\"\"NEW DELHI: Japan’s SoftBank<\/a> Group will continue to invest in India, alongside its $100 billion, technology-focused Vision Fund, in what is being seen as a shift in strategy for the country, where it has committed to invest about $10 billion.
\n
\nThe Vision Fund, which is also the largest pool of private capital ever mobilised, and is being led by India-born Rajeev Misra, was expected to be the primary investment vehicle for SoftBank going forward, with all new and follow-on investments in the country to be made from the new entity. It announced its first close at $93 billion on Saturday, during US President Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia.
\n
\nHowever, SoftBank Group is likely to participate in deals with ticket sizes of about $100 million and may even write larger ticket sizes, while the Vision Fund is expected to be the lead investor in transactions of $500 million and above, sources aware of the development told ET.
\n
\n“SoftBank Group will very much continue to do its own investments, as and when the need arises in any geography. But it can be assumed that all large investments — $500 million-plus — will happen through the fund,” a person aware of the developments told ET.
\n
\nTill date, SoftBank has backed online marketplace Snapdeal, grocery delivery venture Grofers, online real estate portal Housing, budget hotel platform OYO and cab-hailing app Ola.
\n
\n
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\nLast week, it also announced a $1.4 billion funding round in Paytm, taking its total investments in India to just about $3.5 billion.
\n
\nLast month, Ola raised about $250 million from SoftBank, albeit at a lower valuation of $3 billion. Both the Ola and Paytm investments were done by SoftBank.
\n
\nBut the Vision Fund will also have to deal with conflicts, which may prevent follow-on investments from it in some of Soft-Bank’s existing India portfolio.
\n
\nFor instance, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, which is the largest backer of the Vision Fund, also invested $3.5 billion in Uber last year. Uber is competing with Ola, which counts SoftBank as its largest shareholder, for market leadership in India right now.
\n
\nThe Japanese telecom-to-technology conglomerate is also in advanced talks to invest in Flipkart, the country’s largest online retailer, that could see the former invest close to $1.5 billion in the Bengaluru-based ecommerce company, part of a deal said to involve the acquisition of Snapdeal.
\n
\nThat investment, if successful, is likely to be led by the Vision Fund, given its size. SoftBank is also considering a follow-on round in OYO, which may also come from the Vision Fund.
\n
\nBIG INVESTORS AMONG BACKERS<\/strong>
The Vision Fund counts some of the biggest investors in the world as its backers, having received commitments from the likes of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Co,
Apple<\/a>, Qualcomm<\/a>, Foxconn Technology<\/a> Group, has said it expects to announce the close of the largestever technology fund within the next six months.
\n
\nSoftBank is also a limited partner (LP), having put in about $28 million in the fund, which will invest in sectors such as artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, telecom and computing infrastructure, among others.
\n
\nThe fund, which, according to sources, already has a deal pipeline estimated at $40 billion, is expected to largely invest most of its corpus in the US and Europe, given the greater maturity of their markets, and will also consider buyout opportunities.
\n
While being led by Misra from London, the Jersey, UK-headquartered Vision Fund will also have SoftBank chairman
Masayoshi Son<\/a> on its investment committee. The LPs in the fund, however, will not have any representation on the same.
\n
\nMisra, 54, an alumnus of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and the MIT Sloan School of Management, is a former Deutsche Bank and UBS fixed income veteran who made his name betting against subprime mortgages ahead of the financial crisis. He was also instrumental in arranging financing for the heavily leveraged Softbank for its $32 billion acquisition of UK-based chip maker ARM Holdings in July last year, also the Japanese investment major's biggest bet till date.
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视觉基金来推动印度软银投资

软银集团可能参与交易价值1亿美元,而视觉基金预计将导致投资者5亿美元以上的交易。

Biswarup Gooptu
  • 更新2017年5月22日08:49点坚持
新德里:日本软银集团将继续投资于印度,除了其1000亿美元,强调技术视野基金,是被视为一个战略的转变,已承诺投资100亿美元。

视觉基金,这也是有史以来最大的私人资本的动员,并由India-born Rajeev Misra,预计将软银的主要投资工具,与所有新的和后续投资的国家是由新实体。这周六宣布首次收于930亿美元,在美国总统唐纳德·特朗普访沙特阿拉伯。

然而,软银集团可能参与处理机票大小约为1亿美元,甚至可能写更大尺寸的票,而视觉基金预计将导致投资者在5亿美元以上的交易,意识到发展告诉ET来源。

“软银集团将继续做自己的投资,当需要在任何地理。但它可以假定所有的大型投资500多美元——通过该基金将会发生,”一个人意识到发展告诉等。

直到目前为止,软银支持在线市场Snapdeal,杂货店交付风险Grofers在线房地产门户网站住房、经济型酒店平台欧和Ola cab-hailing应用。


上周,它还宣布在Paytm一轮14亿美元的融资,采取其在印度的投资总额约35亿美元。

上个月,从软银Ola筹集了约2.5亿美元,尽管以更低的估值为30亿美元。Ola和Paytm投资由软银。

但视觉上基金也将不得不处理冲突,这可能阻止后续的投资在印度Soft-Bank的一些现有的投资组合。

例如,沙特阿拉伯的公共投资基金,这是最大的支持者设想基金也投资了35亿美元在去年超级。超级竞争Ola,计数软银作为它的最大股东,现在在印度市场领导地位。

日本telecom-to-technology集团也在Flipkart公司投资高级会谈,中国最大的在线零售商,可以看到前Bengaluru-based投资接近15亿美元的电子商务公司,交易的一部分涉及收购Snapdeal说。

