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SoftBank veteran hunts for profits in payments infrastructure plumbing

SoftBank veteran hunts for profits in payments infrastructure plumbing

vi.sasori.vi January 15, 2025

In the summer of 2020, as pandemic-driven volatility gripped markets, SoftBank Group shocked Wall...

SoftBank snaps up troubled British AI chip developer Graphcore

SoftBank snaps up troubled British AI chip developer Graphcore

vi.sasori.vi July 14, 2024

Japanese tech group SoftBank has acquired yet another British chip player. This time it...

Backed by Deutsche Telekom and SoftBank, DTCP raises $450 million for its growth and early stage funds

Backed by Deutsche Telekom and SoftBank, DTCP raises $450 million for its growth and early stage funds

vi.sasori.vi June 26, 2024

There aren’t many growth funds in Europe, but one of them now has fresh...

Meesho, an Indian social commerce platform with 150M transacting users, raises $275M | TechCrunch

Meesho, an Indian social commerce platform with 150M transacting users, raises $275M | TechCrunch

vi.sasori.vi May 11, 2024

Meesho, a leading e-commerce startup in India with about 150 million transacting users, has...

SoftBank-backed FirstCry seeks to raise nearly $220 million in India IPO | TechCrunch

SoftBank-backed FirstCry seeks to raise nearly $220 million in India IPO | TechCrunch

vi.sasori.vi January 2, 2024

FirstCry, India’s biggest e-commerce platform for mother and baby products, is aiming to raise...

IRL founders allege investors sabotaged company with fake users claims | TechCrunch

IRL founders allege investors sabotaged company with fake users claims | TechCrunch

vi.sasori.vi November 17, 2023

The founders of IRL, Abraham Shafi and Genrikh Khachatryan, are suing their investors, claiming...