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TOKYO: Japanese shares reversed course to end higher on Monday as investors hoped for a positive outcome from the planned talks between Russia and Ukraine, easing concerns about the economic impact of harsh Western sanctions against Moscow. The Nikkei share average closed 0.19% higher at 26,526.82, after falling as much as 0.8% earlier in the day. The broader Topix also recouped early losses to end 0.57% higher at 1,886.93. The United States and its allies on Saturday moved to block certain Russian banks'' access to the SWIFT international payment system in further punishment of Moscow as it continues its military assault against Ukraine. Japanese shares edge higher on Wall Street gains; traders focus on US data The Ukrainian president''s office said negotiations with Moscow without preconditions would be held at the Belarusian-Ukrainian border. Russian news agency Tass on Sunday cited an unidentified source as saying the talks would start on Monday morning. "There were no market moving catalysts except the news on Ukraine and the market fluctuated depending on that.

fabric, a Seattle, WA-based headless commerce company, raised $140M in Series C funding. The round, which and valued fabric at approximately $1.5 Billion, was led by Softbank, with participation from Forerunner Ventures, Glynn Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Norwest Ventures and Stripes. Concurrent with the funding, Robert Kaplan from Softbank will join fabric’s Board of Directors. The company intends to […] The post fabric Raises $140M in Series C Funding appeared first on FinSMEs .

WeWork Inc (NYSE: WE ) is yet to fill the Chair position since Marcelo Claure''s exit in January, Bloomberg reports . Claure, SoftBank Group Corp''s (OTC: SFTBY ) (OTC: SFTBF ) former COO, had held that position since the Japanese conglomerate rescued WeWork from near-insolvency in 2019. Claure resigned … Full story available on Benzinga.com

Futures Recover Overnight Losses After Torrid Thursday Rally As Uneasy Calm Returns After yesterday''s furious gamma-squeeze rally, U.S. stock futures were slightly lower on the day, although near the overnight session highs as the ongoing Ukraine conflict and impact of Western sanctions continue to drive risk; sentiment was boosted after the Kremlin said that Ukraine’s neutrality offer is a move “toward positive” and following reports that China''s president Xi held a phone call with Putin who said Russia is willing to conduct high-level negotiations with Ukraine. S&P futures were down 10 points to 0.25% at 7:30am, after paring earlier declines of more than 1%, with Nasdaq futures down -0.15% and Dow futures down 0.4%. Europe''s Stoxx Europe 600 was in the green, and oil was steady after Bloomberg reported that oil importers in China are briefly pausing new seaborne purchases as they assess the potential implications of handling the shipments following the Ukraine invasion. Gold was steady, while Brent crude reached $100 a barrel and Treasuries rose.

This post contains sponsored advertising content. This content is for informational purposes only and not intended to be investing advice. Faisal Masud has said that the term "headless commerce" is really not an accurate representation of what his company, fabric, provides for commerce. "The traditional monolithic business platforms (Oracle, SAP, etc.) are where a big box [retailer] holds many smaller boxes inside of it. So if one box broke, you broke the [entire thing]," he explained to Modern Shipper last year. Instead, Masud likes to call his company''s approach "composable commerce" – the business logic remains separate, allowing brands to use APIs and cloud-based platforms to build custom experiences. That composable commerce approach is paying off. Just 219 days after it closed a series B round of funding, fabric announced on Thursday a fresh $140 million series C, led by Softbank with participation from Forerunner Ventures, Glynn Capital and existing investors Redpoint Ventures, Norwest Ventures and Stripes.

Seattle, Washington-based e-commerce tech startup Fabric announced today has closed a $140 million Series C funding led by Japan’s Softbank, with participation from Forerunner Ventures, Glynn Capital, and existing investors Redpoint Ventures, Norwest Ventures, and Stripes. Fabric said it will use […] The post Fabric raises $140M led by SoftBank for its headless eCommerce platform; now valued at $1.5 billion appeared first on Tech News | Startups News .

Global Stocks, Futures Crash; Nasdaq In Bear Market, Oil Soars Above $105 On Russia Attack U.S. stock index futures crashed along with global markets on Thursday as Russia’s assault on Ukraine sent investors fleeing risky assets, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq was set to open in a bear market. Contracts on the Nasdaq 100 were down 2.9% by 7 a.m. in New York, having dropped as much as 3.6% earlier and signaling that the underlying gauge was poised to fall 20% from its November record high for the first time since the pandemic; the S&P 500 was down 2.23% or 98 points to, 4,214, while Dow futures lost 2.3%. The flight to safety saw the 10-year Treasury yield tumble 14 basis points to under 1.9%. Gold hit the highest since September 2020, while the dollar also spiked higher. The Nasdaq was set to open in a bear market, with NQ futures down more than 20% from its all time highs just two months ago… ... while the VIX spiked higher, and was last just around 37, up almost 10 points on the day.

LONDON (Reuters) - British recipe box company Gousto has completed a $230 million secondary placement, led by existing investor Japan''s SoftBank, it said on Thursday. The secondary placement follows a January fundraise of $150m in primary capital, including a $100m equity investment from SoftBank Vision Fund 2, which Gousto said valued the business at $1.7 billion. …

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SoftBank Group Corp (OTC: SFTBY ) (OTC: SFTBF ) sold 20 million Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA ) shares in the last quarter and "will need to sell more in 2022," as per Jefferies analyst Atul Goyal, Reuters reports . The group will need $40 billion-45 billion of cash this year as per Goyal, who sees if it maintains the current pace of Full story available on Benzinga.com

Indian food delivery company Swiggy, which is backed by SoftBank Group, has started preparations to raise at least $800 million in an IPO early next year, the Nikkei reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter

SoftBank sold 20 million Alibaba shares in the last quarter and "will need to sell more in 2022.

The group will need $40 billion-45 billion of cash this year, Jefferies analyst Atul Goyal estimates, if it maintains the current pace of investing in startups and share repurchases as part of the 1 trillion yen ($8.7 billion) programme announced in November.

SoftBank seen trimming Alibaba stake to fill shortfall -analyst

PrimaryBid, a London, UK-based fintech platform that provides retail investors with fair access to public markets, raised $190M in Series C funding. The round was led by SoftBank, via its Vision Fund 2, with participation from Molten Ventures and other previous unnamed investors (which are London Stock Exchange Group, Draper Esprit, OMERS Ventures, Fidelity International [] The post PrimaryBid Raises $190M in Series C Funding appeared first on FinSMEs .