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SoftBank
Corporate venture · Founded 1981 · Active in 2026
SoftBank is a corporate venture based in Japan, founded in 1981. The page below shows 292 Power Law outcomes from SoftBank's portfolio — 194 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 5 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).
Outcomes are concentrated in Fintech · eCommerce & Marketplaces · Transportation; top portfolio geographies are USA · China · India. SoftBank ranks #33 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.
SoftBank’s biggest exits.
SoftBank portfolio companies worth $1B+ that have IPO’d or been acquired. Each shows its valuation at exit and, in grey, its current value if still public.
+64 more $1B+ exits on the full Dealroom profile.
The 292 SoftBank Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).
Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.
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USA150
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China22
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India20
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UK20
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Brazil14
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Germany8
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Singapore6
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Mexico6
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France5
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Spain4
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Norway4
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Ireland3
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Fintech53
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eCommerce & Marketplaces37
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Transportation34
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Marketing23
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Biotech & Life Sciences22
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AI22
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Other B2B Software20
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Health Tech & Medtech17
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Other16
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Edtech14
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Cybersecurity14
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Robotics8
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Series B+191
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Series A10
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Seed1
SoftBank’s biggest current holdings.
An estimate of SoftBank’s largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 41 companies where SoftBank is a named shareholder, worth about $121B in estimated equity value.
Showing the 12 largest of 41 disclosed direct holdings.
6 companies hidden on this public profile. Estimated value = SoftBank’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. SoftBank also appears inside investor groups in HomeLight, Perplexity, Plenty, Sierra, Tridge, where a standalone stake isn’t disclosed. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →
SoftBank's 292 Power Law outcomes.
How does SoftBank stack up?
SoftBank in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 609 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.
Share of new unicorns per year
% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicornsStage focus
Companies by selected outcome stageSector focus
Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectorsBeyond Unicorns — how the portfolio compounds
% of each investor's unicorn portfolio that later crossed $10B, $25B and $50B. Pick a sort tier and entry stage.Where SoftBank's portfolio founders come from — and where they studied.
696 founders across the 292 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Stanford University and Alphabet | Google are the deepest single pipelines.
Key people at SoftBank.
Market sentiment
What the market is saying about SoftBank
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
In the news
Latest news about SoftBank
Recent press, funding announcements, and portfolio moves mentioning SoftBank — pulled live from Dealroom's news feed.
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