
SoftBank Group Corp. primarily focuses on investing in technology companies, particularly those leveraging artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and the Internet of Things (IoT). Their strategy involves making large-scale, often late-stage, investments to enable rapid growth and market dominance for their portfolio companies, aiming to create a synergistic ecosystem.
Deal activity increased 100% year-over-year (4 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $499.5M (across 20 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
27
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Growth
Last 12 Mo
4
Team
Yutaka Matsuo
External Board Director, Independent Officer
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
27 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| KKandou AI | Series C | $225M | Mar 2026 |
| Series C | $1.4B | Jan 2026 | |
| Series D | $125M | Dec 2025 | |
| Series C | — | Jun 2025 | |
| Growth | — | Jan 2025 | |
| WWayve Technologies Ltd. | Series C | $1.1B | Aug 2024 |
| Unknown | — | Sep 2023 | |
| Growth | $700M | Dec 2022 | |
| Series B | $23M | Jun 2022 | |
| IImprobable Worlds Ltd. | Series C | $150M | Apr 2022 |
| Growth | $234M | Nov 2021 | |
| KKonfio Ltd. | Series E | $110M | Sep 2021 |
| Series C | $100M | Aug 2021 | |
| KKlarna Bank AB | Growth | $639M | Jun 2021 |
| Series B | — | Jul 2019 | |
| Growth | $220M | Jun 2019 | |
| BBytedance | Growth | $3B | Oct 2018 |
| BBeijing Bytedance Technology | Unknown | — | Sep 2018 |
| WWeWork Cos. | Growth | $300M | Mar 2017 |
| Series C | $59M | Oct 2015 | |
| Series C | $100M | Jan 2014 | |
| Unknown | $500M | — | |
| RRapidus Corp. | Growth | $696M | — |
| CCars24 Services Pvt. | Growth | $350M | — |
| Unknown | — | — |
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Top Co-Investors
SoftBank Vision Fund4 shared
General Atlantic3 shared
Sequoia Capital2 shared
Nvidia Corp.2 shared
KKR & Co.2 shared
Clearlake Capital Group1 shared
Liontree1 shared
Silver Lake1 shared
QED Investors1 shared
Foresite Capital1 shared
Founders Fund1 shared
Toyota Motor Corp.1 shared
DST Global1 shared
Falcon Edge1 shared
Andreessen Horowitz1 shared
Norwest Venture Partners1 shared
Qualcomm Ventures1 shared
DCVC1 shared
NEA (New Enterprise Associates)1 shared
Atreides Management1 shared
Last updated: 15 April 2026