About SoftBank Vision Fund
SoftBank Vision Fund is a venture capital firm founded in 1990. It is primarily based out of London, United Kingdom. As of Apr 2025, SoftBank Vision Fund is an active investor, having invested in 340 companies, with 9 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Series C round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from High Tech to Enterprise Applications and Consumer. Most recently it led the $108M Series C round of CAST AI along with Hedosophia. This round also saw participation from G2VP and other investors.
Overall, SoftBank Vision Fund portfolio has seen 132 unicorns, 43 IPOs and 31 acquisitions including key companies like Grab, Uber and DoorDash. A lot of funds co-invest with SoftBank Vision Fund, with names like Temasek sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
SoftBank Vision Fund has team of 143 people including 51 partners.
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SoftBank Vision Fund's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
SoftBank Vision Fund has invested in 340 companies over the last 25 years, with an average of 31 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2024, it made 11 investments, while as of Apr 2025, it has made 10 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in CAST AI and most recent follow-on round was in Juspay.
Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
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2025 (YTD) | 7 | 3 | 10 |
2024 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
2023 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
2022 | 69 | 18 | 87 |
2021 | 135 | 23 | 158 |
2020 | 19 | 17 | 36 |
2019 | 24 | 12 | 36 |
2018 | 28 | 3 | 31 |
2017 | 13 | 3 | 16 |
2016 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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SoftBank Vision Fund's Investment Trends by Stage
SoftBank Vision Fund is primarily an Late Stage Investor investor majorly investing in Series C (96) rounds where average round size is $18.3B, Series D (72) rounds where average round size is $22.2B and Series B (52) rounds where average round size is $12.1B.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series C | 96 |
Series D | 72 |
Series B | 52 |
Series E | 35 |
Series F | 18 |
Others | 37 |
SoftBank Vision Fund's Investment Trends by Sector
SoftBank Vision Fund has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Consumer, FinTech and Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications. Notably, it has invested in 325 Tech companies, 246 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 177 Software companies and at least 121 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 138 |
High Tech | 122 |
Consumer | 108 |
FinTech | 58 |
Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications | 54 |
Others | 488 |
SoftBank Vision Fund's Investment Trends by Geography
SoftBank Vision Fund has made most investments in United States (193), followed by China where it has made 29 investments.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 173 |
China | 26 |
India | 26 |
United Kingdom | 21 |
Singapore | 11 |
Others | 69 |
SoftBank Vision Fund's recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by SoftBank Vision Fund:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 30, 2025 | United States | Series C | $108M | G2VP [+6] | |
Apr 07, 2025 | India | Series D | Undisclosed | [+1] | |
Mar 14, 2025 | United States | Series C | $130M | - | |
Mar 11, 2025 | United States | Series H | $120M | SoftBank [+1] | |
Mar 11, 2025 | United States | Series A | $20M | - |
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Here is a list of unicorns in SoftBank Vision Fund's portfolio:
ÃØÃÜÑо¿Ëù Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
77 | Company that provides payment orchestration solutions for global enterprises, banks, and merchants | 2012 | Bengaluru | Series D | pfevcyg | ||
58 | Cloud-based solutions for the creation of automated security workflows | 2018 | Dublin | Series C | hdyelpw | ||
57 | AI and SaaS-based end-to-end fleet management solutions for fleet operators | 2015 | San Diego | Series D | dtayuzi | ||
74 | NFT-based virtual metaverse game developer | 2018 | Montreal | Series B | xcknifx | ||
76 | AI powered answer engine using LLM to provide real time responses to user queries | 2022 | San Francisco | Series C | zvhvssq |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in SoftBank Vision Fund's Portfolio
Here are SoftBank Vision Fund's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 31, 2025 | Apr 18, 2024 | Series A | $290M | |
Nov 13, 2024 | Apr 05, 2021 | Series J | $1.25B | |
Aug 13, 2024 | Jan 18, 2019 | Series E | $397M | |
Aug 09, 2024 | - | - | - | |
Jun 13, 2024 | Sep 28, 2020 | Series C | $319M |
Acquired companies in SoftBank Vision Fund's Portfolio
Here are SoftBank Vision Fund's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
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Team profile of SoftBank Vision Fund
SoftBank Vision Fund has a team of 143 membersÌýincluding 51 Partners and 73 PrincipalsÌýlocated in United States, United Kingdom and . SoftBank Vision Fund's team sits on the board of 8 companies.Here is a list of top team members in SoftBank Vision Fund:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | London | - | - | |
Partner | Palo Alto | - | - | |
Partner | Chaoyang | - | - | |
Partner | United Kingdom | - | - | |
Partner | Tokyo | - | ||
Partner | India | |||
Partner | London | - | ||
Partner | San Carlos | - | - | |
Partner | San Francisco | - | - | |
Partner | Tokyo | - | - |
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Over the past 25 years, 3607 investors have co-invested in SoftBank Vision Fund's portfolio companies.
- Invested before SoftBank Vision Fund:ÌýSequoia Capital, Tiger Global Management and 2100 others have invested in rounds before SoftBank Vision Fund. There are 24 companies where Sequoia Capital has invested before SoftBank Vision Fund and 22 companies where Tiger Global Management has invested before SoftBank Vision Fund.
- Top Co-investors of SoftBank Vision Fund:Ìý626 investors entered a company along with SoftBank Vision Fund. These include investors like Temasek (9 companies).
- Invested after SoftBank Vision Fund:ÌýA total of 879 investors have invested in SoftBank Vision Fund's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include SoftBank Group (11 companies), Fidelity Investments (10 companies) and T. Rowe Price (9 companies).
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