At a glance
SoftBank Group appears in 5 funding rounds tracked by ValueAddVC since 2024, leading 3. Its most frequent sector in these rounds is AI & Infrastructure, and its most recent tracked deal was OpenAI's $122B round (Mar 31, 2026). It co-invests most often with Microsoft, Altimeter Capital and Coatue Management. ValueAddVC also tracks 1 fund managed by SoftBank Group.
Strategy
Stages
SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
Sectors
Enterprise
Geographies
USANewton, Massachusetts, USA
Recent changes
- Sep 21, 2026Sep 21, 2026SoftBank Sells $11B In Junk Bonds To Fund OpenAI Bet Pulse story
- Sep 15, 2026Sep 15, 2026SoftBank Pays Off $25.9B Of Its OpenAI Bridge Loan Early Pulse story
- Aug 17, 2026Aug 17, 2026Gravis Robotics Lands $200M From SoftBank Alone Pulse story
- Aug 5, 2026Aug 5, 2026SoftBank Surges 14% as Asia Tech Rallies Pulse story
- Mar 31, 2026Mar 31, 2026Follow-on: Invested in OpenAI ($122B) TechCrunch
Earlier changes (5)
- Jan 14, 2026Jan 14, 2026Invested in Skild AI (Series C, $1.4B) Skild AI
- Jan 9, 2026Jan 9, 2026Invested in SB Energy ($1B) SB Energy
- Mar 31, 2025Mar 31, 2025Follow-on: Invested in OpenAI ($40B) TechCrunch
- Oct 2, 2024Oct 2, 2024Invested in OpenAI ($6.6B) TechCrunch
- Jan 1, 2021Jan 1, 2021New fund: SoftBank Group Fund I ($100M) Value Add VC funds tracker
Funds
1| Fund | Vintage | Size | Strategy | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SoftBank Group Fund I | 2021 | $100M | Flagship | As of 2021Value Add VC funds tracker |
Portfolio
6 totalRecent Investment Activity
5Track record: led 3 and participated in 2 of 5 tracked venture rounds · 3 in the last 12 months · led 1 Series C
| Date | Company | Event | Role | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | OpenAI | funding round | Led | $122B | $852B | TechCrunch | |
| Jan 14, 2026 | Skild AI | Series C | Led | $1.4B | $14B+ | Skild AI | |
| Jan 9, 2026 | SB Energy | funding round | Participated | $1B | — | OpenAIunverifiedSoftBank Groupunverified | SB Energy |
| Mar 31, 2025 | OpenAI | funding round | Led | $40B | $300B | TechCrunch | |
| Oct 2, 2024 | OpenAI | funding round | Participated | $6.6B | $157B | TechCrunch |
Sector / Stage Activity
By sector (portfolio)
AI infra
3 · 50%
Robotics
2 · 33%
Consumer
1 · 17%
Co-Investors
12Nvidia · 3 sharedNVentures · 2 sharedCoatue Management · 2 sharedHanwha Asset Management · 2 sharedSequoia Capital · 2 sharedSV Angel · 2 sharedBezos Expeditions · 2 sharedFelicis Ventures · 2 sharedAmazon Industrial Innovation Fund · 1 sharedDCVC · 1 sharedPlayground Global · 1 sharedSony Innovation Fund · 1 shared
Latest Pulse
- Oct 1, 2026Nvidia, SoftBank Add $20B To OpenAI's RoundNvidia and SoftBank are putting in a final $20 billion to close out OpenAI's latest funding round, deepening two of its most consequential investor relationships ahead of a paused IPO.→
- Sep 21, 2026SoftBank Sells $11B In Junk Bonds To Fund OpenAI BetSoftBank launched an offering of more than $11 billion in dollar- and euro-denominated notes to fund its OpenAI investment, a deal that would be the largest non-financial corporate bond ever sold out of Asia Pacific and Japan.→
- Sep 15, 2026SoftBank Pays Off $25.9B Of Its OpenAI Bridge Loan EarlySoftBank is repaying the remaining $25.9 billion balance on the $40 billion bridge loan that financed its OpenAI stake, six months ahead of the March 2027 maturity, shifting the debt behind its biggest-ever bet to longer-term financing.→
- Sep 15, 2026SoftBank's Payoff Shows Who's Really Financing The AI BoomSoftBank refinancing its OpenAI bridge loan with bonds and margin loans, not IPO proceeds, is more evidence that debt -- not venture equity -- has become the financing engine of the AI infrastructure buildout.→
- Sep 4, 2026SB Energy Amends S-1 for a $439B Backlog ListingSoftBank's data center and power arm filed an amended registration statement on September 4 as it moves toward a Nasdaq debut under SBE, with Nvidia committing $1.5 billion at the IPO price.→
- Sep 1, 2026SB Energy Files IPO, Warns It's Tied to OpenAISoftBank-backed SB Energy filed for a US IPO warning investors it is substantially dependent on OpenAI, which is both its largest tenant and an equity holder.→
- Aug 28, 2026SoftBank Goes Back for a Second $10B OpenAI LoanSoftBank is seeking another $10 billion loan against its OpenAI stake, just three weeks after its first margin loan closed, pushing its OpenAI-linked borrowing past $50 billion for the year.→
- Aug 27, 2026SoftBank in Talks for Majority Stake in 1X at $6BSoftBank is in talks to buy a majority stake in 1X Technologies, the OpenAI-backed humanoid robot maker, at a $6 billion valuation, extending Masayoshi Son's robotics buying spree following its Boston Dynamics exit.→
