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SoftBank Group — 2017 Investments

12 investments dated 2017 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all

Guardant Healthguardanthealth.comin𝕏NASDAQ: GHMay 2017

Guardant Health develops blood-based testing (liquid biopsy) for cancer detection and monitoring across all stages of the disease.

BiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesRedwood City, US

AmirAli Talasaz(Founder)inHelmy Eltoukhy(Founder)inMichael Wiley(Executive Officer)inMichael Bell(Chief Financial Officer)Darya Chudova(Chief Technology Officer)inCraig Eagle(Chief Medical Officer)in

Co-investors8VCAUTHENTIC VENTURESCLI VenturesCota CapitalFelicis VenturesKhosla Ventures+11 more

Buzzvilbuzzvil.cominJan 2017

Buzzvil operates a reward-based, full-funnel marketing and advertising platform that connects users, advertisers, and partners by giving users benefits such as coupons, event entries, and payment points in exchange for engagement with ads, quizzes, mini-games, and short-form content.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSeoul, KR

Jueun Seo(Founder)inOhsu Kwon(Director)Goanwoo Lee(Executive Officer)Youngho Lee(Executive Officer)

BoardDoosuk Chae(Outside Director)Gyuhak Moon(Outside Director)

Co-investorsIMM Investment JapanLB InvestmentSBI Investment Korea Co. Ltd.

Dome 9dome9.cominApr 2017 · $16.5Macquired by Check Point

Check Point offers a prevention-first cloud security platform that protects applications, workloads, network, and APIs across public, private, and hybrid cloud environments including AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurity

Co-investorsIbex InvestorsJAL Ventures Ltd.Opus CapitalORR Partners

MyMusicTastemymusictaste.comin𝕏Nov 2017 · $11M

MyMusicTaste is a fan-driven concert platform that lets fans request their favorite artists' concerts in their own cities, producing offline and online concerts primarily for K-pop and international music acts.

ConsumerE-commerceMarketplacesMedia & Entertainment

Ethan Lee 님(Founder)in

Co-investorsGolden Gate VenturesKTB NetworkSamsung Venture Investment CorporationSamsung VenturesStonebridge

Nauto Connected Carnauto.comin𝕏Jul 2017 · $159M

Nauto provides an AI-enabled fleet and driver safety platform that uses real-time video analysis and machine learning to predict and prevent distracted driving and collisions for commercial fleets.

AI & Machine LearningHardwareInsurTechIoTMobility & TransportationPalo Alto / Sunnyvale, US

Heck Stefan(Executive Officer, Director)Stefan Heck(Founder)inFrederick Soo(Founder)Yoav Banin(President (previously Chief Product Officer))inRuslan Belkin(Chief Technology Officer)inVijay Pendyala(Senior Vice President, Engineering)in

Co-investorsAllianz XBMW i VenturesDnx VenturesGreylock PartnersManiv MobilityMudita Venture+5 more

Nexentanexenta.comin𝕏Nov 2017 · $20M

Nexenta develops software-defined storage (SDS) solutions that enable enterprises and telecom operators to manage multi-cloud data centers cost-effectively.

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software

Alex AizmanDmitry Yusupov

Co-investorsJavelin Venture PartnersPresidio VenturesRazor's Edge VenturesTransLink CapitalWestern Technology InvestmentWestSummit Capital+2 more

Ola Cabsolacabs.com𝕏Oct 2017

Ola operates a global mobility ecosystem offering ride-hailing services across 250+ cities in India, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK.

FintechMarketplacesMobility & TransportationBangalore, IN

Bhavish Aggarwal(Founder)inAnkit Bhati(Founder)inAprameya Radhakrishna(Founder)Pallav Singh (CEO)(Founder)Raghunandan G(Founder)

Co-investorsAccelAlpha Wave GlobalBessemer Venture PartnersOrios Venture PartnersPeak XV PartnersQualcomm Ventures+11 more

WeWork CompaniesinAug 2017

Global flexible-workspace operator offering furnished private offices, full floors, coworking memberships, meeting rooms, business addresses and enterprise portfolio solutions across a 600-plus-location network.

PropTechNew York, US

Adam Neumann(Co-founder; former Chief Executive Officer)Miguel McKelvey(Co-founder; former Chief Culture Officer)inMichael J. Gross(Executive Officer)Jennifer Berrent(Executive Officer)John Santora(Chief Executive Officer)inBen Samuels(Chief Revenue Officer)in

Co-investorsFidelity InvestmentsGlade Brook Capital PartnersGoldman SachsHarvard Management CompanySoftBank Vision FundT. Rowe Price+2 more

Zimperiumzimperium.comin𝕏Mar 2017 · $15M

Zimperium provides mobile security software that protects smartphones, tablets, and mobile apps against device, network, phishing, and application-level threats, and helps organizations meet regulatory and compliance standards such as HIPAA, GDPR, PCI DSS, and FedRAMP.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Elia Yehuda(Director)inItzhak Avraham(Executive Officer, Director)Shridhar Mittal(CEO)inYasmin Seyal(Executive Officer)in

BoardMark Fernandes(Director)inRaymond Liao(Director)

Co-investorsIbex InvestorsOTVRealization Capital PartnersSierra VenturesTime Zero CapitalTitanium Ventures+1 more

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

Memphis MeatsNeighborhood FuelPetuum Holdings

Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.