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Softbank Capital

Corporate venture · Founded 1995 · Active in 2026

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63 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #225 · Global · 63 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Unicorns ↑ 10% 5y
55
Decacorns ↑ 14% 5y
8
Thoroughbreds ↑ 193% 5y
43

Softbank Capital is a corporate venture based in USA, founded in 1995. The page below shows 63 Power Law outcomes from Softbank Capital's portfolio — 55 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 1 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in Fintech · eCommerce & Marketplaces · Health Tech & Medtech; top portfolio geographies are USA · India · Germany. Softbank ranks #225 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.

Portfolio analysis

The 63 Softbank Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).

Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.

By countryCount
  1. USA27
  2. India6
  3. Germany4
  4. France4
  5. UK2
  6. Mexico2
  7. Canada2
  8. Brazil2
  9. Spain2
  10. Singapore2
  11. Norway1
  12. Switzerland1
By sectorCount
  1. Fintech13
  2. eCommerce & Marketplaces10
  3. Health Tech & Medtech8
  4. Transportation8
  5. Marketing5
  6. Edtech5
  7. AI3
  8. Energy2
  9. Other2
  10. Other B2B Software2
  11. Cybersecurity2
  12. Space1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+54
  2. Series A3
01 · Portfolio market map

Softbank's 63 Power Law outcomes.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
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63 of 63 Power Law outcomes
02 · Founder talent

Where Softbank's founders come from — and where they study.

145 founders across the 63 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. ETH Zurich and Alphabet | Google are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
United States38
Germany26
Colombia11
India9
Spain8
Armenia6
China5
Argentina5
Uruguay4
Austria4
+12 more →
UniversityCount
ETH Zurich8
University of Texas at Austin8
Technical University Munich4
Harvard University4
American University of Armenia3
The University of the Andes3
University of Heidelberg3
Comillas Pontifical University3
University of Cambridge3
Harvard Business School3
+74 more →
Origin companyCount
Alphabet | Google4
Twitch3
Microsoft3
Airbus2
Uber2
Yahoo!2
Quantenna Communications2
Castlight Health2
athenahealth2
WorkOS2
+31 more →
Origin = country a founder is born in or grew up in (founders may have multiple origins; counts include all entries). University = highest-listed degree. Origin company = a previous employer where the founder was tagged before starting their current company.
03 · Key people

Key people at Softbank.

Senior investment team at Softbank Capital has not been published on this profile yet.
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04 · Compare with peers

How does Softbank stack up?

Softbank in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 35 peer investors — scope by startup location or hit "Find similar shapes" to auto-pick the three closest. The funnel matrix mirrors the spider chart on the ranking page; the line chart shows each firm's share of unicorns minted in the selected startup location — peaks reveal vintage years.

Compare against

Share of new unicorns per year

% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicorns

Stage focus

Companies by entry stage and outcome tier

Sector focus

Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectors
Source: Dealroom Power Law dataset. Investors shown are the 2026 Power Law top 35 by combined entry-to-outcome score, drawn from the overview and locations_data sheets. Funnel-matrix axes rescale per-axis using the maximum among the currently selected investors, so the polygons always fill the chart for shape comparison.

Sentiment on X

What X is saying about Softbank Capital

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Softbank on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.

Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…

Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

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Latest news about Softbank Capital

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