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A closer look at Softbank Vision Fund’s fintech portfolio

  • Softbank's $100 billion Vision Fund is active in fintech.
  • Tearsheet looks at the recent investments Softbank has made.
Zoe Murphy | July 15, 2019
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A closer look at Softbank Vision Fund’s fintech portfolio

With Softbank’s recent $231 million investment in Latin American lender Creditas, we thought it might be interesting to peel back the curtain a bit on the Japanese investor.

Given that the bank’s $100 billion venture fund is the biggest of its kind, those kinds of numbers spark eyepopping headlines whenever it makes an investment. At that size, Softbank frequently cuts nine figure checks.

 

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