SoftBank Vision Fund — 2021 Investments
20 investments dated 2021 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all
Permutive develops a privacy-first advertising platform that enables publishers to collect and activate first-party data and allows advertisers to access audiences through direct publisher relationships, replacing third-party cookie reliance.
AdTechData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechLondon, GB
Joe Root(Founder)inTim Spratt(Founder)inIndia Ferard
Board seatMax Ohrstrand· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsOctopus VenturesEQT VenturesAvonmore DevelopmentsEntrepreneur FirstSamos InvestmentsY Combinator+3 more
Abogen is a biotechnology company developing mRNA-based therapeutics and vaccines, including an mRNA shingles vaccine and mRNA-encoded T-cell engagers for cancer such as B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechHealthtech
Bo Ying(Founder, Chairman and CEO)
Co-investors5Y CapitalCoatue ManagementFuzhou Jiebao Rongan Venture CapitalQiming Venture PartnersBoyu CapitalGL Ventures+7 more
Airtime is a platform that automatically analyzes user interviews and survey responses using AI to identify feedback patterns, recurring themes, and product insights.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSBerlin, DE
Co-investorsTechstarsAndreessen HorowitzHuman CapitalMubadala CapitalSequoia CapitalWorld Innovation Lab (WiL)
Airtime provides video tools for teams that enable users to customize their appearance, record presentations, and collaborate on video calls across platforms like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet.
Creator EconomyFuture of WorkMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaS
Co-investorsAll TurtlesDaybreak PartnersGV (Google Ventures)Sequoia CapitalAccelAndreessen Horowitz+5 more
Arkose Labs provides fraud and bot protection for enterprises including banks, gaming platforms, fintechs, and marketplaces.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Kevin Gosschalk(CEO)inMark Resnick(Executive Officer)
BoardNagraj Kashyap(Director)inJames Wu(Director)inDafina Toncheva(Director)inJeremiah Grossman(Director)
Co-investorsAspenwoodBallistic VenturesM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Sony Ventures CorporationTransition Level InvestmentsUS Venture Partners+3 more
HKSE-listed leader in AI-powered HCM solutions
Ji Weiguo(Founder)Wang Zhaohui(Founder)
Co-investorsGaocheng CapitalGenesis Venture CapitalGoldman SachsHongShan Capital GroupMatrix Partners ChinaPrimavera Venture Management Limited+3 more
Blockdaemon provides blockchain infrastructure services including staking, node deployment, APIs, and wallet management across 60+ protocols for financial institutions and developers.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureEnergyEnterprise SoftwareFintechLos Angeles, US
Konstantin Richter(Founder)in
BoardEd Sim(Director)inGil Beyda(Director)in
Co-investors10SQ Capital (TenSquared)Amplify.LAAurum Venture PartnersBaroda VenturesBlockchain Coinvestorsboldstart ventures+33 more
Dingdong Maicai is an online grocery retailer offering fresh food and groceries ordered via a mobile app, with fast delivery (as quick as 29 minutes) and no minimum order threshold.
ConsumerE-commerceFoodTechMiami Beach, US
Kim Perell(Manager)James Brennan(Manager)Liang Changlin(Founder)
Co-investorsCoatue ManagementGeneral AtlanticDST GlobalFortune Venture CapitalGaorong VenturesQiming Venture Partners+2 more
Evinced offers an AI-powered chatbot focused on digital accessibility that answers developer and team questions, reviews code for accessibility issues across web and mobile frameworks, and can read design screenshots.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSPalo Alto, US
Navin R. Thadani(Founder)inGal Moav(Founder)inNavin Thadani(Founder)
Co-investorsBenhamou Global VenturesCapital One VenturesEngineering CapitalInsight PartnersM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Vertex Ventures Israel+2 more
Airtime (formerly mmhmm) makes video communication tools for professionals working live and asynchronously, including a camera, recorder, creator, and stacks.
Creator EconomyFuture of WorkMedia & EntertainmentSaaS
Phil Libin(Founder)
Co-investorsCleo CapitalDG Ventures, Inc.Scrum VenturesWorklife VenturesWorld Innovation Lab (WiL)G Vision Capital+5 more
Modusign is a digital contract platform that enables users to prepare, send, and manage electronic signatures through multiple channels including email and messaging apps.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaS
Co-investorsAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.DSC InvestmentIndustrial Bank of KoreaSBVA
A platform where middle and high school students compete against peers in real-time academic competitions, answering questions across various subjects to test speed and knowledge.
