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SoftBank plans at least 30% staff cuts to Vision Fund, source confirms
09:12am, Thursday, 29'th Sep 2022
SoftBank Founder Masayoshi Son had foreshadowed cost cutting this summer after the company posted a $21.6 billion quarterly loss for the Vision Fund.
SoftBank cuts about 150 staff globally -source
06:24am, Thursday, 29'th Sep 2022
Japan's SoftBank Group Corp is cutting around 150 staff globally at its Vision Fund unit and SoftBank Group International, a person familiar with the matter said, as CEO Masayoshi Son retrenches follo
SoftBank Said to Cut Valuation of IPO-Bound Oyo
08:52pm, Thursday, 22'nd Sep 2022
SoftBank Group Corp. is slashing the valuation of Oyo Hotels on its books by more than 20% as the Indian startup prepares for its IPO. Min Jeong Lee reports on Bloomberg Television.
SoftBank slashes Oyo's valuation to $2.7 billion
07:54am, Thursday, 22'nd Sep 2022
SoftBank, the largest backer of Oyo, has cut the Indian hotel chain startup's valuation to $2.7 billion despite its claims of improved finances in recent months, a person familiar with the matter said
SoftBank to discuss Arm 'strategic alliance' with Samsung
09:09pm, Wednesday, 21'st Sep 2022
SoftBank Group Corp founder and CEO Masayoshi Son will discuss a "strategic alliance" between chip designer Arm and Samsung Electronics during the billionaire's first visit to South Korea in three yea
Samsung Elec's Lee says SoftBank's Son expected to visit Seoul -media
05:35am, Wednesday, 21'st Sep 2022
Samsung Electronics Vice chairman Jay Y. Lee said on Wednesday that SoftBank Group Corp CEO Masayoshi Son is expected to visit Seoul next month, multiple South Korean media reported.
SoftBank Robotics Europe is now Aldebaran (again)
02:00pm, Tuesday, 20'th Sep 2022
Its 2015 acquisition of Aldebaran didn't go as smoothly as SoftBank hoped. At the time, the French robotics startup was best known for its Nao, which had become a fairly ubiquitous presence in researc
DTCP, the former venture arm of Deutsche Telekom, taps SoftBank as an anchor LP for its next $500-600M fund
04:04am, Tuesday, 20'th Sep 2022
Last week, we got a glimpse of how SoftBank is pulling away from some of its more exuberant investing of the past years, when news broke that it had sold its entire stake in edtech startup Kahoot, at
SoftBank-backed Ola to cut 200 jobs in India
07:06am, Monday, 19'th Sep 2022
SoftBank-backed Ola plans to eliminate about 200 jobs across its engineering teams over the next few days, on track to shrink its workforce by over 1,200 this year, as the ride-hailing giant streamlin
General Atlantic buys Softbank's stake in Kahoot!
07:25am, Friday, 16'th Sep 2022
Shares of Kahoot! A/S KAHOT, +22.07% KAHTY, -17.57% rallied 23% Friday after General Atlantic said it would buy out Softbank Group Corp.'s 9984, +0.37% SFTBY, +0.43% 15% stake in the Norway-based game
SoftBank's retreat from its past investing exuberance continues apace. This morning, Kahoot, the Norwegian startup that provides a popular platform for people to build and use education-focused games,
Softbank sells 15% stake in Kahoot to General Atlantic
03:04am, Friday, 16'th Sep 2022
Softbank said on Friday it had agreed to sell its 15% stake in Norwegian e-learning group Kahoot to U.S. private equity group General Atlantic FT BV.
SoftBank's Son Said to Discuss Setting Up Third Vision Fund
09:50pm, Wednesday, 14'th Sep 2022
SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son has revived discussions for a third vision fund, according to people familiar with the matter. Peter Elstrom reports on Bloomberg Television.
Arm launches new chip design for cloud and data center
12:42pm, Wednesday, 14'th Sep 2022
Arm Ltd, the British chip technology firm owned by SoftBank Group Corp , on Wednesday launched its next generation of data center chip technology called Neoverse V2 to meet the explosive growth of dat
SoftBank Could Self-Fund Vision Fund 3 or Ramp up Vision Fund 2
10:04am, Wednesday, 14'th Sep 2022
Japanese global tech and investment conglomerate SoftBank is said to be weighing the launch of a third Vision Fund or adding money to its Vision Fund 2, which along with its first Vision Fund has been
