SoftBank Robotics Europe

SoftBank Robotics Europe, formerly Aldebaran Robotics, designs and manufactures humanoid robots for education, research, health, distribution, tourism, business applications, and home use. The company serves customers worldwide and focuses on interactive robotics that assist professionals and individuals. Founded in 2005, it is based in Paris, France, with additional offices in France, Japan, the United States, and China, and operates as a subsidiary of SoftBank Group.

Karim Abouzahr

Director, SoftBank Europe Ventures

Kristin Bannon

Investment Director, SoftBank Investment Advisers

Jonathan Bullock

COO and Managing Director

John Cassidy

Investment Director, Life Sciences and HealthTech

Tom Cheung

Partner, Americas

Serena Dayal

Partner, Americas

Angela Du

Partner, Americas

Colin Fan

Managing Partner, SoftBank Investment Advisers

Ted Fike

Director, Americas

Ronald Fisher

Vice Chairman

Kunihiro Fujinaga

Managing Executive Officer

Navneet Govil

Managing Partner, CFO

Ayush Jain

Investment Vice President

Lydia Jett

Managing Partner

Sumer Juneja

Managing Partner and Head of EMEA and India Investing

Robert Kaplan

Partner, Americas

Gosia Karas

Investor

Eylul Kayin

Vice President

Chris Lee

Partner, Asia

Anna Lo

Director, Americas

Amit Lubovsky

Investor

Jimi Macdonald

Director

Makizono Keiichi

Executive Officer and CIO

Kentaro Matsui

Managing Partner

Ken Miyauchi

Representative Director and Senior Executive Vice President

Greg Moon

Executive Managing Partner

Karol Niewiadomski

Partner

Shu Nyatta

Managing Partner

Max Ohrstrand

Partner, EMEA

Vikas Parekh

Managing Partner

Ben Parton

Director of Deals and Transactions

Yanni Pipilis

Managing Partner

Narendra Rathi

Director, Asia

Faisal Rehman

Head of Operations, Middle East

Brett Rochkind

Managing Partner

Brett Rochkind

Managing Partner

Saleh Romeih

Senior Advisor

Priya Saiprasad

Partner

Masayoshi Son

Founder

Ram Trichur

Partner

Ervin Tu

Partner, Americas

Aaron Wong

Vice President

Tim Yap

Director, EMEA

Kenichi Yoshida

Chief Business Officer and Executive Vice President

Linda Yu

Vice President, Vision Fund

Andrew Zloto

Partner, Americas

Past deals in TMT

MSquared

Venture Round in 2022
MSquared (M²) develops a network that allows metaverses to be used together. It uses blockchain and cryptocurrency to connect digital assets to various organizations. MSquared is based in London, United Kingdom.

One97 Communications

Series G in 2019
One97 Communications Limited is a mobile payments services company based in Noida, India, founded in 2000. It operates under the Paytm brand, offering a comprehensive range of mobile content and commerce services. The company provides digital goods and services, including top-ups, ticket bookings, hotel reservations, music, videos, games, and other mobile content. Additionally, One97 Communications is a leading provider of payment solutions for e-commerce merchants, utilizing its RBI-approved semi-closed wallet. With a workforce of over 4,500 employees, the company has a wide geographical footprint, with regional offices in major Indian cities such as Mumbai, Bengaluru, Pune, Chennai, and Kolkata, as well as a global presence in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.

One97 Communications

Series G in 2019
One97 Communications Limited is a mobile payments services company based in Noida, India, founded in 2000. It operates under the Paytm brand, offering a comprehensive range of mobile content and commerce services. The company provides digital goods and services, including top-ups, ticket bookings, hotel reservations, music, videos, games, and other mobile content. Additionally, One97 Communications is a leading provider of payment solutions for e-commerce merchants, utilizing its RBI-approved semi-closed wallet. With a workforce of over 4,500 employees, the company has a wide geographical footprint, with regional offices in major Indian cities such as Mumbai, Bengaluru, Pune, Chennai, and Kolkata, as well as a global presence in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.

