SOFTBANK INVESTMENTS
Global firms buy PB Fintech stakes from early backers
Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have lapped up shares in Gurugram-based listed fintech firm PB Fintech, as its founders and early investors sold their shares, in full or in part, in multiple tranches. These transactions happened through bulk deals when several early-stage investors of the company exited the firm fully or partly after 2021, when it went public.
SoftBank trades above record-high close in win for Masayoshi Son
SoftBank's shares surge on AI and chip investments, led by Masayoshi Son's strategic moves with key partnerships and focus on energy-efficient architecture. Despite market volatility and past setbacks, the company remains a prominent player in the global tech landscape.
SoftBank-backed FirstCry, Unicommerce get IPO Nod
SoftBank, Bahl, and Bansal, with an indemnity pact, face losses as FirstCry's online sales dominate, impacting revenue negatively.
Sebi clears FirstCry and Unicommerce IPO
FirstCry, an omnichannel baby products retailer, and ecommerce enterprise software developer Unicommerce have received approval from Sebi for their IPOs. Pune-based FirstCry had refiled its draft papers with Sebi following queries on its KPIs, while Unicommerce filed for the IPO in January.
SoftBank Group launches AI healthcare joint venture with Tempus AI
Anton Bridge reported SoftBank Group's collaboration with Tempus AI for medical data analysis, edited by Christopher Cushing and Miral Fahmy.
SoftBank to back AI startup Perplexity at $3 billion valuation
SoftBank's AI investments, especially in Perplexity AI at $3 billion, signify a strategic shift towards innovative technologies, including the 'answer engine' concept, amidst Masayoshi Son's ambitious AI vision.
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SoftBank gets promoter tag in Unicommerce’s IPO filing
SoftBank, Kunal Bahl, and Rohit Bansal tagged as promoters by Unicommerce board with signed indemnity agreement.
SoftBank gets promoter tag in Unicommerce’s IPO filing
Unicommerce Esolutions has tagged SoftBank, Snapdeal cofounders Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal as promoters in an addendum to its draft IPO prospectus, expanding the list of promoters from the original filing with only AceVector Ltd named. SoftBank, Bahl, and Bansal signed an indemnity agreement to protect themselves from liabilities as promoters of Unicommerce.
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son talks up artificial super intelligence ambitions
"SoftBank Group has done many things until now that have all been a warm up for my great dream to realise artificial intelligence," Son told shareholders at the group's annual general meeting.
SoftBank's Masayoshi Son: will ramp up US power business for generative AI
Japan's SoftBank Group will ramp up its power generation business primarily in the United States to supply power to generative artificial intelligence projects worldwide, founder Masayoshi Son said on Thursday.
Temasek, Fidelity pick up $200 million stake in Lenskart secondary deal at $5 billion valuation
Singapore's Temasek and US financial service major Fidelity invest $200 million in Lenskart through a secondary share sale, valuing the company at $5 billion.
Google invests $350 million in Flipkart as part of nearly $1 billion funding round
Flipkart secures $1 billion funding with investments from Google and Walmart. Walmart, which holds an 85% stake, invested $600 million in the round. Valued at $35-36 billion, Flipkart plans to expand with Google's cloud collaboration.
Oyo withdraws IPO application, opts for private funding at 70% valuation cut
Hospitality company Oyo has withdrawn its draft IPO papers for the second time, which it had filed in March 2023.
SoftBank swings to Q4 profit of $2.1 billion
SoftBank Group reported a 328.9 billion yen net profit, despite Vision Fund's 57.5 billion yen loss. Improved from last year due to capital raised using Alibaba Group stake to offset Vision Fund writedowns.
SoftBank swings to Q4 profit of $2.1 billion
Japanese technology giant SoftBank Group swung to a quarterly profit on Monday, reporting a net profit of 328.9 billion yen ($2.11 billion) for the January-March period.
Arm plans to launch AI chips in 2025: report
Arm Holdings to launch AI chips in 2025, with SoftBank's involvement. TSMC negotiations ongoing. Investors anticipate SoftBank's earnings report for growth investment clues amid a surge in AI computing interest.
Britain attracts new £1 biliion AI investment
US tech firm CoreWeave, a provider of cloud computing services for artificial intelligence, said Friday it will plough £1.0 billion ($1.3 billion) into Britain, the country's latest major AI investment. "We're leaving no stone unturned to make the UK the best place for pioneering companies like CoreWeave to grow their roots," he noted, adding that Britain had the third highest number of AI companies and private investment in the world.
SoftBank seen returning to loss in Q4 despite tech stock strength
SoftBank Group anticipates losses despite Arm Holdings' success, with potential new growth investments. The soaring Arm share price, driven by AI, doesn't directly impact SoftBank's profit. Other listed assets showed mixed performance, influencing SoftBank's financial outlook.
Meesho closes $275 million funding in first tranche, in talks for more
Meesho secures $275M funding in a $600M round. Share transfers hinted in SEC filing. In total, Meesho has raised $1.36 billion – including secondaries – since 2015.
SoftBank sells off Vision Fund assets as Son pivots to AI, chips
SoftBank is shifting focus to AI and semiconductors, while its Vision Fund is selling stakes or writing down billions of dollars worth of its publicly-listed companies. SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son is looking to bankroll a $100-billion chip venture to compete with Nvidia for providing semiconductors to power the development of AI services.
Unicorn sightings slump; Tata’s chip exports
Happy Tuesday! Despite deal activity in late-stage startups showing signs of a revival, new unicorns aren’t being birthed. This and more in today’s edition of ETtech Morning Dispatch.
Unicorn sightings become rare as VCs shun that leap of faith
Investors are going back to the same list of startups they have already backed to write bigger cheques leading to new unicorn sightings becoming rare. Only Perfios and Ola founder Bhavish Aggarwal’s Krutrim AI have become unicorns so far in 2024, and the number was the same for the whole of 2023.
FirstCry refiles IPO papers, reports December revenue at Rs 4,841 crore
FirstCry’s IPO size will be the same, as per the IPO papers. It intends to raise $218 million (about Rs 1,815 crore) in primary funding through issuance of new shares and divestment of 54 million shares from existing investors.
Mutual funds, foreign portfolio investors increase stake in Paytm
Mutual funds expanded their shareholding in the March quarter to 6.15% from 4.9% in December 2023. Mirae Mutual Fund and Nippon India Mutual Fund have acquired more shares in Paytm in these three months.
SoftBank India elevates Sarthak Misra to partner role
Sarthak Misra, who joined the fund in 2019 from Matrix Partners India, sits on the board of ecommerce firm Meesho and business-to-business etailer OfBusiness while also working closely with companies like Swiggy and Lenskart.
SoftBank explores investment in France's Mistral AI: report
Japan's SoftBank Group is exploring a potential investment in France's Mistral AI, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.
SoftBank’s India portfolio value rises 9% to $14 billion
SoftBank swung into profits for the first time in five quarters with a net profit of over $6 billion for the three months ended December, aided by a stock rally in listed firms from Vision Fund I. The investor made a full exit from Zomato and Policybazaar during the year along with PhonePe -- which was part of the dividend payout from the Flipkart investment.
SoftBank-backed Cohesity in $3 billion deal for Veritas' data protection unit
SoftBank Group -backed Cohesity told Reuters on Wednesday it agreed to acquire the data protection business of information technology company Veritas, in a deal that sources said is worth about $3 billion, including debt.
SoftBank fully exits Policybazaar parent, fetching $650 million in returns
SoftBank had invested close to $200 million in PB Fintech and sold its remaining stake in a mid-December transaction for about Rs 914 crore (or $109 million).
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