SoftBank Investment Advisers

SoftBank Investment Advisers is a venture capital firm based in London, United Kingdom, that specializes in growth equity and late-stage investments. It is a subsidiary of SoftBank Group Corp. The firm focuses primarily on the technology sector, targeting areas such as artificial intelligence, robotics, internet-of-things, telecommunications, computational biology, cloud technologies, fintech, consumer internet, and healthcare. SoftBank Investment Advisers typically invests a minimum of $100 million in both minority and majority stakes in private or public companies, with a strong emphasis on opportunities in the United States and globally. Established in 2017, the firm aims to leverage its operational expertise and extensive global network to foster innovation and drive growth in its portfolio companies.

Eric Chen

Managing Partner

Serena Dayal

Investment Director

Angela Du

Partner, Americas

Colin Fan

Managing Partner, Americas, Asia

Ted Fike

Director, Americas

Vishal Gupta

Director

Lydia Jett

Partner

Sumer Juneja

Partner and Head of India

Robert Kaplan

Partner, Americas

Greg Moon

Managing Partner, Asia

Karol Niewiadomski

Partner

Shu Nyatta

Managing Partner

Max Ohrstrand

Director

Vikas Parekh

Partner

Yanni Pipilis

Managing Partner

Kirthiga Reddy

Executive Partner

Brett Rochkind

Managing Partner

Ram Trichur

Partner

Bryant Wang

Investor

Aaron Wong

Vice President

Andrew Zloto

Partner, Americas

Past deals in Loan Portfolio

Creditas

Series F in 2022
Creditas is a financial technology company based in São Paulo, Brazil, specializing in secured consumer loans. Founded by Sergio Furio, the company operates a digital platform that leverages credit scoring and borrower assets, such as homes and automobiles, as collateral to provide loans. This approach allows Creditas to offer affordable lending solutions by partnering with traditional financial institutions and utilizing investor-backed resources. The platform is designed to enable borrowers to repay their loans in manageable installments, thereby making financing more accessible.

Zopa

Venture Round in 2021
Zopa Limited operates an online marketplace lending platform in the United Kingdom, facilitating peer-to-peer lending by connecting individual borrowers with lenders, including both individuals and institutions. Founded in 2004 and based in London, Zopa offers a variety of loan products, such as car loans, debt consolidation loans, home improvement loans, and wedding loans. The platform categorizes borrowers based on credit ratings and allows lenders to make offers tailored to these grades. Zopa manages the loan process by handling legal paperwork, conducting identity and credit checks, and ensuring repayment through direct debit agreements. The company generates revenue by charging borrowers a fixed fee and lenders a 1% annual fee. Zopa has received multiple awards for its innovation and customer service and is recognized as one of the founding members of the UK's Peer-to-Peer Finance Association.

Creditas

Series E in 2020
Creditas is a financial technology company based in São Paulo, Brazil, specializing in secured consumer loans. Founded by Sergio Furio, the company operates a digital platform that leverages credit scoring and borrower assets, such as homes and automobiles, as collateral to provide loans. This approach allows Creditas to offer affordable lending solutions by partnering with traditional financial institutions and utilizing investor-backed resources. The platform is designed to enable borrowers to repay their loans in manageable installments, thereby making financing more accessible.

Creditas

Series D in 2019
Creditas is a financial technology company based in São Paulo, Brazil, specializing in secured consumer loans. Founded by Sergio Furio, the company operates a digital platform that leverages credit scoring and borrower assets, such as homes and automobiles, as collateral to provide loans. This approach allows Creditas to offer affordable lending solutions by partnering with traditional financial institutions and utilizing investor-backed resources. The platform is designed to enable borrowers to repay their loans in manageable installments, thereby making financing more accessible.

OakNorth

Venture Round in 2019
OakNorth Bank is a digital-only commercial bank based in London, established in 2015. It specializes in providing a variety of financial products and services tailored for small and medium-sized enterprises in the United Kingdom. The bank offers debt financing, property funding, restructuring, and recapitalization solutions, as well as personal and business savings accounts, fixed-term deposits, and ISAs. OakNorth utilizes a next-generation credit platform that leverages machine learning and extensive data analysis to deliver customized loans, facilitating quicker approvals and better credit outcomes for growing businesses often overlooked by traditional banks. Since its inception, OakNorth has raised over $1 billion from prominent investors and manages over $17 billion in assets. The founders, Rishi Khosla and Joel Perlman, aimed to address the challenges they encountered in securing financing for their previous venture and have since positioned OakNorth as a key player in supporting the "Missing Middle" of the economy.

PawnHero

Seed Round in 2016
PawnHero – the 1st online pawnshop in Southeast Asia, will solve this problem of expensive credit and interest rates. We provide an easy, fair and convenient way of overcoming short-term cash needs. This is a completely new way of doing business in the industry, truly revolutionary, created by genuine visionaries.
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