SoftBank Investment Advisers

SoftBank Investment Advisers is a venture capital firm based in London, United Kingdom, that specializes in growth equity and late-stage investments. It is a subsidiary of SoftBank Group Corp. The firm focuses primarily on the technology sector, targeting areas such as artificial intelligence, robotics, internet-of-things, telecommunications, computational biology, cloud technologies, fintech, consumer internet, and healthcare. SoftBank Investment Advisers typically invests a minimum of $100 million in both minority and majority stakes in private or public companies, with a strong emphasis on opportunities in the United States and globally. Established in 2017, the firm aims to leverage its operational expertise and extensive global network to foster innovation and drive growth in its portfolio companies.

Eric Chen

Managing Partner

Serena Dayal

Investment Director

Angela Du

Partner, Americas

Colin Fan

Managing Partner, Americas, Asia

Ted Fike

Director, Americas

Vishal Gupta

Director

Lydia Jett

Partner

Sumer Juneja

Partner and Head of India

Robert Kaplan

Partner, Americas

Greg Moon

Managing Partner, Asia

Karol Niewiadomski

Partner

Shu Nyatta

Managing Partner

Max Ohrstrand

Director

Vikas Parekh

Partner

Yanni Pipilis

Managing Partner

Kirthiga Reddy

Executive Partner

Brett Rochkind

Managing Partner

Ram Trichur

Partner

Bryant Wang

Investor

Aaron Wong

Vice President

Andrew Zloto

Partner, Americas

Past deals in Impact Investing

Entrepreneur First

Series C in 2022
Entrepreneur First Operations Limited, founded in 2011 and headquartered in London, is an accelerator focused on seed funding for technology startups. The firm emphasizes investing in individuals who are "pre-team, pre-idea," selecting participants based solely on technical talent rather than existing business concepts. It operates a six-month program in various global locations, including London, Singapore, Berlin, Paris, and Bangalore, providing stipends to participants to support their initial development. Entrepreneur First targets early-stage technology ventures, typically taking a 10 percent equity stake in startups. The firm has successfully launched over 100 startups, collectively valued at over $1 billion, and is backed by notable investors such as Y Combinator and Index Ventures.

Solfácil

Series C in 2022
Solfácil purpose is to allow all people to invest in solar. We are the first solar investment platform in Brazil. We are a fintech with a innovative loan that allows consumers to switch their monthly cost with electricity into a great investment in a solar system. Consumers benefit from zero downpayment, up to 30% immediate savings, 20+ years of free electricity and ability to produce and consume clean energy.

Roofstock

Series E in 2022
Roofstock, Inc. is an online marketplace that facilitates investment in leased single-family rental homes. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Oakland, California, the company provides investors with access to independently certified properties, complete with research, analytics, and market insights. This platform allows users to evaluate properties based on their investment potential and cash flow without the complexities of managing vacant homes that require repairs and leasing. Roofstock aims to simplify the real estate investment process by enabling clients to treat their property investments similarly to stock portfolios, emphasizing asset allocation. The marketplace also assists sellers in marketing tenant-occupied properties, minimizing income loss and tenant disruption.

PrimaryBid

Series C in 2022
PrimaryBid Limited operates an online investment platform aimed at providing private investors with equitable access to placings, fundraisings, and IPOs of AIM-listed companies. Founded in 2012 and based in London, the platform allows individual investors to bid for new shares on their own terms, ensuring they transact simultaneously and at the same price as institutional investors. Through a long-term agreement with the London Stock Exchange, PrimaryBid has established the infrastructure necessary to connect retail investors directly with public companies during critical fundraising opportunities. The company also partners with firms like Shore Capital Group, finnCap, and Arden to enhance its offerings. By automating the aggregation of retail demand, PrimaryBid facilitates participation from a large pool of investors, enabling businesses across the Eurozone to access their discounted share issuances more effectively.

Spotter

Series D in 2022
Spotter, Inc. specializes in providing financial solutions tailored for independent content creators across various digital platforms. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Beverly Hills, California, the company offers liquidity solutions that empower prosumer content creators to expand their channels and enhance their content while maintaining their independence. Spotter aims to support creators by delivering essential capital, enabling them to grow their presence in the competitive digital landscape.

Funding Societies

Series C in 2022
Funding Societies Pte. Ltd. is a peer-to-peer financing platform based in Singapore, founded in 2015. It connects investors with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) seeking funding, thereby addressing financial inclusion challenges and making credit-worthy SMEs more bankable. The platform offers a range of flexible financing options, including micro and term loans, as well as invoice financing, supported by advanced credit scoring and risk assessment models. Since its inception, Funding Societies has facilitated over 3.3 million business loans, amounting to more than S$1.8 billion in funding. The company has received multiple accolades, including the Global Excellence Award from ITU Telecom, and holds operating licenses from regulators in Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia, making it a pioneer in the region's peer-to-peer lending landscape.

Clarity AI

Venture Round in 2021
Clarity AI, Inc. offers a technology platform designed to measure and optimize the social impact of investment portfolios. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Albany, New York, with additional offices in Madrid and London, the company utilizes big data and machine learning to analyze the societal effects of investments and organizations. Its SaaS-based solution provides extensive coverage of social and environmental impact data, enabling asset managers to make informed decisions and allocate capital more efficiently. Clarity AI's platform aggregates multiple data sources to enhance the reliability of insights, supporting end-to-end sustainability analysis for various stakeholders, including investors and corporate entities. By equipping decision-makers with the necessary tools to understand and optimize their social and environmental impacts, Clarity AI aims to promote socially efficient capital allocation across the market.

