SoftBank Investment Advisers

SoftBank Investment Advisers is a venture capital firm established in 2017 and headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It operates as a subsidiary of SoftBank Group Corp. and specializes in growth capital and late-stage investments predominantly within the technology sector. The firm focuses on a diverse array of industries, including internet-of-things, artificial intelligence, robotics, telecommunications, computational biology, fintech, and digital financial services. With a preference for global investments, particularly in the United States, SoftBank Investment Advisers typically commits a minimum of $100 million to both minority and majority stakes in private and public companies. The firm is known for offering operational expertise and leveraging a vast global network, aiming to support innovative companies that have the potential to revolutionize their respective fields. It maintains additional offices in key locations such as Tokyo, San Francisco, and Singapore.

Lee Bocker

COO

Rodrigo Costa

Partner

Serena Dayal

Investment Director

Angela Du

Investor

Fan, Colin

Managing Partner, Americas, Asia

Fike, Ted

Director, Americas

Ronald Fisher

Executive Vice Chairman

Jett, Lydia Bly

Partner

Sumer Juneja

Partner and Head of India

Robert Kaplan

Investment Director

Greg Moon

Managing Partner, Asia

Niewiadomski, Karol

Partner

Shu Nyatta

Managing Partner

Max Ohrstrand

Partner, EMEA

Vikas Parekh

Partner

Yanni Pipilis

Managing Partner

Thevenon, David

Partner

Ram Trichur

Partner

Aaron Wong

Vice President

Andrew Zloto

Investment Director

Past deals in Peer to Peer

eToro

Venture Round in 2023
EToro is a social trading and investment network that allows users to trade currencies, commodities, indices, crypto assets, and stocks. It is a multi-asset investment platform that empowers people to grow their knowledge and wealth as part of a global community.

R Planet

Pre Seed Round in 2022
R Planet is an Austin, TX-based blockchain-based financial technology company.

Pax8

Venture Round in 2022
Pax8, Inc. is a value-added distributor of unified cloud services, specializing in security, data management, collaboration, and hosted communications for businesses. Based in Greenwood Village, Colorado, the company provides a cloud commerce marketplace through its Pax8 Command Console, which simplifies the management of cloud solutions by unifying billing, provisioning, and support. This platform enables partners to efficiently quote, order, and manage multiple cloud services from various vendors, enhancing their ability to grow cloud practices. Pax8 also supports its partners with customer acquisition programs and marketing resources. Founded in 2011, Pax8 operates as a subsidiary of Arrow Electronics and maintains a strategic partnership with Novacoast to further expand its offerings.

PrimaryBid

Series C in 2022
PrimaryBid is a technology platform that allows everyday investors fair access to public companies raising capital. PrimaryBid always ensures that retail investors transact at the same time and at the same price as institutional investors. Through PrimaryBid's long-term agreement with the London Stock Exchange, the company has created the infrastructure to seamlessly connect everyday investors with public companies when it matters most.

Funding Societies

Series C in 2022
Funding Societies is a digital financing company that specializes in providing loans to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) through its online platform. This platform connects individual and institutional investors with SMEs in need of financing, allowing these businesses to secure funds quickly and efficiently, often avoiding the lengthy processes associated with traditional banks. Operating in several Southeast Asian countries, including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand, Funding Societies offers a range of flexible financing options such as microloans, term loans, and invoice financing. The company employs advanced credit scoring and risk assessment models to evaluate the creditworthiness of borrowers, helping SMEs address urgent cash flow needs and support their growth objectives.

Pear Therapeutics

Post in 2021
Pear Therapeutics is a provider of a software-based digital therapeutics platform designed to treat disease and enhance the efficacy of pharmaceuticals. The company's platform combines novel digital interventions with drugs to enhance efficacy well beyond anything that is commercially available or in clinical development, enabling clients to get better outcomes for patients, smarter engagement and tracking tools for clinicians, and cost-effective services for payors.

Papa

Series D in 2021
Papa is a platform that connects college students to senior citizens for companionship and assistance. The platform connects college and nursing students to older adults who need assistance with transportation, house chores, technology lessons, and other services that enable older adults to stay independent while living securely and happily at home. Papa was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.

Permutive

Series C in 2021
Permutive is rebuilding data in programmatic advertising to protect privacy. As the only Audience Platform built on patented and privacy-preserving on-device technology, we enable premium advertisers and publishers to plan, build and activate cohorts — all while keeping everyone’s data safe.