Cambridge Mobile Telematics

Venture Round in 2018
Cambridge Mobile Telematics Inc. is a technology company that specializes in converting mobile sensor data from smartphones and vehicles into actionable insights. Founded in 2010 by two MIT professors and experienced entrepreneurs, the company has developed a range of applications that enhance road safety and driver behavior. Its primary solutions include usage-based insurance technologies, automotive telematics, and smartphone applications that analyze driving patterns such as speed, acceleration, and phone distraction. Cambridge Mobile Telematics also provides data analysis dashboards and a mobile sensing library for both Android and iOS platforms, enabling users to interact with large datasets effectively. With a customer base extending across 14 countries, the company is dedicated to making roads safer and improving driver performance worldwide.

Tomorrow.io

Series B in 2018
Tomorrow.io develops a SaaS weather intelligence platform that provides real-time, location-specific weather forecasts tailored to industries affected by weather. The platform helps organizations predict business impacts of weather, streamline communication, and optimize operations to improve efficiency and margins. It combines traditional meteorology data with signals from wireless networks, connected vehicles, satellites, street cameras, and other sources to deliver micro-forecast information. It serves clients across sectors worldwide, enabling countries, businesses, and individuals to manage weather-related challenges and improve decision-making. The company operates in North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia.

Mobile Posse

Venture Round in 2018
Mobile Posse, Inc. is a company based in Arlington, Virginia, specializing in mobile content discovery solutions that empower wireless carriers and device manufacturers to enhance their mobile advertising strategies. Founded in 2005, Mobile Posse offers the Firstly Mobile content discovery platform, which provides users with engaging curated content seamlessly, eliminating the need for swipes or searches. This frictionless experience not only improves user engagement but also helps carriers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) increase their advertising revenues. The company also provides a customer relationship management (CRM) solution for direct outreach to customers and a web portal that transforms default home pages into profitable assets. Mobile Posse operates as a subsidiary of Digital Turbine Media, Inc. as of February 2020.

One97 Communications

Venture Round in 2017
One97 Communications Limited is a mobile payments services company based in Noida, India, founded in 2000. It operates under the Paytm brand, offering a comprehensive range of mobile content and commerce services. The company provides digital goods and services, including top-ups, ticket bookings, hotel reservations, music, videos, games, and other mobile content. Additionally, One97 Communications is a leading provider of payment solutions for e-commerce merchants, utilizing its RBI-approved semi-closed wallet. With a workforce of over 4,500 employees, the company has a wide geographical footprint, with regional offices in major Indian cities such as Mumbai, Bengaluru, Pune, Chennai, and Kolkata, as well as a global presence in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.

TalkingData

Series B in 2014
TalkingData is a Beijing-based company established in 2011, specializing in advanced data analytics for the Chinese mobile internet market. It offers a suite of big data products, including scalable data mining, deep data analytics, industry benchmarking reports, and market insights. With nearly 1.5 billion devices covered, TalkingData serves 80% of China's top app developers, helping them track metrics, analyze user data, and optimize monetization strategies. The company collaborates closely with major distribution channels and ad networks, and is expanding into cross-border cooperation with financial industries.

Celtra

Series B in 2013
Celtra Inc. is a provider of a creative management platform that offers cloud-based, self-service software for managing the lifecycle of digital advertising. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, the company has additional locations in New York, San Francisco, London, Ljubljana, and Singapore. Celtra serves a diverse clientele that includes advertisers, publishers, and branding agencies, empowering them with technology to create, distribute, and optimize data-driven ads across various screens, such as mobile devices, tablets, and desktops. Its flagship product, AdCreator 4, facilitates the execution of large-scale and complex advertising campaigns through a streamlined platform that integrates ad creation, performance optimization, and consolidated reporting, allowing users to access common metrics across all channels. Celtra operates as a subsidiary of The Unilever Group.

Sprint

Acquisition in 2012
Sprint Corporation was an American telecommunications company that provided a wide range of wireless and wireline communications services to consumers, businesses, and government entities. It was known for its innovative technologies, which included two wireless networks that served nearly 49 million customers at the end of the second quarter of 2009. Sprint offered industry-leading mobile data services, instant national and international push-to-talk capabilities, and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone. On April 1, 2020, Sprint merged with T-Mobile US, marking a significant consolidation in the telecommunications industry.

eAccess

Acquisition in 2012
eAccess is a telecommunication company based in Japan that provides ADSL services to other ISPs.

