Vision Fund 2

SoftBank Group consolidates 13 robotics-related companies from its main group and seven from Vision Fund 2 into new holding company SoftBank Robotics Group

Nikkei Asia :

Miami-based Cast, which optimizes AI and other workloads via automation, raised a $108M Series C led by G2 and Vision Fund 2, sources say at a $900M valuation

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :

Terabase, which is developing robots and automated systems using AI tools to rapidly build solar farms, raised a $130M Series C led by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2

Financial Times :

OpusClip, which offers a multimodal AI tool to simplify short-form video editing for creators, raised $20M led by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 at a $215M valuation

Riddhi Kanetkar / Business Insider :

Israeli-US cybersecurity startup Cybereason raised $120M led by SoftBank, Vision Fund 2, and Liberty; its now ex-CEO said in a lawsuit it was close to bankrupt

Assaf Gilead / Globes Online :

SoftBank reports an adjusted ~$300M investment gain for its Vision Funds in Q2: Vision Fund 1 gained $2.5B thanks to Arm's IPO while Vision Fund 2 lost $2.1B

Financial Times :

SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 made just one investment in August 2022 and one in September 2022, according to CB Insights, as Masayoshi Son rethinks his strategy

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Sources: after its funds performed poorly, SoftBank considers launching a third Vision Fund; Vision Fund 2 is now worth 19% less than the $49B invested

Despite massive losses, Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son has tried to chart a new path for the tech investment giant

Dianxiaomi, an e-commerce SaaS provider for SMBs in China, Southeast Asia, and Latin America, has raised a $110M Series D led by Vision Fund 2 and Sequoia China

Rita Liao / TechCrunch :

Sources: despite a November 2019 pledge to slow down, Masayoshi Son pushed SoftBank staff into investing $38B out of Vision Fund 2 across 180+ companies in 2021