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SoftBank GroupSoftBank Group Corp.SoftBank Vision FundSoftBank Vision Fund 1SoftBank Vision Fund 2
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Japanese multinational holding company and one of the world's largest technology investors; operates SoftBank Vision Fund 1 (~$98B) and Vision Fund 2 (~$56B); made major bets on robotics through Nuro, Bear Robotics, Agility Robotics, and Berkshire Grey; acquired ABB's robotics division in October...

HeadquartersTokyo, JP
Portfolio8 companies
Cited round volume$4.5B
Cited rounds11
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Physical AI portfolio

Round-by-round participation

WayveSoftware · registered · corporate
2024-05-07Series C · Lead$1.1BSource
NuroRobot maker · registered · corporate
2021-11-02Series D$600MSource
2020-11-09Series C$500MSource
OpentronsRobot maker · registered · corporate
2021-09-23Series C · Lead$200MSource
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Source ledger

11 unique public sources

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SoftBank in Early Talks to Back $800 Million Agile Robots RoundBloomberg · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Agility Robotics reportedly raising $400M for humanoid warehouse robots (date approximate; confirmed closed per Sacra)GeekWire · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Wayve Raises Over $1 Billion Led by SoftBank to Develop Embodied AI Products for Automated DrivingWayve · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Telexistence Raises USD 170M (JPY 23Bn) Series B Led by SoftBank Group, Foxconn, and Globis Capital PartnersTelexistence · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Berkshire Grey Enters into Definitive Merger Agreement with SoftBank Group for Go-Private Transaction ($1.40/share, ~$375M deal value)GlobeNewswire · retrieved 2026-07-05
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BERKSHIRE GREY RAISES $263 MILLION SERIES B FINANCINGDC Velocity · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Bear Robotics Raises $81M Series B to Scale Up Mobile Robots in the Hospitality MarketBusiness Wire · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Bear Robotics, a company making robot waiters, just raised a $32 million round led by SoftBankTechCrunch · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Nuro Announces $600 Million in Series D FundingBusinessWire · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Autonomous delivery startup Nuro hits $5 billion valuation on fresh funding of $500 millionTechCrunch · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Opentrons Announces $200 Million Series C Round Led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2BusinessWire · retrieved 2026-07-05