SoftBank Robotics Europe

SoftBank Robotics Europe, formerly Aldebaran Robotics, designs and manufactures humanoid robots for education, research, health, distribution, tourism, business applications, and home use. The company serves customers worldwide and focuses on interactive robotics that assist professionals and individuals. Founded in 2005, it is based in Paris, France, with additional offices in France, Japan, the United States, and China, and operates as a subsidiary of SoftBank Group.

Karim Abouzahr

Director, SoftBank Europe Ventures

Kristin Bannon

Investment Director, SoftBank Investment Advisers

Jonathan Bullock

COO and Managing Director

John Cassidy

Investment Director, Life Sciences and HealthTech

Tom Cheung

Partner, Americas

Serena Dayal

Partner, Americas

Angela Du

Partner, Americas

Colin Fan

Managing Partner, SoftBank Investment Advisers

Ted Fike

Director, Americas

Ronald Fisher

Vice Chairman

Kunihiro Fujinaga

Managing Executive Officer

Navneet Govil

Managing Partner, CFO

Ayush Jain

Investment Vice President

Lydia Jett

Managing Partner

Sumer Juneja

Managing Partner and Head of EMEA and India Investing

Robert Kaplan

Partner, Americas

Gosia Karas

Investor

Eylul Kayin

Vice President

Chris Lee

Partner, Asia

Anna Lo

Director, Americas

Amit Lubovsky

Investor

Jimi Macdonald

Director

Makizono Keiichi

Executive Officer and CIO

Kentaro Matsui

Managing Partner

Ken Miyauchi

Representative Director and Senior Executive Vice President

Greg Moon

Executive Managing Partner

Karol Niewiadomski

Partner

Shu Nyatta

Managing Partner

Max Ohrstrand

Partner, EMEA

Vikas Parekh

Managing Partner

Ben Parton

Director of Deals and Transactions

Yanni Pipilis

Managing Partner

Narendra Rathi

Director, Asia

Brett Rochkind

Managing Partner

Brett Rochkind

Managing Partner

Priya Saiprasad

Partner

Masayoshi Son

Founder

Ram Trichur

Partner

Ervin Tu

Partner, Americas

Aaron Wong

Vice President

Tim Yap

Director, EMEA

Kenichi Yoshida

Chief Business Officer and Executive Vice President

Linda Yu

Vice President, Vision Fund

Andrew Zloto

Partner, Americas

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Ampere Computing

Acquisition in 2025
Ampere Computing designs cloud-native, energy-efficient microprocessors for cloud, edge, and AI workloads. Its Ampere Altra family delivers high core counts, up to 128 cores, optimized for cloud-native, AI inference, and memory-intensive applications such as big data, machine learning, and databases across data centers and edge environments. The company focuses on performance, efficiency, and scalability to support cloud service providers and large-scale deployments. Engineering work spans multiple locations globally, including design sites in Bengaluru, Raleigh, and Ho Chi Minh City, with corporate presence in Santa Clara, Portland, and Taipei.

Formlabs

Series E in 2021
Formlabs designs and manufactures professional 3D printing systems and materials for engineers, designers, educators, and manufacturers. The company offers high-resolution stereolithography printers such as Form 3, Form 3B, and Form 3L, along with post-processing equipment Form Wash and Form Cure, and the SLS-based Fuse 1 printer. It develops in-house high-performance resins and materials used across industries including education, dentistry, healthcare, jewelry, and manufacturing. Its software ecosystem includes PreForm, which prepares models for printing, and Form Cell for automated manufacturing. Formlabs serves customers worldwide and maintains headquarters in Somerville, Massachusetts with international offices. The company focuses on enabling designers and engineers to produce detailed, functional parts and complex geometries, expanding access to professional-grade 3D printing through scalable hardware, materials, and software solutions.

Cohesity

Series E in 2020
Cohesity develops hyper-converged secondary storage solutions that consolidate, protect, and share non-mission-critical data assets of large organizations. Its platform, Cohesity DataPlatform, converges data protection infrastructure including backup, replication, disaster recovery, and cloud tiering. Additionally, it offers Cohesity Helios, a SaaS-based management solution for monitoring and managing secondary data and applications.

Cohesity

Series D in 2018
Cohesity develops hyper-converged secondary storage solutions that consolidate, protect, and share non-mission-critical data assets of large organizations. Its platform, Cohesity DataPlatform, converges data protection infrastructure including backup, replication, disaster recovery, and cloud tiering. Additionally, it offers Cohesity Helios, a SaaS-based management solution for monitoring and managing secondary data and applications.
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