Softbank is a corporate venture arm and private equity firm. Team members are concentrated in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Among the 11 companies in the known portfolio are Spruce, Rapidus, Merama, NextVR, Cybereason and Konfio.
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Who to pitch at Softbank
Softbank portfolio companies (11)
- Spruce
- Rapidus
- Merama
- NextVR
- Cybereason
- Konfio
- PXP
- AutoStore
- TBCASoft
- Latona
- Octillion Power Systems
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About Softbank
The firm's listing covers sectors AI, Commerce, FinTech and Hardware, and focus areas AI Infrastructure, Foundation Models, Machine Learning and Payments; known deals cluster at Growth, Late-Stage and Seed.
Yuta T. (Director) and Naoki Fukuda (Investment) are listed as the contacts to pitch at Softbank.
Softbank shares portfolio companies with 20 other investment firms, among them Neuberger Berman, Sweat Equity Ventures and Houston Angel Network.
Frequently asked questions
What is Softbank?
Softbank is a corporate venture arm and private equity firm whose team is concentrated in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, with a known portfolio of 11 companies. The portfolio comes from public investment records rather than from the firm, so deals that never surfaced publicly are not in it.
What does Softbank invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Commerce, FinTech and Hardware; listed focus areas include AI Infrastructure, Foundation Models, Machine Learning and Payments. Those tags come from the portfolio attached to the firm, so they describe what has been backed rather than a stated mandate for what comes next.
What stage does Softbank invest at?
The known deals of Softbank include Growth, Late-Stage and Seed rounds. Check that against your own round before reaching out: stage mismatch is the most common reason a well matched sector still goes nowhere.
Who should I pitch at Softbank?
Both people on file at Softbank are listed as contacts for the firm, each with their own profile page.
How do I contact Softbank?
Any email address on file for the firm is masked on this page and readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The 2 people attached to the firm have their own pages, each showing whether an address is on file for them.
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