# SoftBank: investor

Canonical ID: `b89884bb-c102-46ea-9b98-2df152c7170f`

SoftBank Group Corp. is a Japanese multinational conglomerate holding company. Through its Vision Fund vehicles, it is the largest single shareholder in Didi Chuxing (21.5%) and a major investor in autonomous driving and robotics companies globally.

- **Type:** Strategic / corporate

## Portfolio (7)

- [Telexistence](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/telexistence.md) Series B · $170M (reported) · _lead_
- [Noah Medical](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/noah-medical.md) Series B · $200M (reported) · _lead_
- [SB Energy (SoftBank Group)](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/sb-energy-softbank-group.md) Strategic · 2026-07-15 · $1.0B (reported) · _lead_
- [Robotic Research](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/robotic-research.md) Series A · 2021-12-01 · $228M · _co lead_
- [AutoStore](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/autostore.md) Strategic · 2021-04-05 · $2.8B (reported) · _lead_
- [Didi Chuxing](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/didi-chuxing.md) Strategic · 2020-05-29 · $500M (reported) · _strategic_
- [SoftBank Robotics (Pepper)](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/pepper-robot.md) Acquisition · 2012-01-01 · $100M (reported) · _lead_

## Invests alongside (7)

Other investors that participated in the same funding rounds as SoftBank.

- [Foxconn (Hon Hai)](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/foxconn.md) · 1 shared round: [Telexistence Series B](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/telexistence.md#funding-rounds)
- [Hillhouse Capital](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/hillhouse-capital.md) · 1 shared round: [Noah Medical Series B](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/noah-medical.md#funding-rounds)
- [OpenAI](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/openai.md) · 1 shared round: [SB Energy (SoftBank Group) Strategic](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/sb-energy-softbank-group.md#funding-rounds)
- [Prosperity7 Ventures](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/prosperity7-ventures.md) · 1 shared round: [Noah Medical Series B](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/noah-medical.md#funding-rounds)
- [Sequoia Capital](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/sequoia-capital.md) · 1 shared round: [Noah Medical Series B](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/noah-medical.md#funding-rounds)
- [Sequoia China](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/sequoia-china.md) · 1 shared round: [Noah Medical Series B](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/noah-medical.md#funding-rounds)
- [Tiger Global Management](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/tiger-global-management.md) · 1 shared round: [Noah Medical Series B](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/noah-medical.md#funding-rounds)

## Sources (4)

1. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/29/softbank-leads-500-million-investment-in-chinese-uber-rival-didi.html
2. https://www.therobotreport.com/aldebaran-pepper-nao-robots-receivership/
3. https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/04/06/softbank-invests-2point8-billion-in-norwegian-robotics-firm-autostore.html
4. https://seedtable.com/companies/robotic-research-llc/funding-rounds/series-a-2021-12


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