SoftBank Vision Fund
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 ......
Finance
Flashback 2019: How venture capital dealmaking across stages fared in India
Venture investments beat the pangs of an economic slowdown this year, led by a welcome uptick in early-stage transactions, but ......
TMT
Lenskart walks into unicorn club with SoftBank Vision Fund investment
SoftBank Vision Fund is injecting $275 million (Rs 1,956 crore) into online-to-offline eyewear retailer Lenskart, as it continues to pour ......
TMT
Yahoo Japan exits Oyo-SoftBank room rental venture
India’s Oyo Hotels and Homes said on Thursday SoftBank-controlled Yahoo Japan has quit its Japanese room rental venture, in the ......
Finance
After WeWork fiasco, SoftBank's China strategy under the scanner
For SoftBank Group Corp, financial technology firm OneConnect's IPO should have been a vindication of an aggressive China investing strategy. Instead, ......
TMT
Automation Anywhere raises $290 mn in Series B round, valuation soars
Automation Anywhere Inc., a Silicon Valley-based company founded by Indian-origin entrepreneurs, has raised $290 million (Rs 2,081.35 crore at current ......
Infrastructure
WeWork to lay off 2,400 employees in SoftBank revamp
WeWork said on Thursday it is laying off around 2,400 employees, almost 20% of its workforce, as the office-sharing company ......
TMT
Why India's B2B unicorns are more capital-efficient than B2C startups
Indian or Indian-origin technology unicorns that focus on the business-to-business segment are more capital-efficient than their business-to-customer counterparts, a new ......