About SoftBank Capital

SoftBank Group provides venture funding and strategic support to exceptional entrepreneurs building disruptive enduring businesses. They are a small team of experienced entrepreneurs and investors who take an "active" approach to helping their companies reach their full potential. They manage $600 million across three funds and invest across a company’s lifecycle, from early to growth stages. Through their close ties to a number of Asia’s leading mobile, internet and technology companies – including strategic partners SoftBank Corp, Yahoo! Japan and Alibaba Group – SoftBank Capital offers unique expertise to businesses seeking to address the Asian market. Since 1995, SoftBank Capital has partnered with internet pioneers such as Criteo, Gilt Groupe, OMGPOP (Zynga), betaworks, BuzzFeed, Buddy Media (Salesforce.com), Huffington Post (AOL), Associated Content (Yahoo!), Danger (Microsoft), Geocities (Yahoo!), E*Trade and Yahoo!.

Investment Details

Investment Range
Not specified
Investment Stage
Various stages
Industry Focus
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Media, Mobile (+1 more)
Investor Type
Private Equity Firm

Investment Focus

Focus Areas
Media Mobile VR/AR Artificial Intelligence (AI) Fi
Investment Stages
Early Stage Venture, Growth, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed