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

Past deals in Messaging

Zhichi Technologies

Series D in 2022
Zhichi Technologies is a prominent intelligent customer experience provider in Southeast Asia, established in 2014. The company offers a comprehensive suite of solutions, including AI chatbots, live chat, call center services, and ticketing systems, catering to over 5,000 brands and enterprises. Zhichi Technologies leverages natural language processing and artificial intelligence to enhance customer service applications, enabling clients to seamlessly integrate robotic functions with traditional service channels. The company is dedicated to delivering a stable, efficient, and secure platform that facilitates effective communication between enterprises and their end customers across various channels, including online chat, social media, and voice calls. Additionally, Zhichi Technologies is recognized as a Meta authorized business service provider, assisting enterprises in managing business accounts and executing marketing campaigns.

Meesho

Series F in 2021
Meesho operates as an online reselling platform that enables anyone to start a business without investment. Meesho connects manufacturers, wholesalers, and suppliers with resellers who use social media platforms like WhatsApp and Facebook to sell products to their network of friends and family. The company was founded in 2015 by Vidit Aatrey and Sanjeev Barnwa and is headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka.

Unifonic

Series B in 2021
Founded in 2006, Unifonic is a leading cloud-based provider of customer communication and engagement solutions. It offers affordable enterprise-grade multilingual platforms for seamless omnichannel communications across the Middle East.

Sendoso

Series C in 2021
Founded in 2016, Sendoso is a global platform that enhances customer engagement by integrating digital and physical sending strategies. It enables businesses to stand out with new ways to engage customers throughout the buyer's journey, improving relationships and increasing effectiveness of go-to-market programs.

PicsArt

Series C in 2021
PicsArt is a global digital creation platform offering AI-powered tools for photo and video editing, drawing, and sharing. It provides an extensive open-source content library, serving consumers, creators, and businesses alike through its mobile and web applications. PicsArt's enterprise solutions include APIs and SDKs for image editing and processing.

Gail

Series A in 2021
GAIL is a technology company specializing in AI-driven conversational automation. It primarily serves insurance agencies and other regulated industries, offering a multilingual AI platform capable of communicating via speech, SMS, email, and WhatsApp. The platform automates sales, support, and customer engagement tasks, providing recordings, transcripts, analytics, and follow-ups, with the aim of reducing costs and improving efficiency. It is known for its easy onboarding and integration processes.

IRL

Series C in 2021
IRL is a social messaging application founded in 2019 and based in San Francisco, California. The app facilitates event discovery and planning, enabling users to manage their social calendars effectively. It allows individuals to follow friends, join interest-based groups, and engage in chats. Users can create groups centered around their interests, fostering connections with like-minded individuals and enhancing existing relationships. The platform supports event creation, allowing users to invite group members and plan activities easily. Additionally, IRL integrates local public events and enables users to follow sports teams, musicians, celebrities, and local venues, streamlining the process of sending and receiving invitations to social gatherings.

Sinch

Post in 2021
Founded in 2008, Sinch is a global cloud communications company that enables businesses to engage with customers via mobile messaging, voice, and video. Its platform facilitates real-time, business-critical communication for numerous large enterprises worldwide.

ADA

Corporate Round in 2021
ADA is end-to-end commerce excellence, from marketing and content optimization to store operations offers comprehensive messaging solutions and extensive integration knowledge.

Sendbird

Series C in 2021
Sendbird is an omnichannel AI agent platform that enhances customer experience by initiating autonomous conversations for support and sales. It combines AI capabilities with robust communication APIs, serving over 4000 businesses worldwide, including DoorDash and Match Group. Sendbird facilitates over 7 billion monthly conversations, ensuring reliability, security, and compliance.

Meesho

Series E in 2021
Meesho operates as an online reselling platform that enables anyone to start a business without investment. Meesho connects manufacturers, wholesalers, and suppliers with resellers who use social media platforms like WhatsApp and Facebook to sell products to their network of friends and family. The company was founded in 2015 by Vidit Aatrey and Sanjeev Barnwa and is headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka.

Sinch

Post in 2020
Founded in 2008, Sinch is a global cloud communications company that enables businesses to engage with customers via mobile messaging, voice, and video. Its platform facilitates real-time, business-critical communication for numerous large enterprises worldwide.

Slack

Series H in 2018
Slack operates a cloud-based communication and collaboration platform for teams, enabling users to exchange messages, share files, integrate with business tools, and increase efficiency.

hi

Corporate Round in 2018
hi is a cross-ecosystem financial services and travel technology platform that operates in over 82 countries. It utilizes popular social media messengers, such as WhatsApp and Telegram, to deliver its services. The company integrates inspirational content, travel booking tools, hotels, destination services, and data intelligence to streamline the travel experience. By connecting these elements, hi facilitates easier exploration for travelers and enhances personalized guest experiences for hotels. Additionally, the company's branded smart products are increasingly present in hotel rooms worldwide, contributing to its growth and innovation in the travel sector.