- Aug 17, 2026SoftBank Puts $200M Into Gravis Robotics at $1BSoftBank sole-invested $200 million into Gravis Robotics, a 75-person ETH Zurich spinout that retrofits excavators with autonomy kits, at a $1 billion valuation -- what the company calls the largest Series A in construction-robotics history.→
- Aug 17, 2026Gravis Robotics Lands $200M From SoftBank AloneSoftBank invested $200 million in Gravis Robotics, a Zurich startup that retrofits excavators with autonomous software, in what the company calls the largest Series A in construction-robotics history.→
- Aug 17, 2026Nvidia Backs $105B OpenAI Data Center in OhioNvidia will guarantee up to $105 billion in financing for the first phase of OpenAI's Ohio data center, a 4.25-gigawatt site built and operated by SoftBank's SB Energy under a 20-year lease.→
- Aug 6, 2026SoftBank Borrows $10B Against Its OpenAI BetSoftBank secured a $10 billion margin loan against its OpenAI shares the same quarter an $8.2 billion Intel stake gain carried its earnings beat, while OpenAI itself contributed no investment gain at all.→
- Aug 6, 2026SK Hynix Plunges 10% in Asian Tech SelloffSK Hynix fell nearly 10% and Samsung dropped over 6% as Asian tech stocks tracked a Wall Street AI-name selloff, the second sharp chip-sector drop in the Korean chipmaker's shares in two weeks.→
- Aug 5, 2026SoftBank Jumps as Asia Tech Tracks AI RallySoftBank shares surged more than 10% as Asian tech stocks tracked a strong Wall Street rally, with Arm's chip royalty optimism and gains at SK Hynix and Samsung all contributing.→
- Aug 5, 2026SoftBank Surges 14% as Asia Tech RalliesSoftBank jumped nearly 14% and the KOSPI and Nikkei both rose more than 3.6% as Asian tech stocks tracked Wall Street's record-setting AI-fueled session.→
- Jul 30, 2026Chip Rout Goes Global as Kioxia, SoftBank Slide in AsiaA third day of chip-stock selling spread to Asia, with Kioxia down nearly 8%, SoftBank off more than 6%, and Tokyo Electron down almost 5% after SK Hynix missed second-quarter estimates, even as Samsung posted a record quarter the same morning.→
- Jul 27, 2026Nvidia Weighs $250B Guarantee For OpenAI's Ohio CampusNvidia is negotiating a roughly $250 billion financing guarantee to help OpenAI lease SoftBank's planned 10-gigawatt Ohio data center, on top of a separate $350 billion chip-financing discussion.→
- Jul 27, 2026Nvidia In Talks For $250B OpenAI Data Center BackstopNvidia is reportedly negotiating to guarantee roughly $250 billion in lending so OpenAI can lease a 10-gigawatt SoftBank-built data center campus in Piketon, Ohio, with total project financing potentially exceeding $500 billion.→
- Jul 17, 2026AI Chip Trade Wobbles as SoftBank, Asia Semis SlideA steep global tech selloff hit AI chip stocks hardest, with SoftBank falling over 9% and Asian semiconductor names tracking a Wall Street rout, as investors questioned whether AI infrastructure spending has outrun near-term demand.→
- Jun 27, 2026SoftBank's CEO Isn't Alone in Doubting Elon Musk's Orbital Data Center HypeAs Elon Musk pitches data centers in orbit to power the next wave of AI compute, skepticism is mounting -- and SoftBank's Masayoshi Son, himself one of AI's biggest spenders, is among the doubters. Critics question the physics, economics and cooling realities of running AI clusters in space, casting the idea as visionary marketing more than near-term infrastructure.→
- Jun 19, 2026Hyundai Takes Full Control of Boston Dynamics, Buying Out SoftBank for $325MHyundai Motor Group is buying SoftBank's remaining ~9.65% stake in Boston Dynamics for $325 million, completing its takeover of the Waltham, Massachusetts robotics company and turning it into a wholly owned subsidiary. The move closes out the put option SoftBank retained when Hyundai bought 80% control in 2021, and hands the automaker undivided ownership of the world's most famous humanoid-robotics brand just as physical AI becomes a venture and corporate obsession.→
SoftBank Group FAQ
What companies has SoftBank Group invested in?
SoftBank Group's portfolio includes OpenAI, SB Energy, Agility Robotics, Skild AI, Perplexity, Shein.
Who does SoftBank Group co-invest with most?
In the rounds Value Add tracks, SoftBank Group most often invests alongside Nvidia (3 shared deals), NVentures (2 shared deals), Coatue Management (2 shared deals), Hanwha Asset Management (2 shared deals), Sequoia Capital (2 shared deals).
Sources & methodologyshow
Where these figures come from
- SB Energyprimary source1 fact
- Skild AIprimary source1 fact
- TechCrunchmajor outlet1 fact
- TechCrunchmajor outlet1 fact
- TechCrunchmajor outlet1 fact
- Value Add VC funds trackerValue Add VC data1 fact
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