Mobile Posse

Series C in 2012
Mobile Posse, Inc. is a company based in Arlington, Virginia, specializing in mobile content discovery solutions that empower wireless carriers and device manufacturers to enhance their mobile advertising strategies. Founded in 2005, Mobile Posse offers the Firstly Mobile content discovery platform, which provides users with engaging curated content seamlessly, eliminating the need for swipes or searches. This frictionless experience not only improves user engagement but also helps carriers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) increase their advertising revenues. The company also provides a customer relationship management (CRM) solution for direct outreach to customers and a web portal that transforms default home pages into profitable assets. Mobile Posse operates as a subsidiary of Digital Turbine Media, Inc. as of February 2020.

Openet

Series D in 2012
Openet is a global technology company that specializes in Service Optimization Software for communication and media service providers. It offers real-time analytics and insights to telecom companies, empowering them to control, monetize, and gain visibility into service and network usage. Openet's software-based solutions enable operators to create new business models, enhance subscriber experiences, and maximize network resource value as they transition to next-generation technologies like LTE and cloud computing.

Mobile Posse

Series B in 2007
Mobile Posse, Inc. is a company based in Arlington, Virginia, specializing in mobile content discovery solutions that empower wireless carriers and device manufacturers to enhance their mobile advertising strategies. Founded in 2005, Mobile Posse offers the Firstly Mobile content discovery platform, which provides users with engaging curated content seamlessly, eliminating the need for swipes or searches. This frictionless experience not only improves user engagement but also helps carriers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) increase their advertising revenues. The company also provides a customer relationship management (CRM) solution for direct outreach to customers and a web portal that transforms default home pages into profitable assets. Mobile Posse operates as a subsidiary of Digital Turbine Media, Inc. as of February 2020.

Nellymoser

Series A in 2005
Nellymoser is a company that specializes in providing software and managed services designed to enhance the interaction between consumers and rich media through mobile devices. It offers a mobile services platform tailored for media companies and network operators, allowing users to discover, preview, purchase, create, and share content seamlessly from their mobile phones. By focusing on connectivity and user engagement, Nellymoser facilitates a streamlined experience for consumers, enabling them to access and control digital media effectively.

Paltalk

Series A in 2004
Paltalk operates as a communications software provider, offering consumer applications such as Paltalk, Camfrog, and Tinychat for live video chat, along with Vumber for multiple phone numbers. It also provides technology development services.

Alibaba Group

Series D in 2004
Alibaba Group facilitates online marketplaces connecting buyers and sellers globally. It specializes in retail and wholesale transactions via platforms like Taobao and Tmall. Additionally, it offers cloud computing services and digital media entertainment.

Comergent Technologies

Series D in 2004
Comergent Technologies is a software company specializing in eBusiness applications tailored for the telecommunications industry. Founded in 1998, the company offers a range of solutions designed to facilitate guided selling, product configuration, order management, pricing, and proposal generation. In addition to these core applications, Comergent Technologies provides services for product and account management, as well as marketing application suites. The company also offers professional services, along with hosting and managed services, to support its software solutions. In 2006, Comergent Technologies was acquired by AT&T, further integrating its offerings into the telecommunications sector.

Focus Media

Series A in 2003
Focus Media Holding Limited is a prominent digital media company based in Central, Hong Kong, specializing in out-of-home advertising through a diverse array of platforms. The company operates an extensive network of liquid crystal display (LCD) screens and other advertising formats strategically located in high-traffic areas, including malls, hotels, and residential buildings. Its offerings encompass video media in commercial buildings, digital displays in stores, advertising in elevators, and large outdoor LED screens, as well as traditional billboards and cinema advertising. With a significant presence across approximately 112 cities in China, Focus Media has established a vast network that includes over 172,000 digital displays, more than 505,000 traditional poster frames, and extensive cinema partnerships. The company is known for its innovative business models and targeted audience segmentation, making it a key player in the media advertising industry.

