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At a glance
SoftBank Vision Fund appears in 4 funding rounds tracked by ValueAddVC since 2025, leading 1. Its most recent tracked deal was Encoded Therapeutics' $275M Series F round (Sep 9, 2026).
Strategy
Stages
Series BGrowth
Sectors
AIEnterpriseConsumerFintech
Geographies
AsiaTokyo, Japan
Check size
$50M-$500MRecent changes
- Sep 9, 2026Sep 9, 2026Invested in Encoded Therapeutics (Series F, $275M) Encoded Therapeutics (Business Wire via BioSpace)
- Aug 4, 2026Aug 4, 2026Invested in Zenity (Series C, $125M) BusinessWire
- Jul 15, 2026Jul 15, 2026Invested in Emergent (Series C, $130M) TechCrunch
- Jan 2025Jan 2025Invested in Helion (Series F, $425M) Wikipedia
Portfolio
5 totalRecent Investment Activity
4Track record: led 1 and participated in 3 of 4 tracked venture rounds · 3 in the last 12 months · led 1 Series F
| Date | Company | Event | Role | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2026 | Encoded Therapeutics | Series F | Participated | $275M | — | Google Ventures (GV)LeadARCH Venture PartnersIllumina VenturesInvusJanus Henderson InvestorsRTW InvestmentsSoftBank Vision FundVenrockBraidwellFarallon Capital ManagementMatrix Capital ManagementNolan Capital | Encoded Therapeutics (Business Wire via BioSpace) |
| Aug 4, 2026 | Zenity | Series C | Participated | $125M | — | Pulse story | |
| Jul 15, 2026 | Emergent | Series C | Participated | $130M | $1.5B | CreaegisLeadKhosla VenturesSoftBank Vision FundLightspeed Venture PartnersY CombinatorMNI Ventures-ClaypondSentinel Global | TechCrunch |
| Jan 2025 | Helion | Series F | Led | $425M | $5.4B | Wikipedia |
Sector / Stage Activity
By sector (portfolio)
AI infra
1 · 20%
Biotech
1 · 20%
Energy
1 · 20%
Semiconductors
1 · 20%
AI security
1 · 20%
By stage (tracked rounds)
Series F
2 · 50%
Series C
2 · 50%
Co-Investors
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Latest Pulse
- Oct 16, 2026SoftBank Weighs $18B Buyout Of Allied UniversalSoftBank is weighing an $18 billion acquisition of security staffing giant Allied Universal, Bloomberg reported, extending Masayoshi Son's AI robotics push into physical labor.→
- Oct 12, 2026TwinCafe Lets Recruiters Interview Your AI Twin FirstEightfold AI CEO Ashutosh Garg's new platform TwinCafe lets job candidates build an AI twin from their résumé and work history that recruiters can question before ever meeting the real person.→
- Oct 9, 2026SoftBank's Son Seeks $100B From Gulf States For AI FundMasayoshi Son is in early talks to raise up to $100 billion from Gulf sovereign investors for a fund that would buy and upgrade companies with AI, as SoftBank's own AI bets strain its balance sheet.→
- 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.→
- 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 11, 2026AI Agent Security Funding Tops $435M in Two WeeksCorma, Zenity and Horizon3 raised a combined $435 million in the first ten days of August for AI-agent and AI-driven cybersecurity defense, three separate bets that defensive tooling is under-capitalized relative to offensive AI capability.→
- 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 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 4, 2026Zenity Raises $125M to Police Enterprise AI AgentsNorwest led a $125M Series C for Zenity, which monitors and governs the AI agents enterprises are wiring into sensitive systems, bringing the New York- and Tel Aviv-based company's total funding to about $185M.→
- Jun 30, 2026Wayve Launches $85M Employee Tender Offer at $8.5B ValuationSelf-driving startup Wayve launched an $85 million tender offer letting employees sell vested shares at an $8.5 billion valuation, set against February's $1.2 billion Series D led by Eclipse, Balderton and SoftBank Vision Fund 2. The buyback comes as Wayve has more than doubled headcount to 1,200 employees and targets robotaxi pilots with Uber later this year, using liquidity as a retention tool without pushing toward a public listing.→
SoftBank Vision Fund FAQ
What companies has SoftBank Vision Fund invested in?
SoftBank Vision Fund's portfolio includes Encoded Therapeutics, Zenity, Emergent, SambaNova, Helion.
Who does SoftBank Vision Fund co-invest with most?
In the rounds Value Add tracks, SoftBank Vision Fund most often invests alongside Intel Capital (2 shared deals), ARCH Venture Partners (1 shared deal), Battery Ventures (1 shared deal), Berkeley Frontier Fund (1 shared deal), BlackRock (1 shared deal).
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Where these figures come from
- BusinessWireprimary source1 fact
- TechCrunchmajor outlet1 fact
- Encoded Therapeutics (Business Wire via BioSpace)research database1 fact
- WikipediaValue Add VC data1 fact
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