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SoftBank and Arm: From a $31 Billion Acquisition to an AI-Era Strategic Asset

SoftBank's 2016 Arm acquisition evolved from a mobile-chip licensing bet into ownership of a strategic AI-era compute asset. A failed Nvidia sale, a 2023 IPO, and Arm's data-center expansion transformed the investment thesis without ending SoftBank's control.

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SoftBank Vision Fund: The $100 Billion Experiment in Scaling Venture Capital

The SoftBank Vision Fund tried to scale venture capital to roughly $100 billion, giving private technology companies unprecedented access to growth capital while magnifying valuation and governance risk.

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SoftBank and Alibaba: The $20 Million Bet That Became One of Technology’s Great Returns

SoftBank led a $20 million investment into Alibaba in 2000, backing a young Chinese B2B marketplace before China's consumer Internet boom was obvious.

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