EdTechGamingSan Francisco, US
Ali Ahmed(Founder)inAkshath Sivaprasad(Founder)inDANIEL AARON HOLDEN(Executive Officer, Promoter)JEREMY SCOTT HOLDEN(Executive Officer)David Strauss(Founder)Josh Koenig(Founder)
Co-investorsY CombinatorFoundryScale Venture Partners
Perch develops and sells consumer products for the home, spanning baby products, home goods, and other everyday household items.
ConsumerE-commerceSector AgnosticBoston, US
Chris Bell(Chief Executive Officer)inMatthew Montgomery(Chief Operating Officer)inJosh Budway(Chief People Officer)in
BoardAlex Finkelstein(Director)in
Co-investorsTectonic VenturesBoston Seed CapitalSpark Capital
Picsart offers a command-line tool that generates images, video, and audio from the terminal, providing access to 130+ AI models across the three media types.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyDeveloper ToolsMiami Beach, US
Hovhannes Avoyan(Founder)inMikayel Vardanyan(Founder)inTammy Nam(Executive Officer)inKevin Boon(Executive Officer)inArtavazd Mehrabyan(Founder)inCraig Foster(Executive Officer)in
Co-investors3VCCoreline VenturesDCM VenturesEBRD Venture Capital Investment ProgrammeFormula VCG Squared+6 more
Rapport Labs operates Quinit (퀸잇), a lifestyle commerce platform targeting Korean consumers in their 40s and 50s, spanning categories such as luxury goods, underwear, golf, outdoor, and living/home products.
ConsumerE-commerceMarketplaces
Co-investorsAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.Kakao VenturesAltos VenturesSoftBank Group
Redis provides an in-memory caching layer that delivers sub-millisecond data access for real-time applications across on-premise, cloud, and hybrid environments.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Ofer Bengal(Founder)Salvatore Sanfilippo(Founder)Yiftach Shoolman(Founder)
Co-investors83NorthBain Capital VenturesDell Technologies CapitalFrancisco PartnersTCVUncorrelated Ventures+22 more
London-based digital banking app offering multi-currency accounts, cards, trading and business accounts to 65m+ customers.
London, GB
Nikolay Storonsky(Founder)inVlad Yatsenko(Founder)inNik Storonsky(Founder)
Co-investorsAccess Ventures (New York)Aglae VenturesAlanda Capital Holding LimitedAlkeon InnovationAlpha Wave GlobalAMK Investment Office+59 more
Sendbird provides an AI-powered conversation platform that enables businesses to build conversational AI agents for customer interactions.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
John S. Kim(CEO)inBrandon Jeon(Recruitment Manager)inHarry Kim(CTO)inJoseph Pagano(Executive Officer)Yoonho Jeon(Director)Yeusin Kim(Director)
Co-investorsAugust CapitalBallpark VenturesCapstone Partners KoreaCategory VenturesEmergence Capital PartnersFundersClub+21 more
Umoja Biopharma develops in vivo CAR T cell cancer therapies using its VivoVec platform, which generates chimeric antigen receptor T cells directly inside a patient's body rather than through the traditional ex vivo process.
BiotechHealthtechSeattle, US
Andrew M. Scharenberg(Executive Officer, Director)Philip S. Low(Director)Andrew Scharenberg(Founder)Michael Jensen(Founder)Philip Low(Founder)Ryan Crisman(Founder)
Co-investorsMPM BioImpactDCVC BioQiming Venture Partners USASoftBank GroupK2 HealthVenturesAlexandria+2 more
Provides space, community, and services through physical and virtual offerings.
New York, US
Jared DeMatteis(Chief Legal Officer)Sandeep Mathrani(Chief Executive Officer and Director)Benjamin Dunham(Chief Financial Officer)John Santora(Chief Executive Officer)inAdam Neumann(Founder)Miguel McKelvey(Founder)
Co-investorsAlephAvant Global LLCDag VenturesEQUIAMFJ LabsHomebrew+9 more
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.


























































































