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  • SoftBank to invest $2 billion in Intel as part of US push

    SoftBank to invest $2 billion in Intel as part of US push

    Intel shares jumped about 5% in late trading after the announcement. They had closed at $23.66 in New York after a year-to-date gain of 18%.

  • Lenskart IPO: SoftBank, Kedaara and others sell shares at steep discounted valuation of $1 billion to founder Peyush Bansal

    Lenskart IPO: SoftBank, Kedaara and others sell shares at steep discounted valuation of $1 billion to founder Peyush Bansal

    Moneycontrol was first to report on July 9 about Bansal’s plans to borrow around Rs 200 crore and fund this share purchase at a valuation of $1 billion, 90% lower than the $10 billion price tag it is aiming for during its IPO later this year

  • Lenskart IPO: Issue size, investor exits, expansion plans, risks and more

    Lenskart IPO: Issue size, investor exits, expansion plans, risks and more

    The company clocked a robust 33% Revenue CAGR over last 2 years, reaching Rs 6,524 Cr in FY25 with 60% contribution from India and the remaining from international markets. Lenskart has a high gross margin of 69% with around 500 bps expansion over last two years, the DRHP showed.

  • Lenskart to raise Rs 2,150 crore in fresh issue via IPO; 13.2 crore shares to change hands in OFS

    Lenskart to raise Rs 2,150 crore in fresh issue via IPO; 13.2 crore shares to change hands in OFS

    The IPO will comprise of fresh issuance of shares worth Rs 2,150 crore, and an offer-for-sale of 13.2 crore equity shares by existing shareholders.

  • SoftBank’s Sumer Juneja exits Lenskart board; INDmoney’s Ashish Kashyap, PaySense’s Sayali Karanjkar join ahead of IPO

    SoftBank’s Sumer Juneja exits Lenskart board; INDmoney’s Ashish Kashyap, PaySense’s Sayali Karanjkar join ahead of IPO

    The appointment of two entrepreneurs to the board is aimed at strengthening Lenskart's governance ahead of its public listing

  • Accel’s Anand Daniel, SoftBank’s Sumer Juneja step down from Swiggy board

    Accel’s Anand Daniel, SoftBank’s Sumer Juneja step down from Swiggy board

    Swiggy has also appointed Faraz Khalid, CEO of Noon, as an independent director on its Board.

  • SoftBank’s Ampere deal faces in-depth US probe in threat to AI ambitions

    SoftBank’s Ampere deal faces in-depth US probe in threat to AI ambitions

    Only a small portion of deals face such follow-up requests. In some instances investigations can last for a year or more and are a precursor to a lawsuit to block the deal

  • Masayoshi Son hints at succession plan while chasing AI ambition

    Masayoshi Son hints at succession plan while chasing AI ambition

    Son said he plans to hold SoftBank’s reins another ten years, but added he has several candidates for its next chief in mind from within the technology group

  • Masayoshi Son prepares to pick successor from within SoftBank

    Masayoshi Son prepares to pick successor from within SoftBank

    The 67-year-old has several candidates in mind, but won’t make an announcement until the last minute, Son said during a general shareholders’ meeting in Tokyo on Friday.

  • Softbank’s Son floats idea of US-Japan sovereign wealth fund: Report

    Softbank’s Son floats idea of US-Japan sovereign wealth fund: Report

    Son has discussed the plan with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, although it hasn’t been formally proposed, the report said

  • SoftBank endorses OpenAI’s restructure plan, but what will Microsoft do?

    SoftBank endorses OpenAI’s restructure plan, but what will Microsoft do?

    For now, SoftBank’s green light keeps OpenAI’s ambitious funding and governance plans alive. But until Microsoft weighs in, it still remains unclear how OpenAI will restructure.

  • SoftBank swings back to black with $3.5 billion Q4 profit, but Swiggy, Ola markdowns sour India bets

    SoftBank swings back to black with $3.5 billion Q4 profit, but Swiggy, Ola markdowns sour India bets

    For FY25, Softbank's Vision Fund 2 posted a loss of $3.4 billion, hit by markdowns in holdings suchs as Swiggy, Ola, AutoStore and Symbotic Public portfolio value down 21.7% QoQ in Q4 for SVF2.

