Investments
609Portfolio Exits
94Funds
7Partners & Customers
10Service Providers
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Latest SoftBank News
Mar 23, 2023
Japan’s Rakuten Bank will be listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on 21 April which will place its value at approximately 305 billion yen (US$2.31 billion), according to a Reuters report . Rakuten is looking to is looking to sell off 53.95 million existing shares of its digital banking arm which makes up more than 30% of its share holdings for 106.8 billion yen (US$807 million). The regulatory filings also indicated that Rakuten Bank plans to issue 5.55 million new shares. This paves the way for it to potentially become one of Japan’s largest listings in the past five years following the US$23 billion listing of SoftBank Group Corp’s telecom unit in 2018. The initial public offering will present a major cash injection for Rakuten which had been weighed down by the losses from its mobile phone business. Rakuten Bank had clocked more than 13 million users at the end of 2022 and is reportedly one of the largest digital bank in Japan.
SoftBank Investments
609 Investments
SoftBank has made 609 investments. Their latest investment was in LandVault as part of their Series C on March 3, 2023.
SoftBank Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3/23/2023 | Series C | LandVault | $37M | Yes | Kingsway Capital Partners, SoftBank , The Sandbox, and Undisclosed Investors | 2 |
3/21/2023 | Series F | eToro | $250M | Yes | 11 | |
2/13/2023 | Seed VC - II | Vitaance | $2.36M | No | 1 | |
12/20/2022 | Seed VC - II | |||||
12/12/2022 | Seed |
Date | 3/23/2023 | 3/21/2023 | 2/13/2023 | 12/20/2022 | 12/12/2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Series C | Series F | Seed VC - II | Seed VC - II | Seed |
Company | LandVault | eToro | Vitaance | ||
Amount | $37M | $250M | $2.36M | ||
New? | Yes | Yes | No | ||
Co-Investors | Kingsway Capital Partners, SoftBank , The Sandbox, and Undisclosed Investors | ||||
Sources | 2 | 11 | 1 |
SoftBank Portfolio Exits
94 Portfolio Exits
SoftBank has 94 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Splyt on March 22, 2023.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3/22/2023 | Acquired | 3 | |||
12/13/2022 | Acquired | 34 | |||
12/9/2022 | Reverse Merger | 8 | |||
Date | 3/22/2023 | 12/13/2022 | 12/9/2022 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exit | Acquired | Acquired | Reverse Merger | ||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | |||||
Sources | 3 | 34 | 8 |
SoftBank Acquisitions
26 Acquisitions
SoftBank acquired 26 companies. Their latest acquisition was Flipkart on July 12, 2021.
Date | Investment Stage | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Total Funding | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7/12/2021 | Other | $6,450.05M | Corporate Majority - IV | 111 | ||
12/30/2020 | Series E+ | $1,490.77M | Corporate Majority | 5 | ||
10/23/2019 | Debt | $11,614.53M | Corporate Majority | 54 | ||
10/9/2019 | ||||||
5/8/2019 | Other |
SoftBank Fund History
7 Fund Histories
SoftBank has 7 funds, including Softbank Opportunity Fund II.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6/10/2021 | Softbank Opportunity Fund II | $50M | 1 | ||
11/15/2019 | Softbank Vision Fund II | ||||
3/7/2019 | SoftBank Innovation Fund | ||||
12/4/2018 | SoftBank Vision Fund | ||||
5/23/2014 | SB ISAT Fund |
Closing Date | 6/10/2021 | 11/15/2019 | 3/7/2019 | 12/4/2018 | 5/23/2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fund | Softbank Opportunity Fund II | Softbank Vision Fund II | SoftBank Innovation Fund | SoftBank Vision Fund | SB ISAT Fund |
Fund Type | |||||
Status | |||||
Amount | $50M | ||||
Sources | 1 |
SoftBank Partners & Customers
10 Partners and customers
SoftBank has 10 strategic partners and customers. SoftBank recently partnered with Apple on February 2, 2023.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2/10/2023 | Licensee | United States | AMD takes nearly a third of the PC processor market ARM , which is owned by Japan 's Softbank Group , licenses its technology to companies like Apple and Qualcomm to make into PC chips and has made expansion into new markets like PCs a major part of its sales growth strategy ahead of an expected initial public offering later this year . | 1 | |
9/20/2022 | Partner | Singapore | Carro drives into Japan through partnership with SoftBank Singapore , 20 September 2022 -- Southeast Asia 's largest used car marketplace , Carro , has announced its expansion into Japan through a joint venture with SoftBank . | 2 | |
9/19/2022 | Partner | Singapore | SoftBank rolls out used-car subscriptions with Singapore's Carro TOKYO -- Japanese mobile carrier SoftBank has launched a service that lets users drive preowned cars in Japan for a flat fee in collaboration with Carro , a Singapore startup backed by the SoftBank . | 2 | |
7/18/2022 | Vendor | ||||
6/8/2022 | Supplier |
Date | 2/10/2023 | 9/20/2022 | 9/19/2022 | 7/18/2022 | 6/8/2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type | Licensee | Partner | Partner | Vendor | Supplier |
Business Partner | |||||
Country | United States | Singapore | Singapore | ||
News Snippet | AMD takes nearly a third of the PC processor market ARM , which is owned by Japan 's Softbank Group , licenses its technology to companies like Apple and Qualcomm to make into PC chips and has made expansion into new markets like PCs a major part of its sales growth strategy ahead of an expected initial public offering later this year . | Carro drives into Japan through partnership with SoftBank Singapore , 20 September 2022 -- Southeast Asia 's largest used car marketplace , Carro , has announced its expansion into Japan through a joint venture with SoftBank . | SoftBank rolls out used-car subscriptions with Singapore's Carro TOKYO -- Japanese mobile carrier SoftBank has launched a service that lets users drive preowned cars in Japan for a flat fee in collaboration with Carro , a Singapore startup backed by the SoftBank . | ||
Sources | 1 | 2 | 2 |
SoftBank Service Providers
2 Service Providers
SoftBank has 2 service provider relationships
Service Provider | Associated Rounds | Provider Type | Service Type |
|---|---|---|---|
Shareholder Liquidity, Acq - P2P, Corporate Majority - II, Series B, Series D, Corporate Minority, and Corporate Majority | Investment Bank | Financial Advisor | |
Service Provider | ||
|---|---|---|
Associated Rounds | Shareholder Liquidity, Acq - P2P, Corporate Majority - II, Series B, Series D, Corporate Minority, and Corporate Majority | |
Provider Type | Investment Bank | |
Service Type | Financial Advisor |
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SoftBank Team
46 Team Members
SoftBank has 46 team members, including current Chief Executive Officer, Rajeev Misra.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Rajeev Misra | Deutsche Bank, Merrill, and UBS | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
Name | Rajeev Misra | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Work History | Deutsche Bank, Merrill, and UBS | ||||
Title | Chief Executive Officer | ||||
Status | Current |
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