Expanding business domains through investment in new businesses and growth companies
First written in FY2016. 19 of 21 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2017-Q1. Latest entry: 2026-09-23.
1 other company's latest entry also says "Advanced".
- 2026-09-23Advancedwww.nikkei.comデジタルブリッジ買収について必要な規制当局の承認取得が公表され、5営業日以内の買収完了が見込まれる段階に進んだ。
- FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「SoftBank Group Corp., through its wholly owned US subsidiary, entered into a definitive agreement dated 19 March 2025 with Ampere and certain of its equity holders to acquire all equity interests in Ampere Computing Holdings LLC for a total consideration of US$6.5 billion. Ampere is a US semiconductor design company specializing in high-performance, energy-efficient and sustainable AI computing based on the Arm compute platform.」
As part of expanding its business areas through investment in new businesses and growth companies, the Company entered into an agreement to acquire all equity interests in Ampere, an AI semiconductor design company based on the Arm compute platform, for US$6.5 billion. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「SoftBank Group Corp. and its wholly owned subsidiaries Total investments of ¥419.5 billion (Note 3)」
Investments totaling ¥419.5 billion were made in growth companies and new businesses, including an investment in Wayve Technologies, the additional acquisition and conversion of SBE Global into a subsidiary, and the conversion of Graphcore into a subsidiary. - FY2024-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「SoftBank Group Corp. and its 100%-owned subsidiaries invested a total of ¥309.2 billion, primarily in strategic investments」
As part of expanding its business areas through investment in new businesses and growth companies, total investments of ¥309.2 billion, primarily strategic investments, were made during the cumulative third-quarter period. - FY2024-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「SoftBank Group Corp. and its 100%-owned subsidiaries invested a total of ¥282.6 billion, primarily in strategic investments」
As part of expanding its business areas through investment in growth companies and new businesses, total strategic investments of ¥282.6 billion were made during the cumulative second-quarter period. - FY2024-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「SoftBank Group Corp. and its 100%-owned subsidiaries invested a total of ¥120 billion, primarily in strategic investments」
As part of expanding its business areas through investment in new businesses and growth companies, SoftBank Group Corp. and its wholly owned subsidiaries made total strategic investments of ¥120.0 billion. - FY2020-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Regarding US$1.5 billion in existing commitments that a 100%-owned subsidiary of the Company other than the SoftBank Vision Fund had initially planned to exercise in April 2020 at US$110.00 per share, we paid the full amount on 30 October 2019 after reducing the exercise price to US$11.60 per share.」
Payment of the existing US$1.5 billion commitment to WeWork was completed, moving the investment and support measures for growth companies into the execution phase. In addition, a new US$1.3 billion investment was made in Latin America. - FY2020-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「On 22 October 2019 (US Eastern Time), the Company and WeWork agreed that the Company would make a substantial funding commitment to WeWork. This included the following: (1) Exercise of the existing funding commitment: the US$1.5 billion in warrants (funding commitment) that the Company had planned to exercise in April 2020 was exercised at US$11.60 per share (completed on 30 October 2019).」
Regarding investment in and support for growth companies, the Company exercised its existing US$1.5 billion commitment to WeWork, progressing to a large-scale support package including a tender offer of up to US$3.0 billion and new debt. - FY2019-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Investments made in a cumulative total of 49 companies: total fair value of US$55.3 billion against cumulative investments of US$45.5 billion, excluding investments sold」
SVF invested US$45.5 billion in 49 companies, with a total fair value of US$55.3 billion. In addition to acquiring 9 companies, including Uber and Grab, from the Company, SVF completed an agreement to acquire WeWork for a total consideration of US$5.0 billion. - FY2019-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Cash outflows for the acquisition of investments △¥408,791 million A wholly owned subsidiary of the Company made new investments in GM Cruise and other companies.」
The Company spent ¥408,791 million on acquiring investments, including new investments in GM Cruise and other companies by a wholly owned subsidiary. - FY2019-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Cash outflows for the acquisition of investments △¥267,903 million A wholly owned subsidiary of the Company made new investments in GM Cruise and other companies.」
Cash outflows of ¥267,903 million were recorded for investments acquired by a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, including new investments in growth areas such as GM Cruise. - FY2018AdvancedAnnual report
「Cash outflows for the acquisition of investments amounted to ¥1,735,694 million. Of this amount, investments in Uber and DiDi accounted for US$12.9 billion (¥1,378,831 million).」
Spending on the acquisition of investments amounted to ¥1,735.694 billion, with investments made in growth areas including ride-sharing companies such as Uber and DiDi. - FY2018-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Investments acquired 27.4 29.7 Investments for which transfer from the Company was 決定 0.1 0.1 Total 27.5 29.8」
Investments acquired by SoftBank Vision Fund and the Delta Fund had an acquisition cost of US$27.4 billion and a fair value of US$29.7 billion, expanding the investment areas to AI, semiconductors, e-commerce and ride-sharing. - FY2018-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Acquisition cost 14.8 Fair value 16.6 主要 investment holdings Arm Holdings plc (partial interest), Fanatics Holdings, Inc. (Fanatics), NVIDIA, Roivant Sciences Ltd. (Roivant), Xiaoju Kuaizhi Inc. (DiDi)」
Investments acquired by SVF had an acquisition cost of US$14.8 billion and a fair value of US$16.6 billion, expanding the investment areas to semiconductors, sporting goods, biopharmaceuticals and ride-sharing. - FY2018-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Cash outflows for the acquisition of investments ¥864,699 million The Company acquired investment securities, including those of Xiaoju Kuaizhi Inc. and OSIsoft LLC. Most of the outflows during the first quarter related to investments made by the Company under a plan to transfer them to SVF.」
The Company spent ¥864,699 million on acquiring investments during the first quarter, making specific investments in growth areas including ride-sharing and industrial IoT. - FY2017-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「For example, the Group has recently invested in companies including Social Finance, Inc., which provides consumer finance services in the United States, such as student-loan refinancing.」
Specific investment targets were identified, including Social Finance and other US consumer finance service providers, as part of investment in new businesses and growth companies. - FY2017-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「On 18 July 2016, the company and ARM of the United Kingdom agreed on the terms of a transaction under a scheme of arrangement approved by the English court, under which the company would acquire all of ARM’s issued and to-be-issued shares for total cash consideration of approximately £24 billion, or approximately ¥3.3 trillion. The scheme became effective on 5 September 2016. As a result of the transaction, ARM became a wholly owned subsidiary of the company.」
As part of expanding its business areas through investment in new businesses and growth companies, the acquisition of Arm for approximately ¥3.3 trillion was completed and Arm became a wholly owned subsidiary. - FY2017-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「SoftBank Group Corp. and ARM Holdings plc of the United Kingdom (hereinafter “ARM”) agreed on 18 July 2016 to the terms of a transaction recommended by ARM’s board of directors under which SoftBank Group Corp. would acquire for cash all of ARM’s issued and to-be-issued shares.」
The policy of expanding new businesses and growth areas through acquisitions made concrete progress with agreement on the terms of the approximately ¥3.3 trillion acquisition of ARM. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「The group engages in investment activities, including acquisitions, the establishment of joint ventures and subsidiaries, and investments in operating companies, holding companies, including companies that effectively control separate entities through various agreements, and funds, for purposes including launching new businesses, such as the robotics business, and expanding existing businesses.」
An investment strategy focused on expanding business areas through acquisitions, joint ventures, subsidiary formation and fund investments.