SoftBank Capital

SoftBank Latin America is certainly having massive exits, but not the lucrative kind. Paulo Passoni and Shu Nyatta, two managing investment partners of SoftBank’s Latin America practice, are leaving

Have we reached “peak software”? Just like the idea of “peak oil” — the hypothetical point at which global oil production could max out — you could say we’re approaching a saturation poi

For the average American, the name SoftBank doesn’t mean much. It’s neither soft nor, technically, a bank. It’s a sprawling Japanese mobile carrier, ISP and holding company. And its investment a

No one, it seems, has come up with a good way to harness all the videos, photos, and tweets that budding creators post every day on YouTube, or the Facebook media juggernaut, or its smaller Snap-pier

If you've been keeping up with the news, corporate security breaches are kind of a thing lately. Thus, it's no surprise that Cybereason, a cybersecurity firm that specializes in thwarting major cor

New York-based Glamsquad, a startup in the “Uber for X” category of on-demand businesses, has just raised another $15 million for its mobile beauty service that brings hair stylists, makeu

Imagine a young startup where two of three founders are pushed out the door. Imagine that this same startup parts ways with its COO, its SVP of Finance, its VP of Guest Experience, its VP of Engineeri

With an eye toward building what EdCast chief executive Karl Mehta calls "the next big social media company," his company has launched a new interactive platform with the help of some titans of media,

London has emerged as a major hub for digital advertising and marketing, and today one of its faster growing startups is getting some funding to go to the next level. Yieldify, a marketing tech busine

Content publishing platform RebelMouse has raised $16 million in Series B funding from previous investors Softbank Capital and Oak Investment Partners, with additional participation from Buddy Media's

GrabTaxi, the Uber rival backed by SoftBank, is trialling a next-day delivery service as it experiments with logistics-related offerings beyond its core taxi-hailing business in Southeast Asia.

Kabbage has taken root in the U.S. and UK markets as a platform where small businesses can quickly apply for and receive working capital loans — with Kabbage making fast decisions about eligib

E-commerce platform Bigcommerce announced today that it has raised $50 million in Series D funding, led by SoftBank Capital, with participation from Telstra Ventures, American Express, and returning i

After winning big with the Alibaba public offering, SoftBank Capital has returned to the early stage market yet again, this time to lead a $6 million investment into EdCast, a new online education com

Good news, everyone! Well, everyone who's trying to raise capital in New York, at least. SoftBank Capital, the investment arm of Japanese mega-carrier Softbank Corp., has just announced that they'v

Today <a target="_blank" href="http://www.crunchbase.com/financial-organization/softbank-capital">SoftBank Capital</a>, the NY-based venture arm of Japan's largest wireless provider Softbank Corp., ha

Softbank Capital, the venture arm of Japan’s massive Softbank Corp, has just announced a brand new growth fund of $250 million that the firm is calling “the Princeville fund.” Thus f

Today, <a href="http://www.softbank.com/newweb/">Softbank Capital</a> is announcing a series of updates, including the launch of its <a href="http://www.softbank.com/newweb/">redesigned website</a>. S