SoftBank’s huge $100 billion investment fund — the largest tech fund in history — announced its first close today… and it’s huge. The Japanese telecom giant revealed that its VisionFund has closed an initial commitment of $93 billion from a bevy of high profile backers. They include Apple, Qualcomm, UAE-based Mubadala Investment Company, Saudi Arabia’s…Continue reading “Hello Startup & Expand Tech Companies”
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Venture Capital from the Kingdom
Softbank-Saudi tech fund becomes world’s biggest with $93 billion of capital By RIYADH (Reuters) – The world’s largest private equity fund, backed by Japan’s Softbank Group and Saudi Arabia’s main sovereign wealth fund, said on Saturday it had raised over $93 billion to invest in technology sectors such as artificial intelligence and robotics. May 20, […]Continue reading “Venture Capital from the Kingdom”
Introduction Angel Or Venture
Last week I was talking to an entrepreneur that had sold his company and was starting to do some angel investing. I cautioned him that angel investing should be viewed as charity and that the vast majority of angel investors don’t make any money, even if they invest in a reasonably large number of startups […]Continue reading “Introduction Angel Or Venture”
