# SoftBank Group

> SoftBank Group is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Software and Mobile. See 235 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 235
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 39%
- Fund size: $3B
- Last fund: Sep 2021
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/softbankgroup
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/SoftBank_Group
- Website: https://group.softbank

SoftBank Group is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Software and Mobile. 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!.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $2M–$25M |
| Series B | $5M–$75M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 32 | 14% |
| Mobile | 31 | 13% |
| Advertising | 27 | 11% |
| Internet | 26 | 11% |
| E-Commerce | 20 | 9% |

218 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 49 | 21% |
| Series A | 44 | 19% |
| Funding Round | 35 | 15% |
| Series C | 23 | 10% |
| Seed | 21 | 9% |

12 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 125 | 53% |
| China | 6 | 3% |
| India | 6 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 2% |
| Brazil | 3 | 1% |

16 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ronald Fisher | Vice Chairman | 17 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ronald-fisher |
| Benjamin Lizana | Investor | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benjamin-lizana |
| Daniela Llobet | Vice President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniela-llobet |
| Greg Moon | Associate | 9 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greg-moon |
| Jordan Levy | General Partner | 29 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jordan-levy |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cowarobot | The purpose of establishing COWAROBOT is to bring people the future travel experience by using robotics, self-driving technology and other intelligent solutions. COWAROBOT commits to solving the difficulties and pain points during traveling so as to bring convenience and pleasure to all people who are on the move. | $600M |  | Jun 21, 2026 |  |
| OpenAI Deployment Company | OpenAI Deployment Company provides artificial intelligence software services. The Deployment Company is a JV formed by OpenAI in partnership with TPG Inc (NASDAQ:TPG), Brookfield Asset Management Inc (NYSE:BAM), Advent, and Bain Capital Specialty Finance Inc (NYSE:BCSF). | $4B | Private Equity | May 04, 2026 |  |
| Kandou AI | KANDOU specializes in the design of high-speed, and pin- and energy-efficient chip-to-chip links, SerDes, and associated technologies.Demand for bandwidth in serial links has increased as industries require both high-quantity and high-quality information. KANDOU BUS has developed a unique approach to serial link design that increases the bit-rateand the reach for a given physical communications link and reduces the power consumption. As a result, more bits can be sent per unit of energy, or less energy can be used to achieve a given bit rate.Less energy means available power can be used for more speed, greater battery life, smaller dies or novel designs that shatter many of today’s constraints.Their team of scientists and engineers, based in Switzerland, the UK, and the US, is pushing the boundaries of serial links. | $225M | Series A | Mar 23, 2026 |  |
| Skild AI | Skild AI is a startup that develops software to power various robots including ones with two or four legs. | $1.4B | Series C | Jan 14, 2026 |  |
| SB Energy | SB Energy provides flexible renewable energy at scale, accelerating the global energy transition and benefiting our planet, customers, communities, and people. | $1B | Corporate Round | Jan 09, 2026 |  |
| Mythic | Mythic is a diverse group of individuals focused on developing cutting-edge analog matrix processors based on our unique analog compute-in-memory. Their products are the M1076 Analog Matrix Processor, MP10304 Quad-AMP PCIe Card, and MM1076 M.2 M Key Card. They offer AI solutions, from the data center to the edge device. | $125M | Series D | Dec 17, 2025 |  |
| Skild AI | Skild AI is a startup that develops software to power various robots including ones with two or four legs. | $135M | Series B | Jun 11, 2025 |  |
| AMEA Power | AMEA Power develops, owns, and operates utility-scale solar and battery energy storage projects across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. The company constructs photovoltaic plants and hybrid systems and negotiates long-term power purchase agreements to supply clean electricity. Its portfolio includes operational, under-construction, and plannedprojects ranging from 24 MW solar farms in Uganda to 500 MW solar plants in Egypt, often integrating battery storage to enhance grid stability. AMEA Power also partners with governments and industry to secure financing and concessions for its energy developments, contributing to regional infrastructure expansion in renewable power. | $75M | Private Equity | Jul 07, 2023 |  |
| Telexistence | TELEXISTENCE Inc. aims to be the systematic innovator of scale in robotics. Innovator means new stuff. And scale means big, systematic ways of looking things done in a way that’s reproducible. | $3.3B | Series B | Jul 06, 2023 |  |
| Balyo | Balyo designs, develops and markets totally innovative handling robots. Thanks to its navigation technology, unique inside buildings, Balyo transforms standard forklift trucks into standalone intelligent robots, capable of working alongside human operators.The technological breakthrough introduced by Balyo has permitted fleets of robots tonavigate in warehouses or in factories without any additional infrastructures. In contrast to traditional automated trucks, inflexible and costly, the Balyo model does not require lines on the floor or reflectors to guide it.In 2015, Balyo, a company of 60 employees, signed a partnership agreement with the European leader in material handling, Fenwick / Linde, for the common commercialisation of a unique range of intelligent robots. Building on this success, Balyo signed in 2016 a second partnership with the American specialist in material handling Yale / Hyster with an aim to growth increase in the Americas.In line with the concepts of 4.0 Warehouse and factories of the future, Balyo offers industry and logisticians increased competitiveness in their goods handling operations. | $12.9M | Post-IPO Secondary | Jun 16, 2023 |  |

10 of 235 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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- [New Enterprise Associates](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-enterprise-associates) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Spark Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/spark-capital) — VC Fund, 7 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does SoftBank Group invest in?

SoftBank Group invests primarily in Software, Mobile and Advertising startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 235 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 SoftBank Group's check size?

SoftBank Group typically joins rounds of $2M–$25M at Series A and $5M–$75M 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 SoftBank Group participates in.

### How do I contact SoftBank Group?

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### Who are the partners at SoftBank Group?

The team at SoftBank Group includes Ronald Fisher (Vice Chairman), Benjamin Lizana (Investor) and Daniela Llobet (Vice President), among 15 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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