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How Nuro plans to spend Softbank’s $940 million
Autonomous delivery startup Nuro is bursting with ideas since SoftBank invested nearly $1 billion in February, new filings reveal. A…
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SoftBank’s Vision Fund is preparing to invest $1 billion in Grab
SoftBank’s Vision Fund is set to continue its recent spree of investments in Asian tech unicorns. The mega fund —…
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SoftBank Corp shares drop 14% on their first day of trading, but it’s still one of the largest IPOs ever
SoftBank Corp’s initial public offering today started with a bang before trailing off into a whimper, with the stock falling…
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SoftBank sets indicative share price of 1,500 yen for next month’s IPO
In a regulatory filing today, SoftBank Group said it has set an indicative price of 1,500 yen ($13.22) per share…
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SoftBank’s Deepcore and accelerator Zeroth team up to hunt early stage AI opportunities
Two early stage AI programs are joining forces because, even in the world of artificial intelligence, two heads are better…
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China’s ByteDance leapfrogs Uber to becomes world’s most valuable startup
Move aside Uber, China’s ByteDance is now the world’s highest-valued tech startup. That’s according to reports from Forbes and Bloomberg…
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Benchmark is staying focused, targeting $425M for ninth fund
VC powerhouse Benchmark has filed to raise $425 million for its ninth flagship fund. While other firms close billion-dollar venture…
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China’s Didi beefs up its newly-independent car services business with an acquisition
A week after spinning out its driver services business and giving it $1 billion in investment capital, Didi Chuxing has…
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Tiger Global reportedly pours more than $1B into SoftBank, saying its shares are “undervalued”
Tiger Global has poured more than $1 billion into SoftBank Group, according to the Financial Times. The newspaper reports that…
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