SoftBank Group is a multinational telecommunications and internet corporation based in Japan. It operates through four segments: mobile communications, Sprint, fixed-line telecommunications, and internet. The company provides a wide range of services, including mobile and fixed-line voice and data transmission services, broadband services, internet advertising, e-commerce, and digital television. SoftBank Group also invests in various technologies through its venture capital arms, such as SoftBank Investment Advisers and SoftBank Vision Fund, focusing on areas like artificial intelligence, robotics, and the Internet of Things. One of its notable subsidiaries, SoftBank Robotics, designs and manufactures humanoid robots for various applications, including education, healthcare, and business.
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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
Rodrigo Costa
Partner
Serena Dayal
Partner, Americas
Angela Du
Partner, Americas
Colin Fan
Managing Partner, SoftBank Investment Advisers
Ted Fike
Director, Americas
Ronald Fisher
Vice Chairman
Navneet Govil
Managing Partner, CFO
Ayush Jain
Investment Vice President
Lydia Jett
Partner
Sumer Juneja
Managing Partner and Head of EMEA and India Investing
Robert Kaplan
Investment Director
Chris Lee
Partner, Asia
Anna Lo
Director, Americas
Amit Lubovsky
Director, Americas
Jimi Macdonald
Director
Kentaro Matsui
Managing Partner, Asia
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, Americas
Ben Parton
Director of Deals and Transactions
Yanni Pipilis
Managing Partner
Narendra Rathi
Director, Asia
Brett Rochkind
Managing Partner
Masayoshi Son
Founder
Ram Trichur
Partner
Ervin Tu
Partner, Americas
Aaron Wong
Vice President
Kenichi Yoshida
Chief Business Officer and Executive Vice President
Linda Yu
Vice President, Vision Fund
Andrew Zloto
Partner, Americas
Tim Yap
Director, EMEA
Past deals in Ride Sharing
OpenStreet
Venture Round in 2021
OpenStreet is a service that allows to use shared cycling nationwide.
DiDi Mobility Japan
Venture Round in 2021
DiDi is a vehicle dispatch platform that connects those who want to ride a taxi with those who need one. It will optimize taxi dispatch and provide an unprecedented travel experience by utilizing advanced analysis and prediction technology that makes use of AI (artificial intelligence).
REEF
Private Equity Round in 2020
REEF, established in 2013, operates a network of 4,500 urban logistics and mobility hubs across North America, with a team of 15,000 associates serving 200 cities. The company transforms underutilized urban spaces into neighborhood hubs, offering parking, micro-fulfillment, and delivery solutions. REEF's technology-driven infrastructure reduces traffic congestion and promotes sustainability by providing buffering zones for delivery and rideshare vehicles. Each REEF hub serves as a connected ecosystem, enabling efficient last-mile delivery of goods and services to densely populated areas.
Didi
Venture Round in 2020
Didi Chuxing, founded in 2012 in Beijing, is a leading mobile transportation platform providing app-based services such as taxi hailing, private car-hailing, social ride-sharing, car rental, and enterprise solutions. With over 450 million users and daily orders reaching 25 million, Didi offers a variety of mobility options to optimize resource allocation through big data-driven algorithms. The company aims to address transportation, environmental, and employment challenges by collaborating with communities and partners. Acquiring Uber China in 2016, Didi has over 21 million drivers and car owners on its platform, generating income while offering convenient transportation solutions to users worldwide.
Didi
Venture Round in 2020
Didi Chuxing, founded in 2012 in Beijing, is a leading mobile transportation platform providing app-based services such as taxi hailing, private car-hailing, social ride-sharing, car rental, and enterprise solutions. With over 450 million users and daily orders reaching 25 million, Didi offers a variety of mobility options to optimize resource allocation through big data-driven algorithms. The company aims to address transportation, environmental, and employment challenges by collaborating with communities and partners. Acquiring Uber China in 2016, Didi has over 21 million drivers and car owners on its platform, generating income while offering convenient transportation solutions to users worldwide.
Qingju
Venture Round in 2020
Qingju is a company that provides bike-sharing platforms and services. It is a division of the taxi-hailing and car-sharing service provider, Didi Chuxing. The company's e-bike is a smart and accessible solution for long-distance transportation, which embodies Qingju's experience in quality manufacturing, the sharing economy, smart technology, and modern design language. It is designed and equipped with GPS and proprietary smart Drum Brake Lock System, making locking and unlocking automatically controlled by the software and Bluetooth, which solves the biggest problem - disorderly parking.
