# Ronald Fisher

> Ronald Fisher is a Series B investor at SoftBank Group (Boston) backing Mobile and Software. See 17 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [SoftBank Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/softbank-capital)
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 17
- Last investment: Feb 2025
- Lead investor: 53%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ron-fisher/22/535/426

Ronald Fisher is a Series B investor at SoftBank Group in Boston focused on Mobile and Software. Ron joined SoftBank in 1995, overseeing its U.S. operations and its other activities outside of Asia, and was the founder of SoftBank Capital. He is currently Director and President of SoftBank Holdings, Inc. and also serves as a member of the board of directors of SoftBank Corp., Japan. Ron has over 30 years of experience of working with highgrowth and turnaround technology companies.Prior to joining SoftBank, Ron was the CEO of Phoenix Technologies Ltd., the leading developer and marketer of system software products for personal computers, from 1990 to 1995. Ron joined Phoenix from Interactive Systems Corporation, a UNIX software company that was purchased by the Eastman Kodak Company in 1988. At Interactive Systems he served for five years as President, initially as COO and then CEO. Ron’s experience prior to Interactive Systems includes senior executive positions at Visicorp, TRW, and ICL (USA).Ron serves on the boards of several public and private companies, including Cloud Engines (Pogoplug), Desktone, E*Trade Group, LiteScape Technologies, Nellymoser and Swirl. Ron previously served on the board of GSI Commerce (sold to eBay in 2011). Ron earned an MBA from Columbia University, New York, and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $5M–$500M |
| Series B | $5M–$500M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 3 | 18% |
| Software | 3 | 18% |
| Retail | 2 | 12% |
| Internet | 2 | 12% |
| Enterprise Software | 2 | 12% |

32 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 4 | 24% |
| Series A | 3 | 18% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 18% |
| Seed | 1 | 6% |
| Series C | 1 | 6% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 7 | 41% |
| China | 1 | 6% |
| Israel | 1 | 6% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vayu | Vayu is a supplier of a platform that facilitates revenue and billing management. |  | Seed | Feb 25, 2025 |  |
| Vayu | Vayu is a supplier of a platform that facilitates revenue and billing management. | $7M | Seed | Jan 01, 2025 |  |
| Fanatics | Fanatics designs, manufactures, and distributes high-quality fan gear and jerseys across retail channels, better serving the real-time expectations of leagues, teams, fans, and retailers in today’s mobile-first, on-demand culture. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. | $325M | Private Equity | Aug 10, 2021 |  |
| WeWork China | WeWork China is a subsidiary of WeWork that provides a shared workspace community and office services. It aims to create collaboration among entrepreneurs, freelancers, startups, and small businesses across China. WeWork China was launched in July 2017. | $500M | Series B | Jul 26, 2018 |  |
| Fanatics | Fanatics designs, manufactures, and distributes high-quality fan gear and jerseys across retail channels, better serving the real-time expectations of leagues, teams, fans, and retailers in today’s mobile-first, on-demand culture. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. | $1B | Series D | Sep 06, 2017 |  |
| WeWork China | WeWork China is a subsidiary of WeWork that provides a shared workspace community and office services. It aims to create collaboration among entrepreneurs, freelancers, startups, and small businesses across China. WeWork China was launched in July 2017. | $500M | Series A | Jul 27, 2017 |  |
| Swirl Networks | Swirl is an in-store mobile marketing platform provider that is helping retailers leverage the power of mobile to attract and influence consumers while they shop in retail stores.The company's indoor location-based marketing platform allows retailers to deliver highly targeted messages, content and offers to consumer smartphones while theyshop in specific areas of the store. The platform combines patent-pending indoor location beacons with cloud-based marketing campaign management services and a software development kit that allows retailers to add an in-store mobile experience to any existing mobile app. | $18M | Series C | Apr 23, 2015 |  |
| Swirl Networks | Swirl is an in-store mobile marketing platform provider that is helping retailers leverage the power of mobile to attract and influence consumers while they shop in retail stores.The company's indoor location-based marketing platform allows retailers to deliver highly targeted messages, content and offers to consumer smartphones while theyshop in specific areas of the store. The platform combines patent-pending indoor location beacons with cloud-based marketing campaign management services and a software development kit that allows retailers to add an in-store mobile experience to any existing mobile app. | $8M | Series B | Oct 08, 2013 |  |
| PogoPlug | Pogoplug is an unlimited online storage service designed for the mobile era. It allows users to store everything, share anything and play anywhere, effectively extending the storage capacity of their mobile devices. Users have a choice of paying $4.95/month for unlimited hosted storage, or purchasing a $49 in-home storage appliance for anunlimited private cloud. Pogoplug's distribution strategy revolves around partnerships with key mobile carriers and leading retailers to drive awareness and reach consumers in an efficient manner. | $5M | Series B | Oct 15, 2012 |  |
| PogoPlug | Pogoplug is an unlimited online storage service designed for the mobile era. It allows users to store everything, share anything and play anywhere, effectively extending the storage capacity of their mobile devices. Users have a choice of paying $4.95/month for unlimited hosted storage, or purchasing a $49 in-home storage appliance for anunlimited private cloud. Pogoplug's distribution strategy revolves around partnerships with key mobile carriers and leading retailers to drive awareness and reach consumers in an efficient manner. | $15M | Series B | Dec 21, 2010 |  |

10 of 17 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Blumberg Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blumberg-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [TeleSoft Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/telesoft-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Flint Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flint-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [fresh.fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fresh-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hearst Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hearst-interactive-media) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hony Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hony-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About SoftBank Group

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

SoftBank Group provides venture funding and strategic support to exceptional entrepreneurs building disruptive enduring businesses. They are a small team of experienced entrepreneurs and investors who take an "active" approach to helping their companies reach their full potential. They manage $600 million across three funds and investacross a company’s lifecycle, from early to growth stages. Through their close ties to a number of Asia’s leading mobile, internet and technology companies – including strategic partners SoftBank Corp, Yahoo! Japan and Alibaba Group – SoftBank Capital offers unique expertise to businesses seeking to address the Asian market. Since 1995, SoftBank Capital has partnered with internet pioneers such as Criteo, Gilt Groupe, OMGPOP (Zynga), betaworks, BuzzFeed, Buddy Media (Salesforce.com), Huffington Post (AOL), Associated Content (Yahoo!), Danger (Microsoft), Geocities (Yahoo!), E*Trade and Yahoo!.

5 contacts available at SoftBank Group.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ronald Fisher | Vice Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ronald-fisher |
| Benjamin Lizana | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benjamin-lizana |
| Daniela Llobet | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniela-llobet |
| Greg Moon | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greg-moon |
| Jordan Levy | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jordan-levy |

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## FAQ

### What does Ronald Fisher invest in?

Ronald Fisher invests primarily in Mobile, Software and Retail startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 17 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Ronald Fisher's check size?

Ronald Fisher typically joins rounds of $5M–$500M at Series A and $5M–$500M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ronald Fisher participates in.

### When did Ronald Fisher last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ronald Fisher closed in Feb 2025. Shizune tracks 17 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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