July 29, 2019
Southeast Asian Ride-Hailing Giant Grab Investing $2B In Indonesia
Japanese investor SoftBank will invest $2 billion over five years in the Southeast Asian ride-hailing firm Grab. A next-generation transportation network is planned, along with an overhaul of how medical...
July 23, 2019
SoftBank To Unveil New Vision Fund To Boost Global Tech...
Japan’s SoftBank is going to launch a second investment vehicle based on its mega popular $100 billion Vision Fund, according to a report by The Telegraph. The new fund, like...
June 25, 2019
Grab Backs UK Startup Splyt Technologies
In a move that will extend the reach of its services outside of Southeast Asia, Grab has extended a partnership with Splyt Technologies and invested in the United Kingdom-based startup....
June 13, 2019
With One Move, New York Cuts Sprint and T-Mobile Down...
By Tim Wu, New York Times In December 2016, Masayoshi Son, the billionaire owner of Sprint, paid a visit to Trump Tower to meet the president-elect. Afterward, the two announced...
June 02, 2019
Investors Balk At SoftBank’s New $100B Tech Fund
SoftBank’s attempt to raise money for a second large investment fund is running into trouble, with some of the biggest money managers in the world showing little interest. The Wall...
May 14, 2019
SoftBank Shares Slide Along With Ride-hailing Stocks
Shares in Japan’s SoftBank Group have been sliding for three straight days, and closed 5.4 percent lower on Tuesday (May 14), according to a report from Bloomberg. The company had...
May 03, 2019
SoftBank Mulls Vision Fund IPO
In an age where companies of seemingly every stripe are coming public, SoftBank Group is reportedly mulling an initial public offering (IPO) of its $100 billion Vision Fund. In addition...
April 29, 2019
SoftBank Sees A Boost In Cash Flow
SoftBank is finally seeing a boost in its cash flow after spending billions on investing in other companies. Founder and CEO Masayoshi Son launched the $100 billion Vision Fund in...
April 26, 2019
B2B Payments: Digitally Connected, Cross-Border And Ditching The Paper
Though more than half of corporate payments are done through paper means, increasingly, and recently, a number of players have been jumping into the fray to bring payments to the...