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SoftBank Vision Fund 2
SoftBank Vision Fund 2 is a London-based growth-stage technology investment fund launched in 2019 by SoftBank Group and managed by SoftBank Investment Advisers. SoftBank Group supplies most of its roughly $56 billion in committed capital. The fund backs late-stage and growth-stage technology companies worldwide, with a current focus on AI-driven businesses in enterprise software, fintech, consumer internet, healthtech, deep tech and energy, and it typically writes large growth-equity cheques. Its portfolio includes LTK, Emeritus, Firework, Funding Societies, Helion and Emergent.
SectorsArtificial Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Consumer Internet, Healthtech, Deep Tech, Energy
VC MapSeries C+
Team
Alex Clavel
CEO, SoftBank Investment Advisers
Brett Rochkind
Managing Partner, Americas
Greg Moon
Executive Managing Partner
Jeff Dressler
Managing Partner, Head of Global Government Affairs
Kentaro Matsui
Managing Partner, Asia
Mark Agne
Executive Managing Partner
Mark Kornblau
Managing Partner, Chief Communications & Marketing Officer
Michelle Aylott
Managing Partner, Chief Human Resources Officer
Sumer Juneja
Managing Partner, Head of EMEA & India Investing
Vikas J. Parekh
Managing Partner, Americas
Angela Du
Partner, Americas
Cecilia Chen
Partner, Asia
Jagannath Iyer
Partner, Capital Strategies
Javier Villamizar
Partner, Portfolio Management
John Cassidy
Partner, EMEA
John Clappier
Partner, Head of Capital Strategies
Karol Niewiadomski
Partner, Americas
Max Ohrstrand
Partner, EMEA
Mike Guo
Partner, Americas
Sarthak Misra
Partner, Asia
Shivani Lala
Partner, Global Head of Tax
Simon Gregory
Partner, Chief Compliance Officer
Wil Bolivar
Partner, Chief Technology Officer
Ziyad Al Ashaikh
Partner, Head of Saudi Arabia
Portfolio companies 6
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Funding rounds 9
Open as list →| Date | Company | Round | Amount | Lead |
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| 2025-04-10 | Job&Talent | Series F | €92M |
Lead not disclosed
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| 2024-06-18 | Job&Talent | Series E (estimated) | €18M |
Lead not disclosed
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| 2024-01-22 | Perk | Series D | $104M |
SoftBank Vision Fund 2
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| 2022-02-08 | Clikalia | Series C | €75M |
SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Fifth Wall
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| 2022-01-26 | Paack | Series D | $225M |
SoftBank Vision Fund 2
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| 2021-12-02 | Clarity AI | Series B | $50M |
SoftBank Vision Fund 2
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| 2021-12-01 | Job&Talent | Series E | $500M |
Kinnevik
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| 2021-09-13 | Copado | Series C | $140M |
Insight Partners
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| 2021-03-10 | Job&Talent | Series D | €100M |
SoftBank Vision Fund 2
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Open as list →News 9
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| 2026-05-13 |
SoftBank posts $46 billion gain at Vision Fund driven mainly by massive OpenAI bet ↗
CNBC
2026-05-13 |
| 2026-02-27 |
Follow-on Investments in OpenAI ↗
SoftBank Group (press release)
2026-02-27 |
| 2025-11-11 |
SoftBank rides the AI wave as OpenAI lifts Vision Fund to $19 billion gain ↗
CNBC
2025-11-11 |
| 2025-04-01 |
Announcement Regarding Follow-on Investments in OpenAI ↗
SoftBank Group (press release)
2025-04-01 |
| 2025-03-17 |
SoftBank Vision Fund Bounces Back Into Action ↗
Crunchbase News
2025-03-17 |
| 2025-01-28 |
SoftBank-backed TravelPerk doubles valuation to $2.7 billion, plans fintech push ↗
CNBC
2025-01-28 |
| 2024-09-08 |
SoftBank's 11 European investments since the start of 2023 ↗
Sifted
2024-09-08 |
| 2024-02-14 |
SoftBank's Vision Fund Goes From Shock-And-Awe to 'Sensitive' Investing ↗
Bloomberg
2024-02-14 |
| 2024-01-22 |
Business travel management platform TravelPerk raises $104M ↗
TechCrunch
2024-01-22 |