Uber
Corporate Round in 2019
Uber Technologies, Inc., established in 2009, is a global technology company that connects users with transportation and logistics services through its mobile application. It operates in over 300 cities worldwide, offering a range of services including ridesharing, food delivery, and freight transportation. Uber's core business is facilitating transportation by matching riders with drivers, providing safe, reliable, and convenient options at varying price points. Additionally, Uber Advanced Technologies Group, a subsidiary, focuses on developing self-driving car technology to enhance transportation safety and accessibility.
Grab
Series H in 2019
Grab Holdings Inc., headquartered in Singapore, operates a mobile technology platform that integrates city transportation and various on-demand services in Southeast Asia. The company, founded in 2012 by Anthony Tan and Tan Hooi Ling, offers services such as ride-hailing (GrabTaxi, GrabCar), carpooling (GrabHitch, GrabShare), shuttle services (GrabShuttle, GrabShuttle Plus), and food delivery through its GrabFood platform. Grab also provides financial services, including payments, consumer loans, and enterprise offerings. It operates in eight countries: Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Myanmar. Grab generates revenue by charging commissions to both consumers and service providers, with ride-hailing and food delivery contributing to 89% of its total revenue. The company competes with Foodpanda and Gojek in the region.
REEF
Venture Round in 2018
REEF, established in 2013, operates a network of 4,500 urban logistics and mobility hubs across North America, with a team of 15,000 associates serving 200 cities. The company transforms underutilized urban spaces into neighborhood hubs, offering parking, micro-fulfillment, and delivery solutions. REEF's technology-driven infrastructure reduces traffic congestion and promotes sustainability by providing buffering zones for delivery and rideshare vehicles. Each REEF hub serves as a connected ecosystem, enabling efficient last-mile delivery of goods and services to densely populated areas.
REEF
Series C in 2018
REEF, established in 2013, operates a network of 4,500 urban logistics and mobility hubs across North America, with a team of 15,000 associates serving 200 cities. The company transforms underutilized urban spaces into neighborhood hubs, offering parking, micro-fulfillment, and delivery solutions. REEF's technology-driven infrastructure reduces traffic congestion and promotes sustainability by providing buffering zones for delivery and rideshare vehicles. Each REEF hub serves as a connected ecosystem, enabling efficient last-mile delivery of goods and services to densely populated areas.
Uber
Secondary Market in 2017
Uber Technologies, Inc., established in 2009, is a global technology company that connects users with transportation and logistics services through its mobile application. It operates in over 300 cities worldwide, offering a range of services including ridesharing, food delivery, and freight transportation. Uber's core business is facilitating transportation by matching riders with drivers, providing safe, reliable, and convenient options at varying price points. Additionally, Uber Advanced Technologies Group, a subsidiary, focuses on developing self-driving car technology to enhance transportation safety and accessibility.
Uber
Venture Round in 2017
Uber Technologies, Inc., established in 2009, is a global technology company that connects users with transportation and logistics services through its mobile application. It operates in over 300 cities worldwide, offering a range of services including ridesharing, food delivery, and freight transportation. Uber's core business is facilitating transportation by matching riders with drivers, providing safe, reliable, and convenient options at varying price points. Additionally, Uber Advanced Technologies Group, a subsidiary, focuses on developing self-driving car technology to enhance transportation safety and accessibility.
Didi
Private Equity Round in 2017
Didi Chuxing, founded in 2012 in Beijing, is a leading mobile transportation platform providing app-based services such as taxi hailing, private car-hailing, social ride-sharing, car rental, and enterprise solutions. With over 450 million users and daily orders reaching 25 million, Didi offers a variety of mobility options to optimize resource allocation through big data-driven algorithms. The company aims to address transportation, environmental, and employment challenges by collaborating with communities and partners. Acquiring Uber China in 2016, Didi has over 21 million drivers and car owners on its platform, generating income while offering convenient transportation solutions to users worldwide.
Grab
Series G in 2017
Grab Holdings Inc., headquartered in Singapore, operates a mobile technology platform that integrates city transportation and various on-demand services in Southeast Asia. The company, founded in 2012 by Anthony Tan and Tan Hooi Ling, offers services such as ride-hailing (GrabTaxi, GrabCar), carpooling (GrabHitch, GrabShare), shuttle services (GrabShuttle, GrabShuttle Plus), and food delivery through its GrabFood platform. Grab also provides financial services, including payments, consumer loans, and enterprise offerings. It operates in eight countries: Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Myanmar. Grab generates revenue by charging commissions to both consumers and service providers, with ride-hailing and food delivery contributing to 89% of its total revenue. The company competes with Foodpanda and Gojek in the region.
