SoftBank Investment Advisers
Klarna founder to launch new ‘Nobel Prize for Impact’
According to BCG global assets under management are around $100 trillion, but only $715 billion, or less than 1%, goes on what you might term “impact” companies or projects to…
As companies search for hourly workers, Fountain brings in $85M to assist them
Fountain’s technology whittles down the median days to hire to 8.70 from the industry average of 36 days.
SoftBank backs Cloudbeds as hospitality industry awakens from its COVID slumber
Cloudbeds provides software to lodging businesses that combines previously siloed functions into one integrated, cloud-based tool.
Israeli venture platform OurCrowd today announced that SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2 has made a $25 million convertible equity investment into the firm. As part of this deal, OurCrowd is also…
Enpal closes out Series C with $174M from SoftBank for tech to make it easier for homeowners to make the switch to solar energy
One of the gating factors for getting more homeowners to make the switch to solar energy has been that solar, as a business, is a hard one to get right,…
Plume raises $300M as it passes 1.2B devices in 35M homes using its smart Wi-Fi service
Plume — a communications startup that partners with carriers to provide smart mesh Wi-Fi to improve broadband connectivity in homes, and then offers other smart home services on top of…
London’s Dice raises $122M at a $400M valuation for its intelligent event discovery and booking platform
COVID-19 really put the kibosh on live events in the last 18 months, but in the world of tech, it also meant that live event startups that found a way…
Sendcloud nabs $177M led by SoftBank to double down on SaaS — shipping as a service
E-commerce has undoubtedly seen a huge boost in growth in the last year and a half of COVID-19 living, with people turning to the web and apps to shop for…
Messaging social network IRL hits unicorn status with SoftBank-led $170M Series C
Social calendar app IRL has been busy building a messaging-based social network, or what founder and CEO Abraham Shafi calls a “WeChat of the West.” Following its pandemic-fueled growth and…
Fintech giant Klarna raises $639M at a $45.6B valuation amid ‘massive momentum’ in the US
Just over three months after its last funding round, European fintech giant Klarna is announcing today that it has raised another $639 million at a staggering post-money valuation of $45.6…
SoftBank Investment Advisers may file as early as Monday to raise between $500 million and $600 million through an initial public offering of its first special purpose acquisition vehicle, reports…
