SoftBank Investment Failures

The cluster focuses on SoftBank's poor investment track record, including massive losses from bets on companies like WeWork and Uber, and debates on whether their funding is a red flag for startups.

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highwayman47 Nov 8, 2023 View on HN

Why is SoftBank so bad at investing

dukeyukey Sep 14, 2023 View on HN

Softbank is in a bit of financial trouble - https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/11/softbank-vision-fund-loses...

raesene9 Sep 4, 2020 View on HN

I'll take a wild assed guess at it, what follows is pure speculation. Many of Softbank's portfolio companies are not doing well (e.g. Uber, WeWork), and they're starting to get a bit anxious about whether they'll be able to show the returns that investors are looking for.So they've turned to risky strategies which, in the short term, could show a high return on investment to keep their investors happy. Of course, when/if this unwinds, they could be in serious tr

grumple Jun 19, 2020 View on HN

Do we consider a softbank investment to be a red flag at this point?

qaq Oct 16, 2018 View on HN

Given the fact that SoftBank dwarfs all other funds (even combined) is it a realistic scenario?

__alexs Jan 11, 2021 View on HN

"SoftBank Vision Fund" is all you need to know.

ugh123 Jun 27, 2025 View on HN

Sounds like a great investment for SoftBank

felipellrocha Oct 23, 2019 View on HN

I mean... SoftBank sunk a lot of money into it. So, from SoftBank's perspective it is too big to fail...

hef19898 Feb 15, 2020 View on HN

Doesn't seem that SoftBank is doing a lot of due diligence to me.

nolok Nov 11, 2025 View on HN

It's SoftBank though, weird risk taking investments seems to be their jam.