Gomez

Series C in 2003
Gomez is an IT firm that focuses on web application performance and internet management solutions. As a division of Compuware, it offers a comprehensive platform designed to enhance the performance, availability, and quality of web and mobile applications. The Gomez platform features tools for web load testing, performance management, cross-browser testing, and business analysis, utilizing a global network of over 100,000 locations to assess applications from an external perspective. This approach enables clients to monitor and improve user experience across various devices, browsers, and geographical areas. Gomez serves over 3,000 customers, including many leading organizations, and aims to help businesses increase revenue, foster brand loyalty, and reduce operational costs through its innovative solutions.

Gomez

Venture Round in 2001
Gomez is an IT firm that focuses on web application performance and internet management solutions. As a division of Compuware, it offers a comprehensive platform designed to enhance the performance, availability, and quality of web and mobile applications. The Gomez platform features tools for web load testing, performance management, cross-browser testing, and business analysis, utilizing a global network of over 100,000 locations to assess applications from an external perspective. This approach enables clients to monitor and improve user experience across various devices, browsers, and geographical areas. Gomez serves over 3,000 customers, including many leading organizations, and aims to help businesses increase revenue, foster brand loyalty, and reduce operational costs through its innovative solutions.

Broad Daylight

Series C in 2001
Broad Daylight is a software development company based in Santa Clara, California, specializing in e-service solutions for customer self-service and employee self-help. Founded in 1997, the company focuses on developing software that enables businesses and government agencies to enhance their customer service capabilities while reducing support costs. By providing solutions that allow Global 2000 companies to address customer inquiries directly on their websites, Broad Daylight helps organizations minimize the volume of calls and emails directed to customer support. Its clientele includes notable companies and institutions such as Cisco Systems, Deluxe Corp., Eastman Kodak Company, Hilton Hotels, Tyco International, and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Atreus Systems

Series B in 2001
Atreus delivers provisioning solutions for a variety of advanced IP services for both the business and consumer markets.

Filefish

Series A in 2001
Filefish provides B2B solutions to mobile wireless platforms for e-commuting.

Everest Broadband

Series C in 2001
Everest Broadband is a provider of high-speed Internet access and various telecommunications services, catering primarily to multitenant commercial and residential buildings, as well as hotels in suburban Kansas City. The company serves over 34,000 subscribers, offering a range of services that includes cable television, telephony, and customized business solutions such as data access products, web hosting, and voice services. Everest Broadband emphasizes a commitment to local customer service and hands-on technical support, ensuring that clients receive tailored solutions to meet their specific connectivity needs.

Gomez

Series B in 2000
Gomez is an IT firm that focuses on web application performance and internet management solutions. As a division of Compuware, it offers a comprehensive platform designed to enhance the performance, availability, and quality of web and mobile applications. The Gomez platform features tools for web load testing, performance management, cross-browser testing, and business analysis, utilizing a global network of over 100,000 locations to assess applications from an external perspective. This approach enables clients to monitor and improve user experience across various devices, browsers, and geographical areas. Gomez serves over 3,000 customers, including many leading organizations, and aims to help businesses increase revenue, foster brand loyalty, and reduce operational costs through its innovative solutions.

Alibaba Group

Private Equity Round in 2000
Alibaba Group facilitates online marketplaces connecting buyers and sellers globally. It specializes in retail and wholesale transactions via platforms like Taobao and Tmall. Additionally, it offers cloud computing services and digital media entertainment.

Startupfactory

Venture Round in 2000
Startupfactory is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 1999, with offices in Stockholm, Helsinki, and Lund. The firm focuses on investing in Nordic companies and teams in the information technology, datacom, and telecom sectors. Startupfactory targets the seed, startup, and early expansion phases of a company's development, with initial investments typically ranging from 0.5 to 3 million euros and total investments potentially reaching up to 10 million euros over a company's lifecycle. The firm seeks to partner with exceptional entrepreneurs who have unique business concepts aimed at large global markets, with the goal of building world-class global companies together.

United NL

Venture Round in 2000
United NL is a collocation and web hosting service provider. It also provides SeedBuilding, a network building service, which provides xDSL-based broadband services for family and business use.

Terabeam

Series C in 2000
Terabeam is an American company that designs and manufactures free-space optical transceivers for internet access in downtown areas. Terabeam was founded in 1997 and is located in Kirkland, Washington. As of August 29, 2008, the company operates as subsidiary of Renaissance Electronics & Communications LLC.

