$457M
SoftBank has provided fresh capital to support the British chipmaker following its 2024 acquisition.
SoftBank
CorporateJapanese multinational investment holding company focused on technology, artificial intelligence, and semiconductor assets.
Portfolio
7
companies
Investment by month
By category
- AI/ML£3.5B
- Satellites£950M
- FoodTech£172M
- FinTech£170M
- Blockchain£115M
By location
- Cambridge£3.2B
- London£1.2B
- Bristol£338M
- United Kingdom£172M
- Dublin£29.6M
Portfolio companies
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Gousto
Gousto provides a meal kit delivery service for home cooking.
Graphcore
Graphcore develops specialized processors designed for artificial intelligence workloads.
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Improbable
Improbable builds large-scale simulation technology for virtual worlds and metaverse platforms.
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Nomupay
Nomupay provides a unified payment platform that simplifies global transactions for enterprises.
OneWeb
OneWeb builds a global communications network powered by low Earth orbit satellites.
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PrimaryBid
A fintech platform providing retail investors with fair access to public markets.
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Team
Marcelo Claure
COO of SoftBank Group Corp. and CEO of SoftBank Group International
Marcelo brings operating experience from SoftBank alongside leadership roles at Claure Group, Brightstar Capital Partners, and SHEIN.
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Anthony Doeh
Partner
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Antoine Theysset
Partner
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Kentaro Matsui
Managing Partner at SoftBank Investment Advisers, Head of the New Business Office at SoftBank Group and Board Member at Wayve
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Max Ohrstrand
Investor
Recent investments
$2.0B
Microsoft and SoftBank are in talks to back the autonomous vehicle developer in a deal that could value the company at $8bn.
$40.0M
The investment values the Dublin fintech at $290m and supports its push into the Japanese market.
"Asia is a fragmented and under-penetrated market from a payments perspective. Global gateway providers underserve merchants looking to expand into Asia Pacific. Local acquiring and alternative payment methods often require extensive DIY work. While orchestration platforms have simplified integration, the underlying complexity remains immense."
$1.0B
The Series C round will accelerate the company work with global automotive manufacturers and support integration onto the Uber network.
£837M
The financing round was led by SoftBank with participation from NVIDIA and Microsoft to launch embodied AI products for vehicles.
"At Wayve, our vision is to develop autonomous technology that not only becomes a reality in millions of vehicles but also earns people's trust by seamlessly integrating into their everyday lives to unlock extraordinary value. This significant funding milestone highlights our team's unwavering conviction that Embodied AI will address the long-standing challenges the industry has faced in scaling this technology to everyone, everywhere. Our collaboration with SoftBank, NVIDIA, and Microsoft will help advance our mission to redefine driving with AI at the core. This investment will enable us to develop and launch our first Embodied AI products for the automotive industry, empowering OEMs to provide consumers with trustworthy and beneficial automated driving experiences."