Atomic

Series A in 2021
Atomic is a personalized investment management service API that lets companies offer their end-users a disciplined way to invest with them.

Digital Currency Group

Secondary Market in 2021
Digital Currency Group (DCG) is a corporate venture capital investment firm based in New York City, focused on building and supporting companies in the bitcoin and blockchain sectors. Established in 2015, DCG has made over 150 investments across more than 30 countries, targeting firms in financial technology, decentralized finance, and web3 infrastructure, among other areas. The company also owns and operates several key entities within the industry, including CoinDesk, a leading media and events platform, Genesis Trading, a prominent bitcoin brokerage firm, and Grayscale Investments, the largest digital currency asset management firm. Through its investments and operations, DCG aims to foster innovation and growth within the digital currency ecosystem.

OurCrowd

Private Equity Round in 2021
OurCrowd Ltd. is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 and headquartered in Jerusalem, Israel, with additional offices across several countries. The firm specializes in early-stage investments, focusing on sectors such as healthcare, transportation technology, energy, and various technology companies, including fintech and cybersecurity. OurCrowd operates as a global venture investing platform, enabling accredited investors to access curated investment opportunities in emerging companies. It is recognized as one of the most active venture investors in Israel, where it carefully vets and selects companies for investment. In addition to providing capital, OurCrowd supports its portfolio companies throughout their lifecycle by offering mentorship, facilitating connections, and helping navigate follow-on funding rounds. The firm aims to invest in innovative solutions addressing urgent needs, particularly in healthcare and technology, and seeks to build a strong global network to enhance growth opportunities for its investments.

Human Interest

Series D in 2021
Human Interest provides accessible and affordable employee retirement plans, addressing a significant gap in the market where traditionally only large companies offered such benefits. This leaves over half of working Americans without a secure financial future. The company operates an administration and advising platform that automatically creates employee accounts and syncs deductions with payroll providers. Additionally, Human Interest offers personalized investment advice to empower small and medium-sized businesses in providing their employees with essential financial security. By democratizing access to retirement planning, Human Interest aims to foster financial independence for individuals across diverse occupations.

M1 Finance

Series E in 2021
M1 Finance is a developer of a money management platform used to automate the investing process. Its platform allows users to invest automatically for free in a custom stock and ETF portfolio, helps to borrow a low-cost line of credit, and also provides digital banking that integrates with investments that enable users to manage their money in sophisticated ways.

Atom Finance

Series B in 2021
Atom Finance, Inc. operates an online investment research platform aimed at individual investors of varying skill levels. Founded in 2018 and based in Brooklyn, New York, the company provides a comprehensive platform that offers institutional-quality data, documents, news, and events related to companies. This platform facilitates the aggregation and comparison of information, allowing users to conduct thorough research. Additionally, Atom Finance delivers global enterprise software, including APIs and embeddable user interfaces, along with insights and dynamic tools that enhance user engagement throughout the investment process, from research to trade execution. By catering to both novice and experienced investors, Atom Finance empowers individuals to make informed investment decisions.

Hashdex

Series A in 2021
Hashdex is an investment platform that connects traditional financial markets to the emerging world of digital assets. It aims to unlock the potential of blockchain technology for mainstream investors by offering secure, transparent, and cost-effective investment products. The platform is designed to provide access to a variety of blockchain assets while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. With features such as minimal management fees and the ability for daily subscriptions and redemptions, Hashdex facilitates convenient exposure to the digital asset space, merging the expertise of finance with innovative technology.

Hashdex

Series A in 2021
Hashdex is an investment platform that connects traditional financial markets to the emerging world of digital assets. It aims to unlock the potential of blockchain technology for mainstream investors by offering secure, transparent, and cost-effective investment products. The platform is designed to provide access to a variety of blockchain assets while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. With features such as minimal management fees and the ability for daily subscriptions and redemptions, Hashdex facilitates convenient exposure to the digital asset space, merging the expertise of finance with innovative technology.

insitro

Series C in 2021
Insitro, Inc. is a data-driven drug discovery and development company based in South San Francisco, California, founded in 2018. The company utilizes machine learning and high-throughput biology to transform the traditional processes of drug discovery and delivery. By generating extensive functional genomic datasets and aligning them with patient data through innovative machine learning techniques, Insitro builds predictive models that aim to address critical challenges in pharmaceutical research and development. These models facilitate accelerated target selection and the design of effective therapeutics, ultimately enhancing the efficiency of drug development and informing clinical strategies. The focus of Insitro's work includes the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), showcasing its commitment to addressing significant health issues through advanced technology.

Ucaidao

Venture Round in 2019
Ucaidao was launched in 2016 to provide paid investment information. Its business involves two parts: the "exclusive information" about the market’s cutting-edge opportunities and first-hand news, and the "investment boutique courses" which provide investment skills summarized by specialists in the investment field.

Startupfactory

Venture Round in 2000
Startupfactory is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Stockholm, Helsinki, and Lund, focusing on Nordic companies in the IT, datacom, and telecom sectors. Established in 1999, the firm invests during the seed, startup, and early expansion phases of a company's development, typically committing between 0.5 and 3.0 million euros in initial funding, with a total investment potential of up to 10 million euros over the life cycle of a company. Startupfactory seeks to partner with exceptional entrepreneurs who present unique business concepts targeting large global markets. The firm is dedicated to collaboratively building world-class global companies alongside the teams it invests in.
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