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    • Sunday, 13 November, 2022
      Leo Lewis
      SoftBank blazes a trail in losing money on tech bets

      The frothy valuations of some ‘visionary’ businesses resemble gaseous giants in an asset bubble universe

    • Thursday, 6 October, 2022
      #techAsia
      The Vision Fund shrinks, and AirPods head to India Premium content

      The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

    • Wednesday, 10 August, 2022
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      Why VC funding is drying up

      Venture capital fundraising hit a record-high last year. Now, the bonanza is over

    • Monday, 8 August, 2022
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      SoftBank/Son: downhill march proves painful for Grand Old Duke of Tech Premium content

      Investment group’s progress in diversifying away from China is overshadowed by other ups and downs

    • Monday, 8 August, 2022
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      Masayoshi Son ‘ashamed’ of focus on profits after SoftBank logs record $23bn loss

      Conglomerate will begin ‘dramatic’ cost-cutting after flagship Vision Funds hit by tech rout and weak yen

    • Thursday, 7 July, 2022
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      SoftBank’s Rajeev Misra to launch $6bn fund backed by Abu Dhabi groups

      Investment chief will step back from Japanese tech conglomerate after eight tumultuous years

    • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
      SoftBank suffers historic loss with $27bn blow to Vision Fund

      Masayoshi Son says the conglomerate is on the ‘defensive’ and is more cautious about investments in China

    • Thursday, 31 March, 2022
      Due Diligence
      What happens at SoftBank . . . ends up in DD Premium content

      Plus, the perils of riding on Greensill’s private jet, and Apollo abandons another UK company bid

    • Tuesday, 16 November, 2021
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      Ex-Vision Fund executive swaps own fund for gutter company

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    • Wednesday, 1 September, 2021
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      The ‘SoftBank of Africa’ has arrived in India Premium content

      Plus, a failed megamerger sheds light on an industry’s consolidation craze and Big Law reckons with vaccine mandates

    • Thursday, 19 August, 2021
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      China’s crackdown leaves bankers in limbo Premium content

      Plus, another SoftBank-backed company faces bankruptcy, and rating agencies issue a warning on bullish borrowing 

    • Tuesday, 10 August, 2021
      SoftBank Group Corp
      SoftBank to cut China investments until tech sector calms

      Masayoshi Son says he will take ‘wait-and-see’ approach until situation becomes clearer in a year or two

    • Monday, 9 August, 2021
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      SoftBank deals unleash internal compliance tensions

      Exchanges within the group suggest company risked overstepping regulations in T-Mobile sale

    • Thursday, 5 August, 2021
      SoftBank to invest $100m in former partner’s fund

      Jeff Housenbold aims to win deals by providing counsel to consumer tech start-ups

    • Thursday, 29 July, 2021
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      SoftBank/Didi: spread protects Son’s Vision from worst of China clampdown Premium content

      Broad enthusiasm for new tech is proving an effective hedging strategy

    • Monday, 26 July, 2021
      Chinese business & finance
      China’s education sector crackdown hits foreign investors

      Tutoring businesses feared ‘virtually uninvestable’ under plans to curb private capital

    • Sunday, 25 July, 2021
      SoftBank Vision Fund’s bet on Didi falls $4bn into the red

      Japanese group’s heavy investments in Chinese tech have left it exposed to a regulatory crackdown

    • Sunday, 11 July, 2021
      SoftBank’s second Vision Fund speeds up pace of investment

      Japanese group commits $13bn in second quarter as it targets smaller companies

    • Thursday, 10 June, 2021
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      SoftBank investment helps Klarna to $45.6bn valuation

      Swedish buy now, pay later company is pushing rapidly in the US

    • Monday, 7 June, 2021
      Bankruptcy
      SoftBank-backed Katerra files for bankruptcy

      Construction start-up had borrowed from collapsed Greensill Capital

    • Wednesday, 2 June, 2021
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      Credit Suisse plots lawsuit against SoftBank over Greensill

      Dispute between bank and tech investor centres on US construction group Katerra

    • Wednesday, 12 May, 2021
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    • Wednesday, 12 May, 2021
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      SoftBank: forget record profits, investors want buybacks Premium content

      Replicating the past year’s results depends on continued strength in US tech markets

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