SoftBank Capital

company

About

SoftBank Group is a holding company focused on artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.

  • 101 - 250

Details

Industries
Artificial Intelligence,Finance,Financial Services,FinTech,Information Technology,Mobile,Software
Founded date
Jan 1, 1981
Number Of Employee
101 - 250
Operating Status
Active
Investor Type
CVC

SoftBank Group provides venture funding and strategic support to exceptional entrepreneurs building disruptive enduring businesses. They are a small team of experienced entrepreneurs and investors who take an "active" approach to helping their companies reach their full potential. They manage $600 million across three funds and invest across a company’s lifecycle, from early to growth stages.

Through their close ties to a number of Asia’s leading mobile, internet and technology companies – including strategic partners SoftBank Corp, Yahoo! Japan and Alibaba Group – SoftBank Capital offers unique expertise to businesses seeking to address the Asian market. Since 1995, SoftBank Capital has partnered with internet pioneers such as Criteo, Gilt Groupe, OMGPOP (Zynga), betaworks, BuzzFeed, Buddy Media (Salesforce.com), Huffington Post (AOL), Associated Content (Yahoo!), Danger (Microsoft), Geocities (Yahoo!), E*Trade and Yahoo!.

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
23
14
SoftBank Capital has made 23 investments. Their most recent investment was on Feb 14, 2022, when Energy Vault raised $150M.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Feb 14, 2022 Energy Vault
Post-IPO Equity $150M Energy
Jan 26, 2022 FTX US
Series A $400M Bitcoin Yes
Oct 1, 2021 Roivant Sciences
Post-IPO Equity $200M Biopharma
Sep 1, 2021 SomaLogic
Post-IPO Equity $375M Biotechnology
Aug 2, 2021 InterVenn
Series C $201M Biotechnology Yes