Didi
Private Equity Round in 2017
Didi Chuxing, founded in 2012 in Beijing, is a leading mobile transportation platform providing app-based services such as taxi hailing, private car-hailing, social ride-sharing, car rental, and enterprise solutions. With over 450 million users and daily orders reaching 25 million, Didi offers a variety of mobility options to optimize resource allocation through big data-driven algorithms. The company aims to address transportation, environmental, and employment challenges by collaborating with communities and partners. Acquiring Uber China in 2016, Didi has over 21 million drivers and car owners on its platform, generating income while offering convenient transportation solutions to users worldwide.
Grab
Series F in 2016
Grab Holdings Inc., headquartered in Singapore, operates a mobile technology platform that integrates city transportation and various on-demand services in Southeast Asia. The company, founded in 2012 by Anthony Tan and Tan Hooi Ling, offers services such as ride-hailing (GrabTaxi, GrabCar), carpooling (GrabHitch, GrabShare), shuttle services (GrabShuttle, GrabShuttle Plus), and food delivery through its GrabFood platform. Grab also provides financial services, including payments, consumer loans, and enterprise offerings. It operates in eight countries: Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Myanmar. Grab generates revenue by charging commissions to both consumers and service providers, with ride-hailing and food delivery contributing to 89% of its total revenue. The company competes with Foodpanda and Gojek in the region.
Didi
Funding Round in 2016
Didi Chuxing, founded in 2012 in Beijing, is a leading mobile transportation platform providing app-based services such as taxi hailing, private car-hailing, social ride-sharing, car rental, and enterprise solutions. With over 450 million users and daily orders reaching 25 million, Didi offers a variety of mobility options to optimize resource allocation through big data-driven algorithms. The company aims to address transportation, environmental, and employment challenges by collaborating with communities and partners. Acquiring Uber China in 2016, Didi has over 21 million drivers and car owners on its platform, generating income while offering convenient transportation solutions to users worldwide.
Grab
Series E in 2015
Grab Holdings Inc., headquartered in Singapore, operates a mobile technology platform that integrates city transportation and various on-demand services in Southeast Asia. The company, founded in 2012 by Anthony Tan and Tan Hooi Ling, offers services such as ride-hailing (GrabTaxi, GrabCar), carpooling (GrabHitch, GrabShare), shuttle services (GrabShuttle, GrabShuttle Plus), and food delivery through its GrabFood platform. Grab also provides financial services, including payments, consumer loans, and enterprise offerings. It operates in eight countries: Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Myanmar. Grab generates revenue by charging commissions to both consumers and service providers, with ride-hailing and food delivery contributing to 89% of its total revenue. The company competes with Foodpanda and Gojek in the region.
Kuaidi Dache
Series D in 2015
Kuaidi Group, as the most technologically integrated and largest car service company in the world, is rapidly transforming the concept of moving people – starting in China. The app combines integrated mapping and third party payment technology to make its service accessible to everybody, and provides over 1 million taxis and a variety of standard and luxury cars for all lifestyles. To ensure the service fits smoothly into urban life, Kuaidi has developed a framework is that is adaptable to other platforms in China, and works in partnership with China’s government and regulators instead of against them. In a country where only 18% of per capita car ownership, Kuaidi is clearly meeting an important need. Kuaidi’s unique business model has attracted 100m registered users in over 300 cities, fulfilling 6 million requests per day. To optimize its services and go beyond customer expectations Kuaidi has secured partnerships with Alipay, Ctrip, AutoNavi, Baidu Maps, Qunar, and Beijing’s ‘96106’ government official platform.
Grab
Series D in 2014
Grab Holdings Inc., headquartered in Singapore, operates a mobile technology platform that integrates city transportation and various on-demand services in Southeast Asia. The company, founded in 2012 by Anthony Tan and Tan Hooi Ling, offers services such as ride-hailing (GrabTaxi, GrabCar), carpooling (GrabHitch, GrabShare), shuttle services (GrabShuttle, GrabShuttle Plus), and food delivery through its GrabFood platform. Grab also provides financial services, including payments, consumer loans, and enterprise offerings. It operates in eight countries: Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Myanmar. Grab generates revenue by charging commissions to both consumers and service providers, with ride-hailing and food delivery contributing to 89% of its total revenue. The company competes with Foodpanda and Gojek in the region.
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