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)
- TelexistenceSeries B
$170M(reported) · lead
- Noah MedicalSeries B
$200M(reported) · lead
- SB Energy (SoftBank Group)Strategic2026-07-15
$1.0B(reported) · lead
- Robotic ResearchSeries A2021-12-01
$228M · co lead
- AutoStoreStrategic2021-04-05
$2.8B(reported) · lead
- Didi ChuxingStrategic2020-05-29
$500M(reported) · strategic
- SoftBank Robotics (Pepper)Acquisition2012-01-01
$100M(reported) · lead
Invests alongside (7)
Other investors that participated in the same funding rounds as SoftBank.
- Foxconn (Hon Hai)1 shared round
- Hillhouse Capital1 shared round
- OpenAI1 shared round
- Prosperity7 Ventures1 shared round
- Sequoia Capital1 shared round
- Sequoia China1 shared round
- Tiger Global Management1 shared round
Sources (4)
- 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
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