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Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank beset by power struggle at the top
All's not well between SoftBank COO Marcelo Claure and Rajeev Misra, who oversees SoftBank’s $100 billion Vision Fund.
SoftBank said to be working on LatAm fund to be run by COO Claure
The vehicle is likely to focus on venture investments and will be separate from SoftBank’s huge Vision Fund.
SoftBank Vision Fund to invest $2b in Korean e-commerce site Coupang
The valuation in the current deal is said to be $9 billion post-money.
Sinovation Ventures’ Lee threatens to pare back investments in the US
Sinovation Ventures manages about $2 billion between six funds in U.S. and Chinese currencies. It holds shares in more than 300 companies, most of whi
SoftBank Vision Fund said to eye investment in Chinese education startup
The startup Zuoyebang has already raised more than $500 million in funding from investors including Coatue Management, Goldman Sachs, Sequoia Capital
SoftBank, KKR mull mega investment in China’s Bytedance at $75b valuation
Bytedance is said to be seeking around $3 billion in the current round.
Y Combinator to set up China arm with ex-Baidu’s Qi Lu as CEO
Y Combinator, which has seeded companies including Airbnb, Stripe, Reddit and Dropbox, will start its program in China as soon as next summer
Elon Musk, Masayoshi Son talked in 2017 about SoftBank investing in Tesla
Son and Musk met in April 2017 to discuss an investment in Tesla. The talks touched on taking Tesla private, but failed to progress due to disagreemen
SoftBank said to weigh major investment in robot pizza startup Zume
The planned investment shows SoftBank's broader ambitions to attach itself to the food-delivery businesses. Earlier this year, it led a $535-million
Billionaire Peter Thiel said to be weighing options to invest in Chinese startups
Thiel is weighing different approaches for investment, including raising a fund directly or through a partnership.
