softbank's COO says the Florida city has the right quality of life and tax structure to support a b…
Fatma Khaled
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SoftBank's founder is 'embarrassed and impatient' with his investments after troubles with WeWork and Uber, and now he's telling founders to 'know your limit'
Two of SoftBank's flagship investments, Uber and WeWork, have both been disappointing recently. Sha…
Mary Meisenzahl
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Saudi Arabia is reportedly talking to SoftBank about pouring billions into its second Vision Fund
In the past, Saudi Arabia has been a major investor in SoftBank through its Public Investment Fund …
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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20 years before WeWork, SoftBank raised a massive fund and plowed money into 14 startups. 7 collapsed in the aftermath of the dotcom meltdown and the fund returned pennies on the dollar.
The plan then, as it has been with the Vision Fund, was to raise similarly-sized funds every year o…
Bani Sapra,Dakin Campbell
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SoftBank could still back out of its massive investment in Uber - and invest in Lyft instead
During a press conference Monday, Son discussed the company's possible multibillion-dollar investme…
Avery Hartmans
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The CEO Of Softbank Thinks He Deserves The Same Level Of Respect As Warren Buffett From Investors
By "Buffet premium," Son is obviously referring to Warren Buffet, and how investors tend to give mo…
Eugene Kim
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SoftBank has slashed a planned $16 billion mega-investment in WeWork after facing objections and will now invest $2 billion
Instead, SoftBank will inject just $2 billion, according to the Times, which said that WeWork and S…
Becky Peterson
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SoftBank's running list of deals shows the Japanese company is one of the biggest, craziest investors in tech right now
SoftBank has backed or bought a host of established tech firms such as Nvidia, the We Company, Slac…
Paige Leskin,Shona Ghosh
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It took a day for WeWork's CEO to recover from the shock of a $16 billion SoftBank investment falling apart, but he quickly salvaged $2 billion
It was initially reported back in October that SoftBank planned to invest $16 billion in The We Com…
Paige Leskin
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The world's largest tech fund is considering a $1 billion plus investment in WeWork
A number of tech giants have confirmed that they intend to contribute to the fund. Apple, for examp…
Sam Shead,Reuters
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Meet Ron Fisher, the SoftBank executive who awarded WeWork a $47 billion valuation months before it delayed its $10 billion IPO
SoftBank, and Fisher by extension, is widely credited with overinflating WeWork's valuation in late…