Back in 2021, Japanese investment giant SoftBank led a little-known social media app called IRL to unicorn status and an overall valuation of $1.17 billion by investing over $170 million. Well, it ...

SoftBank once invested in social app IRL at a $1.1 billion valuation. Now, the Japanese investment firm is suing the defunct company for fraud, alleging $150 million in damages. IRL was supposedly ...

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Rappi Inc., a delivery app backed by SoftBank that has grown into one of Latin America’s most-valuable startups, will begin lending to restaurants in Mexico and Colombia. The Bogota-based company ...

SoftBank Corp. was at the forefront of a $120 million funding round for Wandoujia, one of the premier app stores in the fragmented Chinese mobile market. This series B round also featured ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank said on Friday that payments app operator PayPay Corp has applied to list American depositary shares in the United States. The exact schedule, size and price for the public ...