Mirror Emoji Keyboard

Seed Round in 2017
Mirror uses a single selfie to instantly create hundreds of emoji that look like you and your friends. You can then use these in all messengers.

Slack

Series G in 2017
Slack operates a cloud-based communication and collaboration platform for teams, enabling users to exchange messages, share files, integrate with business tools, and increase efficiency.

Hike

Series D in 2016
Hike is a technology company that develops in-store, online, and on-the-go selling platforms for retailers, along with retail management software hosted on the cloud.

Yoke

Seed Round in 2011
Yoke is a Facebook dating app that matches you with single friends of friends. It makes accurate suggestions for potential dates by referencing your Facebook Likes and listening activity against data from Amazon, Netflix, Echnonest, and its own proprietary Facebook Page and college graphs. Users can contact matches via Facebook messages, ask a mutual friend for an introduction, or play matchmaker for their friends. http://apps.facebook.com/yokeapp

Danger

Series E in 2006
Danger was a technology company that specialized in providing software platforms and hardware for mobile communication, most notably powering the T-Mobile Sidekick phone. The Sidekick, known for its youth-oriented design and messaging capabilities, facilitated significant user engagement, handling thousands of messages and pageviews monthly. In 2008, Danger was acquired by Microsoft, which led to significant developments in its service offerings. However, the company faced challenges, including a major data loss incident in 2009 when a server failure resulted in the loss of user data not stored locally. By 2011, T-Mobile and Microsoft discontinued the cloud data service for Danger-powered devices, marking the end of an era for the Sidekick. Despite these challenges, Danger was recognized for its role in enabling mobile operators to deliver integrated internet services and facilitate social interactions among users.

Danger

Series D in 2004
Danger was a technology company that specialized in providing software platforms and hardware for mobile communication, most notably powering the T-Mobile Sidekick phone. The Sidekick, known for its youth-oriented design and messaging capabilities, facilitated significant user engagement, handling thousands of messages and pageviews monthly. In 2008, Danger was acquired by Microsoft, which led to significant developments in its service offerings. However, the company faced challenges, including a major data loss incident in 2009 when a server failure resulted in the loss of user data not stored locally. By 2011, T-Mobile and Microsoft discontinued the cloud data service for Danger-powered devices, marking the end of an era for the Sidekick. Despite these challenges, Danger was recognized for its role in enabling mobile operators to deliver integrated internet services and facilitate social interactions among users.

Paltalk

Series A in 2004
Paltalk operates as a communications software provider, offering consumer applications such as Paltalk, Camfrog, and Tinychat for live video chat, along with Vumber for multiple phone numbers. It also provides technology development services.

Danger

Series D in 2003
Danger was a technology company that specialized in providing software platforms and hardware for mobile communication, most notably powering the T-Mobile Sidekick phone. The Sidekick, known for its youth-oriented design and messaging capabilities, facilitated significant user engagement, handling thousands of messages and pageviews monthly. In 2008, Danger was acquired by Microsoft, which led to significant developments in its service offerings. However, the company faced challenges, including a major data loss incident in 2009 when a server failure resulted in the loss of user data not stored locally. By 2011, T-Mobile and Microsoft discontinued the cloud data service for Danger-powered devices, marking the end of an era for the Sidekick. Despite these challenges, Danger was recognized for its role in enabling mobile operators to deliver integrated internet services and facilitate social interactions among users.

HeyAnita

Series B in 2001
HeyAnita is a voice platform that specializes in enhanced messaging solutions for the global telecommunications industry. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Burbank, California, with additional offices in San Francisco, London, and Pune, HeyAnita caters to e-businesses aiming to offer voice access to their products and services. The company’s diverse product portfolio includes mobile applications such as Rapid Messaging Service, Travel App Suite, Weather Info, Entertainment App Suite, Stock Tracker, Package Tracker, and vGreetings. HeyAnita operates through various models, including ASP, premise-based, and OEM opportunities, allowing mobile subscribers to communicate and share information across different networks and devices. Additionally, the HeyAnita FreeSpeech platform provides software developers with tools and services to create and deploy custom voice applications.

HeyAnita

Series A in 2000
HeyAnita is a voice platform that specializes in enhanced messaging solutions for the global telecommunications industry. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Burbank, California, with additional offices in San Francisco, London, and Pune, HeyAnita caters to e-businesses aiming to offer voice access to their products and services. The company’s diverse product portfolio includes mobile applications such as Rapid Messaging Service, Travel App Suite, Weather Info, Entertainment App Suite, Stock Tracker, Package Tracker, and vGreetings. HeyAnita operates through various models, including ASP, premise-based, and OEM opportunities, allowing mobile subscribers to communicate and share information across different networks and devices. Additionally, the HeyAnita FreeSpeech platform provides software developers with tools and services to create and deploy custom voice applications.
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