SoftBank Vision Fund
Finance
SoftBank scales back second Vision Fund as first fund's loss wipes out group profit
Quarterly profit at SoftBank Group Corp was almost wiped out as the Japanese technology giant was hit for a second ......
Infrastructure
SoftBank's Kirthiga Reddy joins WeWork board
Office sharing startup WeWork said on Thursday that Kirthiga Reddy, partner at SoftBank Investment Advisers since 2018, would join its ......
Infrastructure
WeWork names Brookfield exec Sandeep Mathrani as CEO
SoftBank-backed office sharing firm WeWork named real estate industry veteran Sandeep Mathrani as its new chief executive on Saturday. Mathrani will ......
Infrastructure
SoftBank promotes renewable energy unit's exec as India head
SoftBank India, the local arm of the Japanese telecommunications and investment conglomerate, has appointed Manoj Kohli as the country head ......
TMT
SoftBank-backed Oyo lays off over 1,000 employees amid profit push
SoftBank-backed (9984.T) Oyo Hotels and Homes is laying off hundreds of employees in India, according to a source and an ......
TMT
WeWork debacle has unicorn investors seeking cover
In the months since office-sharing startup WeWork's botched public debut, mid- and late-stage investors in big start-ups have been pushing ......
People
SoftBank ropes in another tech giant honcho for Vision Fund
The manager of the $100 billion Vision Fund of Japan's SoftBank Group has roped in interim Google India head as ......
General
Grapevine: SoftBank looks to sell renewables JV stake; Zoomcar close to buying Revv
Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank is looking to sell its entire 70% or a majority stake in its renewables joint venture in ......
Finance
Flashback 2019: Brookfield strikes a double in this year's top PE deals
Canada’s Brookfield Asset Management Inc. led private equity-style dealmaking to a record this year, with the infrastructure sector emerging as ......
Finance
Flashback 2019: What changed, what didn't in this year's list of top PE firms
Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC Pte Ltd retained its position among the most active private equity-style investors in India for ......