Investor
SoftBank
SoftBank Group Corp. is a Japanese multinational conglomerate holding company. Through its Vision Fund vehicles, it is the largest single shareholder in Didi Chuxing (21.5%) and a major investor in autonomous driving and robotics companies globally.
Strategic / corporate
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Portfolio (7)
- SB Energy (SoftBank Group)Strategic2026-01-09
$1.0B(reported) · lead
- OpenAIMar 2025 round2025-03-31
$40.0B · lead
- OpenAIOct 2024 round2024-10-02
$6.6B
- TelexistenceSeries B2023-07-06
$170M(reported) · lead
- Noah MedicalSeries B2023-04-20
$150M(reported) · lead
- Robotic ResearchSeries A2021-12-08
$228M(reported) · co lead
- Didi ChuxingStrategic2020-05-29
$500M(reported) · strategic
Invests alongside (10)
Other investors that participated in the same funding rounds as SoftBank.
- Altimeter Capital1 shared round
- Fidelity Investments1 shared round
- Foxconn (Hon Hai)1 shared round
- Hillhouse Capital1 shared round
- Khosla Ventures1 shared round
- Microsoft (strategic)1 shared round
- Nvidia1 shared round
- OpenAI1 shared round
- Prosperity7 Ventures1 shared round
- Thrive Capital1 shared round
Sources (8)
- https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/29/softbank-leads-500-million-investment-in-chinese-uber-rival-didi.html
- https://www.therobotreport.com/aldebaran-pepper-nao-robots-receivership/
- https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/04/06/softbank-invests-2point8-billion-in-norwegian-robotics-firm-autostore.html
- https://seedtable.com/companies/robotic-research-llc/funding-rounds/series-a-2021-12
- https://openai.com/index/scale-the-benefits-of-ai/ · 2024-10-02
- https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/02/openai-raises-at-157-billion-valuation-microsoft-nvidia-join-round.html · 2024-10-02
- https://openai.com/index/march-funding-updates/ · 2025-03-31
- https://group.softbank/en/news/press/20250401 · 2025-04-01
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