Everest Broadband

Series B in 2000
Everest Broadband is a provider of high-speed Internet access and various telecommunications services, catering primarily to multitenant commercial and residential buildings, as well as hotels in suburban Kansas City. The company serves over 34,000 subscribers, offering a range of services that includes cable television, telephony, and customized business solutions such as data access products, web hosting, and voice services. Everest Broadband emphasizes a commitment to local customer service and hands-on technical support, ensuring that clients receive tailored solutions to meet their specific connectivity needs.

Comergent Technologies

Series B in 2000
Comergent Technologies is a software company specializing in eBusiness applications tailored for the telecommunications industry. Founded in 1998, the company offers a range of solutions designed to facilitate guided selling, product configuration, order management, pricing, and proposal generation. In addition to these core applications, Comergent Technologies provides services for product and account management, as well as marketing application suites. The company also offers professional services, along with hosting and managed services, to support its software solutions. In 2006, Comergent Technologies was acquired by AT&T, further integrating its offerings into the telecommunications sector.

Hotvoice.com

Venture Round in 2000
Hotvoice.com is a telecommunications technology services company. The company offers subscription-based unified messaging services in North America, Asia, Europe, Africa, and Latin America. It provides carrier communications solutions integrating wireless email and instant messaging, presence-based call control, and outlook integration for wireless and WAP-enabled devices. The company’s solutions include enterprise-instant communication solutions such as one-to-one and one-to-many; communication services based on individual presence detection and device availability; integration and management of enterprise communication resources such as PBX, wireless devices, corporate messaging, and desktop productivity tools; event- and user preference-driven communications routing; and user-defined update of communication availability and call control via multiple devices. Hotvoice.com was founded in 1997 and is based in Mountain View, California, United States.

Gomez

Series A in 2000
Gomez is an IT firm that focuses on web application performance and internet management solutions. As a division of Compuware, it offers a comprehensive platform designed to enhance the performance, availability, and quality of web and mobile applications. The Gomez platform features tools for web load testing, performance management, cross-browser testing, and business analysis, utilizing a global network of over 100,000 locations to assess applications from an external perspective. This approach enables clients to monitor and improve user experience across various devices, browsers, and geographical areas. Gomez serves over 3,000 customers, including many leading organizations, and aims to help businesses increase revenue, foster brand loyalty, and reduce operational costs through its innovative solutions.

Urban Media

Venture Round in 2000
UrbanMedia is an innovative on-site service provider that offers free and open access to broadband internet, aimed at enhancing the capabilities of businesses within its network. By implementing advanced broadband infrastructure, including Fiber-to-the-Floor technology and plug-and-play services, UrbanMedia enables companies to effectively engage in e-business and capitalize on opportunities in the internet economy. Additionally, the UrbanCenter platform provides each desktop with essential e-business services, content, and applications, fostering a competitive environment for tenants in UrbanMedia-powered buildings. This approach not only enhances business productivity but also helps building owners and managers increase revenues while reducing tenant turnover.

Alibaba Group

Venture Round in 2000
Alibaba Group facilitates online marketplaces connecting buyers and sellers globally. It specializes in retail and wholesale transactions via platforms like Taobao and Tmall. Additionally, it offers cloud computing services and digital media entertainment.

Talk City

Series A in 1997
Talk City is a telecommunication services company. It provides online communities and interactive services for businesses and consumers. For businesses, Talk City's services, includes designing integrated customized communities, producing online events, conducting online market research, and facilitating online meetings. The company offers consumers a combination of chat rooms, home pages, web-based clubs, online events, discussion boards, and other community tools. Talk City was founded by Bernard Bernstein and is headquartered in North Andover, Massachusetts.

VeriSign

Series C in 1996
VeriSign operates the global infrastructure of the domain name system as the sole authorized registry for major generic top-level domains, including .com and .net, and also supports other TLDs such as .tv, .cc, .name, .jobs, .edu and .gov. It maintains critical DNS infrastructure, including two root servers (A and J), and processes about 121 million domain names and over 77 billion DNS queries each day. The company focuses on registry services and DNS infrastructure to ensure the availability and reliability of the internet's naming system, having divested its Security Services business in 2018 to concentrate on core registry operations.
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