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SoftBank Vision Fund

SoftBank

Shared Vision, Amplified Ambition

  • Use: Go2Market; Other; Scale-up;
  • Date closing: -
  • Amount: -
  • Industry focus: ICT;
  • Total budget: 100B €
  • Entity type: Venture Capital
  • Vertical focus: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Enterprise, Logistics, Transportation, Edtech, Fintech, Frontier Tech, Proptech, Consumer and Health Tech
  • Website: https://visionfund.com/
  • Status:
    Open
  • Funding type: Equity investment;
  • Geographic focus: North America; South America; EMEA; Asia;
  • Public/Private: Private
  • Stage focus: Series A; Series B; Series C;
  • Applicant target: SME; Startup; Mid-cap;

Overview

SoftBank Vision Funds (SoftBank Vision Fund 1 and SoftBankVision Fund 2) aims to accelerate the AI revolution. Through investments in well-positioned companies, the firm seeks to profit from the opportunities that the AI revolution is going to bring along.

-Type of companies they invest in:

SoftBank Vision Fund looks for new visionaries, for founders with ambition, a clear vision and a well-known market target in the sectors of Enterprise, Logistics, Transportation, Edtech, Fintech, Frontier Tech, Proptech, Consumer and Health Tech. The regions in which this firm operates include the Americas, Asia and EMEA.

-How much they invest per company:

The company provides their invested founders with all the necessary tools for growing in this global and always-changing economy. With patient capital and long-term support as some of its unique characteristics, SoftBank Vision Fund backs founders to build long-lasting companies, avoiding the short-term pressures.

The SoftBank Vision Funds are managed by SoftBank Investment Advisers (SBIA), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, established in the UK.

As a team, SofBankVision Fund “brings passion, expertise and wide-ranging support to help founders navigate growth and reach their full potential”

Portfolio: ByteDance, Cameo, Cars24, Clearco, Cloudbeds and Coupang.

Last updated on 2022-01-18 09:35

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