Zopa

Venture Round in 2021
Zopa is a P2P money lending service that allows lenders and borrowers to deal directly with one another, cutting out the banks that act as middlemen. Zopa provides an app designed to help users manage their loans, credit cards, and savings and monitor their credit scores conveniently. Zopa also mitigates lenders' risk by enforcing monthly direct debit repayment, making borrowers sign a legal contract, and allowing lenders to lend small chunks of money to individual borrowers (e.g., someone lending £1000 would have their money spread across, say, 100 borrowers). The company itself makes money by charging a fixed fee for borrowers and a 1% annual fee for lenders. Zopa has received public acclaim as well, having been awarded CNET Technology Awards' 2006 Internet Innovation of the Year, the 2007 Webby Award for Best Banking/Bill-Paying Website, the 2008 Webby Award for Financial Services, the Banker 2007 Award for Best Internet Project, and Moneywise 2009 Awards for Best Customer Service and Best Personal Loan.

GAIL

Series A in 2021
GAIL is a company focused on providing innovative insurance technology solutions tailored for the automotive sector, specifically targeting car rental companies, trucking and logistics firms, and car-sharing platforms. The company's offerings include comprehensive risk assessment tools, standard coverage options, and efficient claims management systems. By leveraging this technology, GAIL enables its clients to streamline operations and reduce overhead costs associated with fraud detection, policy management, and claims handling. Their services facilitate a seamless experience for businesses, empowering them to manage their insurance needs effectively while ensuring affordability and reliability in the coverage provided.

QuickNode

Seed Round in 2021
QuickNode is a comprehensive blockchain development platform. Its fast, reliable APIs, time-saving tools, and customer support enable developers & businesses to execute their Web3 ideas and strategies. Founded in Miami in 2017.

Pear Therapeutics

Series D in 2020
Pear Therapeutics is a provider of a software-based digital therapeutics platform designed to treat disease and enhance the efficacy of pharmaceuticals. The company's platform combines novel digital interventions with drugs to enhance efficacy well beyond anything that is commercially available or in clinical development, enabling clients to get better outcomes for patients, smarter engagement and tracking tools for clinicians, and cost-effective services for payors.

Getaround

Series E in 2020
Getaround empowers users to instantly rent and drive great cars shared by people in their city. Cars can be rented by the hour, or the day, with a $1M insurance policy and 24/7 roadside assistance included. By using its app, people skip the lines and paperwork at traditional rental car counters, and the hassle of buying and maintaining a car. Powered by Getaround ConnectTM, the patented connected car technology, Getaround creates a fun and safe carsharing experience is without the need to meet the car owner, carry an access card, or coordinate picking up a car key. People share everything from a Prius to a Tesla and earn thousands in extra income each year, offsetting the high cost of car ownership while also making a positive impact on the environment.

Packet

Series B in 2018
Packet is the go-to cloud partner for today’s leading developers, empowering SaaS companies and Fortune 100’s alike to make infrastructure their competitive advantage with automated bare metal that can be deployed anywhere. With 20+ global public cloud locations, a seamless API experience, and the ability to manage custom hardware on-premises or at edge sites, Packet is ideal for both traditional and cloud native workloads.

Getaround

Series D in 2018
Getaround empowers users to instantly rent and drive great cars shared by people in their city. Cars can be rented by the hour, or the day, with a $1M insurance policy and 24/7 roadside assistance included. By using its app, people skip the lines and paperwork at traditional rental car counters, and the hassle of buying and maintaining a car. Powered by Getaround ConnectTM, the patented connected car technology, Getaround creates a fun and safe carsharing experience is without the need to meet the car owner, carry an access card, or coordinate picking up a car key. People share everything from a Prius to a Tesla and earn thousands in extra income each year, offsetting the high cost of car ownership while also making a positive impact on the environment.

Packet

Series A in 2016
Packet is the go-to cloud partner for today’s leading developers, empowering SaaS companies and Fortune 100’s alike to make infrastructure their competitive advantage with automated bare metal that can be deployed anywhere. With 20+ global public cloud locations, a seamless API experience, and the ability to manage custom hardware on-premises or at edge sites, Packet is ideal for both traditional and cloud native workloads.

PocketThis

Series B in 2003
PocketThis was founded in 1999 and has more than 35 employees. They're based in the Silicon Valley in northern California and have European offices in London, Paris and Sweden. PocketThis delivers packaged software that allows mobile operators to rapidly partner with content and service providers, create new and useful services, and generate increased mobile data services revenue.

PocketThis

Series B in 2002
PocketThis was founded in 1999 and has more than 35 employees. They're based in the Silicon Valley in northern California and have European offices in London, Paris and Sweden. PocketThis delivers packaged software that allows mobile operators to rapidly partner with content and service providers, create new and useful services, and generate increased mobile data services revenue.

PeoplePC

Venture Round in 1999
PeoplePC, Inc. provides dial up Internet connectivity services to corporations, membership organizations, portals, and online content and Internet service providers. The company offers pop up blocker, Web mail with spam control, email virus protection, Internet call waiting, email support, customer service, and technical support services. Additionally, it provides PC anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, and phisher protection featuring scam guard solutions. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia. As of July 30, 2002, PeoplePC, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of EarthLink Inc.
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