  • Oyo delays third IPO attempt due to SoftBank opposition: Report

    Oyo delays third IPO attempt due to SoftBank opposition: Report

    SoftBank does not favor Oyo's plan to list in October and has pressed the company to hold off on a public offering until its earnings are stronger, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg News, asking not to be identified as the information is private

  • SoftBank seals $6.5 billion deal for chip designer Ampere

    SoftBank seals $6.5 billion deal for chip designer Ampere

    Ampere is one of a group of companies that tried to use Arm technology, which dominates in mobile phones, to create a niche in the lucrative data center chip business

  • Tech giants have pledged over $1 trillion in US investment, so far

    Tech giants have pledged over $1 trillion in US investment, so far

    Corporate pledges have become a Trump tradition. Around the start of Trump’s first term eight years ago, the Japanese investment giant SoftBank Group Corp. made a staggering commitment to invest $50 billion in the US that, it said, would create 50,000 jobs.

  • SoftBank reports $2.4 billion loss in Q3, Vision funds slip into red

    SoftBank reports $2.4 billion loss in Q3, Vision funds slip into red

    The company’s Vision Fund investments clocked a loss of 352.75 billion yen ($ 2.29 billion) for the quarter ended Dec 31, ending a run of two consecutive quarters in the black.

  • SoftBank nears deal to acquire chip designer Ampere

    SoftBank nears deal to acquire chip designer Ampere

    The Japanese company is discussing a deal that could value the Oracle Corp.-backed chip designer at about $6.5 billion, including debt, according to the people.

  • SoftBank eyes up to $25 billion investment in OpenAI: Report

    SoftBank eyes up to $25 billion investment in OpenAI: Report

    the Japanese conglomerate already has a significant exposure to the AI sector through its ownership of British chip designer Arm Holdings and had previously hinted at developing its own generative AI technology

  • Juspay set to become first unicorn of 2025 with $150 million round

    Juspay set to become first unicorn of 2025 with $150 million round

    Juspay, founded by Vimal Kumar and Sheetal Lalwani in 2012, is the leading provider of payment orchestration software.

  • Donald Trump shrugs off Musk's criticism of $500-billion AI project, says he 'hates one of the people in the deal'

    Donald Trump shrugs off Musk's criticism of $500-billion AI project, says he 'hates one of the people in the deal'

    Trump has said OpenAI, SoftBank and Oracle are planning a joint venture called Stargate, which will build data centres and create more than 1 lakh jobs in the US

  • Trump to announce $100B SoftBank investment in the US

    Trump to announce $100B SoftBank investment in the US

    Trump has in the past announced deals with much fanfare, but they have sometimes failed to deliver on promised investments.

  • Paytm to sell stake in Japan's PayPay to SoftBank for $250 million

    Paytm to sell stake in Japan's PayPay to SoftBank for $250 million

    The sale is in line with Paytm’s strategy to divest non-core assets and strengthen its capital base as it focuses on scaling its core payments business following a challenging year

  • SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son goes all in on AI during lunch meeting with founders in India

    SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son goes all in on AI during lunch meeting with founders in India

    The meeting was all about AI, more AI and most AI. Masa also indicated that he will invest more in India in the coming years than all previous years combined, a founder who had lunch with him told Moneycontrol.

  • OfBusiness hires Axis, JPMorgan, Citi among banks for 2025 Indian IPO

    OfBusiness hires Axis, JPMorgan, Citi among banks for 2025 Indian IPO

    Citigroup and Bank of America have also been given the mandate to manage the stock offering which the company aims to launch late next year, said Chief Financial Officer Bhavesh Keswani.

  • Nvidia CEO Huang regrets not taking SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son’s offer to help buy the company

    Nvidia CEO Huang regrets not taking SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son’s offer to help buy the company

    A decade ago, Son told Jensen that while the market may not fully grasp Nvidia’s value at the time, the company’s future was incredible.

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