Many private tech companies already seem overvalued based on historical comparisons. But just wait until this fund starts to deploy its cash.... https://t.co/KwfEBPsyD6
— Lisa Abramowicz (@lisaabramowicz1) July 26, 2019
Vision Fund 2 is here.
— Deirdre Bosa (@dee_bosa) July 26, 2019
Softbank announces launch, intends to invest $38 billion. Expected amount of capital in the fund expected at $108b
Quite the array of expected LPs: SBG, Apple, Foxconn, Microsoft, National Investment Corporation of National Bank of Kazakhstan, etc pic.twitter.com/4fG3leDawT
The Saudis are NOT currently listed as an "expected limited partner" for SoftBank's second Vision Fund.
— Teddy Schleifer (@teddyschleifer) July 26, 2019
This though only reflects LPs that have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with SoftBank as of right now.
So Saudis could still contribute, as they've indicated they would. pic.twitter.com/PM56yZN91R
NEW: Details on SoftBank’s second Vision Fund.
— Teddy Schleifer (@teddyschleifer) July 26, 2019
Size: $108 billion
SoftBank Group’s contribution: $38 billion
Limited partners: Apple, Foxconn, Microsoft, others...
Details: https://t.co/yi7uspJAy4
Some companies SoftBank named as investors in its new fund said talks were still at an early stage. One said it hadn't told SoftBank how much it was willing to invest. @meiyume @phred_dvorak https://t.co/QwkLxRTTo0
— Miriam Gottfried (@miriamgottfried) July 26, 2019
Genuine question, what does Apple/Microsoft get from this? Why couldn’t they just direct invest companies they thought were interesting? https://t.co/6YCHjbxMZh
— Nikhil Krishnan (@nikillinit) July 26, 2019
SoftBank announces $108B Vision Fund 2: https://t.co/eE963q0Ehk pic.twitter.com/Bf3IdtaAOW
— Kate Clark (@KateClarkTweets) July 26, 2019
Vision Fund 2 officially announced, no mention of Saudi Arabia on list of LPs (so far) https://t.co/Wzuea3MRP8
— Erin Griffith (@eringriffith) July 26, 2019
If I was 21 years old again(like 4 yrs back ) I would have sent the business plan to Mayoshi son right away !!https://t.co/UWCIrogW3X
— Siddarth Pai (@siddarthpaim) July 26, 2019
The SoftBank Vision Fund 2 from both the Japanese conglomerate and other partners stands at about $108 billion based on a series of memoranda of understandings https://t.co/InsVwDb6tS #ai #ml #deeplearning #banking #digitaltransformation
— Noel Peatfield (@noelpeatfield) July 26, 2019
SoftBank launches new $108 billion fund to invest in A.I. https://t.co/4Dp3sKc1DM
— Zia U. Khan (@ziakhan) July 26, 2019
what idiot called it "Vision Fund 2" and not "Revision Fund"https://t.co/ZXl06siA8C
— Justin Duke (@justinmduke) July 26, 2019
SoftBank CEO takes more control in new $108 billion vision fund https://t.co/pW6SJLXmZq
— Jeroen Bartelse (@JeroenBartelse) July 26, 2019
via @business #investments #VC #softbank #ridesharing #selfdriving #driverless #AI@SpirosMargaris @FGraillot pic.twitter.com/3MWabwo3gY
Son is something else...https://t.co/FUUeJHSCT3
— Milos Gajdos (@milosgajdos) July 26, 2019
SoftBank announces AI-focused second $108 billion Vision Fund with LPs including Microsoft, Apple and Foxconn https://t.co/y2eYQ8gkSd
— StrictlyVC (@StrictlyVC) July 26, 2019
The trend of fewer, larger, rounds looks set to continue. https://t.co/57tRQyEdXd
— Khaled Jalanbo (@KhaledJalanbo) July 26, 2019
SoftBank announces a second $100+billion fund.
— Calum Chace (@cccalum) July 26, 2019
This one is even more AI-focused.
AI winter, anyone? https://t.co/7ZCvasxtma
"It is worth noting that the second Vision Fund’s list of expected limited partners does not currently include any participants from the Saudi Arabia government"https://t.co/Cw77HsVoqJ
— Jon Russell (@jonrussell) July 26, 2019
And more is expected ...
— Theo - 劉䂀曼 (@psb_dc) July 26, 2019
via @CatherineShu @TechCrunch #VC #Startup https://t.co/RAaQgIou5M
Because, as we all now know, one $100b fund is never enough.
— Vishal Gulati (@vgul) July 26, 2019
SoftBank announces AI-focused second $108 billion Vision Fund with LPs including Microsoft, Apple and Foxconn | TechCrunch https://t.co/6CpRNdbmaK
SoftBank leaves huge questions over new $108bn Vision Fund https://t.co/TgimS7PqAq
— Financial Times (@FT) July 26, 2019
SoftBank has plans to launch a new $108bn Vision Fund that could be even bigger than its first, which already broke records as the biggest private pool of money ever raised.
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) July 26, 2019
But right now, the endeavor has left more questions than answers.https://t.co/psgtzVYuKr
#SoftBank ?? announced an #AI-focused $108Bn second #VisionFund, a late-stage #VentureCapital vehicle whose original $100Bn edition turned #SiliconValley ?? upside down.
— Tarak H. Rindani (@TarakRindani) July 26, 2019
The final size of this new fund is expected to be even larger.https://t.co/oyE75xCqUk
This is the tech equivalent of building a death star ??? https://t.co/ccrq5nHoAI
— sunny madra (@sundeep) July 26, 2019
let the "boom" continue https://t.co/1fuibn5YT4
— nihal (@nihalmehta) July 26, 2019
SoftBank says it's raised $108 billion for Vision Fund 2 https://t.co/YUSmV9hsTy
— Jawad Mian (@jsmian) July 26, 2019