SoftBank Group Corp.

SoftBank Group Corp. is a Japanese multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Tokyo.

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SoftBank-Backed Lemonade Soars Above $3B Valuation On First Day Of IPO Trading

SoftBank-Backed Lemonade Soars Above $3B Valuation On First Day Of IPO Trading
SoftBank-Backed Lemonade Soars Above $3B Valuation On First Day Of IPO Trading
July 02, 2020  |  IPO

Lemonade, the insurance startup backed by Japan’s SoftBank, soared on its first day of trading Thursday (July 2), rising more than 100 percent as of...

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SoftBank Wants Out Of Wirecard Partnership After Last Year’s $1B Investment
SoftBank Wants Out Of Wirecard Partnership After Last Year’s $1B Investment
July 01, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

SoftBank is looking to put distance between itself and Wirecard due to the German payments company’s ongoing scandal involving missing money and cooked books, The...

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Amazon Said To Have Interest In Buying Russian eCommerce Player Ozon
Amazon Said To Have Interest In Buying Russian eCommerce Player Ozon
June 28, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Amazon and SoftBank Corp. are in talks with Sistema, one of the largest publicly traded companies in Russia, to purchase Ozon, the Russian online retailer,...

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SoftBank Faces Scrutiny For $1B Investment In Wirecard
SoftBank Faces Scrutiny For $1B Investment In Wirecard
June 24, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

As the Wirecard scandal unfolds, SoftBank Group Corp. is facing questions about its investment in the embattled German payment services provider, CNBC reported. Get the Full...

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Credit Suisse Eyes Its Supply Chain Finance Funds Amid Investor Scrutiny
Credit Suisse Eyes Its Supply Chain Finance Funds Amid Investor Scrutiny
June 24, 2020  |  Investments

Credit Suisse Group has started to look into funds invested in loans arranged by billionaire Lex Greensill and backed by Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank Vision Fund,...

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Bango Expands Into Japan’s Booming Mobile Market With Payment Option
Bango Expands Into Japan’s Booming Mobile Market With Payment Option
June 15, 2020  |  Mobile Payments

SoftBank mobile phone owners can now pay for everything from movies to membership fees on Amazon.com with help from mobile commerce firm Bango, according to...

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New Funding To Make DoorDash A $15B Company
New Funding To Make DoorDash A $15B Company
June 12, 2020  |  Investments

DoorDash Inc. is expected to receive new funding that would value the nation’s largest on demand meal delivery company at $15 billion even before the...

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WeWork Eyes Closing Doors On Its WeLive Shared-Housing Communities
WeWork Eyes Closing Doors On Its WeLive Shared-Housing Communities
June 09, 2020  |  Investments

WeWork is considering ending its plans for WeLive, its communal living program based in Crystal City near Washington D.C., Bloomberg reports from anonymous sources. Get...

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SoftBank Announces $100M Fund For Minority-Led Startups
SoftBank Announces $100M Fund For Minority-Led Startups
June 03, 2020  |  Investments

SoftBank is rolling out a $100 million loan fund targeted exclusively at minority-led startups, in the latest move by a big corporate player to address...

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