Bloomberg:
Filings: Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank stake grew from 32.2% in end-September to 34.2%, up from 26.7% in March 2019, granting additional rights over mergers and more — Masayoshi Son has quietly tightened his grip on SoftBank Group Corp. during a tumultuous market downturn …
Bloomberg:
Filings: Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank stake grew from 32.2% in end-September to 34.2%, up from 26.7% in March 2019, granting additional rights over mergers and more — Masayoshi Son has quietly tightened his grip on SoftBank Group Corp. during a tumultuous market downturn …
Bloomberg:
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son plans to visit Seoul for the first time in three years “to discuss a strategic alliance for Arm with Samsung” — SoftBank Group Corp.’s Masayoshi Son plans to visit Seoul for the first time in three years and discuss a potential partnership between Arm Ltd. and Samsung Electronics Co.
Financial Times:
Analysis: Masayoshi Son personally owes SoftBank ~$5B due to its growing losses; his stake in the second Vision Fund is close to zero, down from $2.8B in 2021 — Market crash also wipes out value of Japanese founder’s stake in second Vision Fund — Masayoshi Son personally owes SoftBank close …
Wataru Suzuki / Nikkei Asia:
SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2 made just one investment in August 2022 and one in September 2022, according to CB Insights, as Masayoshi Son rethinks his strategy — The Vision Fund revolutionized startup investing. So why is Masayoshi Son rethinking his strategy?
Anton Wilen / Bloomberg:
SoftBank, which bought a 10% stake in Twilio competitor Sinch in November 2020, sells its remaining 5% stake; Sinch’s stock has fallen 93% since September 2021 — Japanese investor SoftBank Group Corp has sold its entire stake in Sinch AB following a share price collapse of more than 90% in the Swedish cloud-based platform provider.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
General Atlantic to buy out SoftBank’s entire 15% stake in game-based online learning service Kahoot for about $152M; SoftBank spent $215M+ for the stake — SoftBank’s retreat from its past investing exuberance continues apace. This morning, Kahoot, the Norwegian startup that provides …
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