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SoftBank Group International (“SBGI”) today announced that Nicola Calicchio has been appointed Chief Strategy Officer of SBGI, effective July 1, 2021. Mr. Calicchio is based in São Paulo, Brazil and will report to Marcelo Claure, CEO of SoftBank Group International and COO of SoftBank Group. In this role, Mr. Calicchio will be responsible for sourcing and structuring strategic investments in leading Latin American companies. “Nicola is the ideal fit for the newly-created role of Chief...

Pliops Raises $30 Million in Series B Funding Led by SoftBank Ventures Asia to Transform Data Center Infrastructure for Cloud, AI and ML The pioneering Pliops storage processor accelerates datacenter infrastructure, dramatically lowers cost of services and enables greater scalability PR Newswire RAMAT GAN, Israel, Feb. 18, 2019 RAMAT GAN , Israel , Feb. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Pliops , an innovator in cloud storage solutions, today announced that it has received a $30 million Series B funding...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 11, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nuro, the robotics company transforming local commerce, today announced that it has raised $940 million in financing from the SoftBank Vision Fund. To date, Nuro has raised more than $1 billion from partners including SoftBank, Greylock Partners and Gaorong Capital. Nuro is making local delivery fast and affordable with its self-driving service. The service uses Nuro's custom unmanned road vehicle to run errands of all kinds - from picking...

Toyota City, Japan, Feb 1, 2019 - (JCN Newswire) - Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) and SoftBank Corp. (SoftBank) have completed investment in their joint venture, MONET Technologies Inc. (MONET), with full-scale operations commencing today. Specifically, of MONET's three main business domains--1) on-demand mobility services, 2) data-analysis services, and 3) Autono-MaaS--the joint venture will first roll out on-demand mobility services. On-demand transportation through regional partnerships...

Pliops Raises $30 Million in Series B Funding Led by Softbank Ventures Asia to Transform Data Center Scalability for Cloud and AI PR Newswire RAMAT GAN, Israel, Jan. 30, 2019 Its pioneering storage processor accelerates datacenter infrastructure, dramatically lowers cost of services and enables greater scalability RAMAT GAN , Israel , Jan. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Pliops , an innovator in cloud storage solutions, today announced that it has received a $30 million Series B funding led by Softbank...

SoftBank Ventures Asia hires Seung Lee as CFO PR Newswire SEOUL, South Korea, Jan. 16, 2019 The new CFO comes aboard to gear up for global early stage investments SEOUL, South Korea , Jan. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- SoftBank Ventures Asia, the early-stage investment vehicle of the SoftBank Group, has hired a chief financial officer. Seung Lee , the new CFO, will be responsible for the management of the global funds and the limited partners of SoftBank Ventures Asia. He will also oversee the...

Business Insider reports that SoftBank spent $900 million investing in banking fees in 2018. That's more than any company in at least a decade. The People's ......

Nok Nok Labs Announces Commercial Deployment of Biometric Authentication at SoftBank for their Mobile Customers PR Newswire PALO ALTO, California, Jan. 8, 2019 Japanese Mobile Network Operator deploys Nok Nok solution to improve mobile user experience and seamless access to data PALO ALTO, California , Jan. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Nok Nok Labs , a leader in next-generation authentication and co-author of multiple FIDO (Fast IDentity Online) authentication standards, today announced the...