投资,如果成功的话,可能是由视觉基金,由于其大小。软银在欧也在考虑后续轮,也可能来自于视觉基金。

大投资者之间的支持者
视觉基金数量在世界上一些最大的投资者作为其支持者,收到承诺从沙特阿拉伯的公共投资基金,阿布扎比的Mubadala投资有限公司苹果,高通,富士康科技集团表示,预计宣布结束largestever科技基金在未来六个月。

软银也是一个有限合伙人(LP),拥有约2800万美元的基金,将人工智能(AI)等投资领域,机器人技术,电信和计算基础设施等等。

该基金,据消息人士透露,已经有一个管道预计为400亿美元,预计将主要投资的大部分语料库在美国和欧洲,考虑到更成熟的市场,也会考虑收购的机会。

由Misra从伦敦时,泽西岛,韩国的愿景基金也将软银董事长孙正义投资委员会。然而,该基金的有限合伙人将在相同的没有任何表示。

现年54岁的Misra宾夕法尼亚大学的校友,费城,麻省理工学院斯隆管理学院的,曾是德意志银行(Deutsche Bank)和瑞银(UBS)固定收益老兵成名做空次级抵押贷款的金融危机。他还帮助安排融资的大量杠杆软银为其320亿美元收购英国芯片制造商ARM Holdings去年7月,日本投资主要至今最大的赌注。
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\"\"NEW DELHI: Japan’s SoftBank<\/a> Group will continue to invest in India, alongside its $100 billion, technology-focused Vision Fund, in what is being seen as a shift in strategy for the country, where it has committed to invest about $10 billion.
\n
\nThe Vision Fund, which is also the largest pool of private capital ever mobilised, and is being led by India-born Rajeev Misra, was expected to be the primary investment vehicle for SoftBank going forward, with all new and follow-on investments in the country to be made from the new entity. It announced its first close at $93 billion on Saturday, during US President Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia.
\n
\nHowever, SoftBank Group is likely to participate in deals with ticket sizes of about $100 million and may even write larger ticket sizes, while the Vision Fund is expected to be the lead investor in transactions of $500 million and above, sources aware of the development told ET.
\n
\n“SoftBank Group will very much continue to do its own investments, as and when the need arises in any geography. But it can be assumed that all large investments — $500 million-plus — will happen through the fund,” a person aware of the developments told ET.
\n
\nTill date, SoftBank has backed online marketplace Snapdeal, grocery delivery venture Grofers, online real estate portal Housing, budget hotel platform OYO and cab-hailing app Ola.
\n
\n
\"\"
<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nLast week, it also announced a $1.4 billion funding round in Paytm, taking its total investments in India to just about $3.5 billion.
\n
\nLast month, Ola raised about $250 million from SoftBank, albeit at a lower valuation of $3 billion. Both the Ola and Paytm investments were done by SoftBank.
\n
\nBut the Vision Fund will also have to deal with conflicts, which may prevent follow-on investments from it in some of Soft-Bank’s existing India portfolio.
\n
\nFor instance, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, which is the largest backer of the Vision Fund, also invested $3.5 billion in Uber last year. Uber is competing with Ola, which counts SoftBank as its largest shareholder, for market leadership in India right now.
\n
\nThe Japanese telecom-to-technology conglomerate is also in advanced talks to invest in Flipkart, the country’s largest online retailer, that could see the former invest close to $1.5 billion in the Bengaluru-based ecommerce company, part of a deal said to involve the acquisition of Snapdeal.
\n
\nThat investment, if successful, is likely to be led by the Vision Fund, given its size. SoftBank is also considering a follow-on round in OYO, which may also come from the Vision Fund.
\n
\nBIG INVESTORS AMONG BACKERS<\/strong>
The Vision Fund counts some of the biggest investors in the world as its backers, having received commitments from the likes of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Co,
Apple<\/a>, Qualcomm<\/a>, Foxconn Technology<\/a> Group, has said it expects to announce the close of the largestever technology fund within the next six months.
\n
\nSoftBank is also a limited partner (LP), having put in about $28 million in the fund, which will invest in sectors such as artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, telecom and computing infrastructure, among others.
\n
\nThe fund, which, according to sources, already has a deal pipeline estimated at $40 billion, is expected to largely invest most of its corpus in the US and Europe, given the greater maturity of their markets, and will also consider buyout opportunities.
\n
While being led by Misra from London, the Jersey, UK-headquartered Vision Fund will also have SoftBank chairman
Masayoshi Son<\/a> on its investment committee. The LPs in the fund, however, will not have any representation on the same.
\n
\nMisra, 54, an alumnus of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and the MIT Sloan School of Management, is a former Deutsche Bank and UBS fixed income veteran who made his name betting against subprime mortgages ahead of the financial crisis. He was also instrumental in arranging financing for the heavily leveraged Softbank for its $32 billion acquisition of UK-based chip maker ARM Holdings in July last year, also the Japanese investment major's biggest bet till date.
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