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SoftBank Capital

SoftBank Capital is an independent venture capital firm focused on early stage high growth technology based businesses benefiting from the rapid deployment and adoption of broadband and mobile technologies. They are a team of experienced entrepreneurs and investors who take a hands-on-approach to investing in order to help each portfolio company achieve its potential.

SoftBank Capital offers entrepreneurs and their management teams valuable experience and resources, including their close association with SoftBank Corporation in Japan. They have direct market presence in two of the most significant areas for technology innovation and development with offices in Massachusetts and New York.

Milestones

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
BuzzFeed 1/12Series C$15.5M5
BestVendor 12/11Series A$3M4
xAd 12/11Unattributed$9M3
Burstly 11/11Unattributed$5.5M3
Schematic Labs 11/11Series A$4.75M3
Ustream 11/11Unattributed$6M2
Piictu 9/11Seed$750k6
TechStars 9/11Unattributed$24M7
CrowdTwist 9/11Series A$6M5
Thumb 8/11Series A$5.54M4
Spanfeller Media Group 8/11Series B$6M5
BestVendor 6/11Seed$600k4
Taykey 6/11Series B$9M3
Gilt Groupe 5/11Series E$138M9
Rivet Games 4/11Series B4
SocialFlow 4/11Series A$7M6
Thumb 3/11Angel$1.2M8
Boxee 3/11Series C$16.5M5
PPLive 2/11Series D$250M1
Seesmic 2/11Series C$4M2
Cheezburger 1/11Unattributed$30M4
SmallRivers 1/11Series A$2.1M3
Paper.li 1/11Unattributed$2.1M3
OMGPOP 1/11Series B$10.1M4
Cheezburger Network 1/11Seed$30M4
Cloud Engines 12/10Series B$15M2
ZipList 11/10Series B$2M2
Buddy Media 10/10Series C$23M4
JNJ Mobile 9/10Unattributed$3.5M1
MocoSpace 9/10Unattributed$3.5M1
Hyperpublic 9/10Seed$1.15M7
YouAre.TV 8/10Series A$1.15M6
Spanfeller Media Group 6/10Series A$2M4
Zynga 6/10Series B$300M2
RockYou 6/10Unattributed$10M1
BuzzFeed 5/10Series B$8M7
Contagious Media 5/10Series B$8M5
betaworks 3/10Series B$20M13
Ustream 2/10Series B$75M1
ZipList 1/10Series A$2.5M2
RockYou 11/09Series D$50M1
picaboo 6/09Seed$1M5
Grab Networks 6/09Unattributed$12M4
Grab Networks 6/09Unattributed$12M4
Associated Content 4/09Series C$6M3
Thumbplay 3/09Series F$6M6
Rivermine Software 1/09Series D$5M4
App TOKYO Co. 12/08Unattributed$331k1
FooMojo 12/08Series A$9.9M1
KickApps 11/08Series C£14M3
Goodmail Systems 11/08Series C$20M4
RockYou 11/08Series C$17M2
Apreso Classroom 10/08Series B$15M3
V-Enable 8/08Unattributed$1.1M3
BuzzFeed 7/08Series A$3.5M4
JellyCloud 5/08Series A$6.6M4
Giant Realm 5/08Series A$2M1
Oak Pacific Interactive 4/08Unattributed$430M2
Buddy Media 4/08Series B$6.5M4
DanceJam 2/08Series B$3.5M2
Ad Infuse 1/08Series B$12M3
MobilePosse 12/07Series B$10M3
Mobile Posse 12/07Series B$10M3
VoodooVox 9/07Series D$8.1M4
Huffington Post 9/07Series B$5M4
PureVideo Networks 9/07Series B$2.85M1
Sermo 9/07Series C$25M3
Communicado 8/07Series B$11.6M3
litescape 8/07Series B$14M4
LiteScape Technologies 8/07Series B$14M5
KickApps 8/07Series B$11M4
Desktone 7/07Series A$17M3
Insightix 7/07Series B$6M1
Rivermine Software 6/07Series C$8.7M4
Anystream 2/07Series C$7M2
Betfair 1/07Unattributed3
Sermo 1/07Series B$9.5M2
Goodmail Systems 12/06Series B$12M1
Danger 11/06Series E$10.3M4
Thumbplay 10/06Series C$15M4
Grab Networks 9/06Series B$10.5M3
Huffington Post 8/06Series A$5M4
Insider Pages 3/06Series A$8.5M3
V-Enable 2/06Series C$6M2
Associated Content 1/06Series A$5.4M1
LiteScape Technologies 12/05Series A$5M3
PureVideo Networks 12/05Series A$5.6M1
VoodooVox 8/05Series A$1.35M4
BeliefNet 6/05Series A$7M1
Anystream 4/05Unattributed$8M2
LiteScape Technologies 1/05Unattributed$7.5M3
Danger 7/04Series D$37M5
Paltalk 4/04Series A$6M1
Gomez, Inc. 9/03Series C$6M3
Danger 2/03Series D$35M5
Gomez, Inc. 11/01Unattributed$3.5M3
Gomez, Inc. 10/01Series B$9.3M5
Danger 10/01Series B$36M6
Gomez, Inc. 2/00Series A$28.5M3
Anystream 1/00Unattributed$44M2
iPrint 10/99Series C$20M2
GeoCities 1/98Series D$25M2

Videos

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Sources

  1. Viral Aggregator BuzzFeed Raises $15.5M To Transform The Way People Get Their News (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  2. BestVendor Raises $3M For Work App Recommendation Platform (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  3. Local Mobile Ad Network xAd Raises $9M From SoftBank And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  4. Burstly Raises $5.5M For In-App Ad Management; Launches Mobile Offer Mediation For iOS & Android (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  5. Accel, True Ventures And Softbank Plunk $4.75M Into Music Sharing App SoundTracking (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  6. Ustream CEO John Ham Steps Down To Work On New Startup (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  7. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  8. Startup Incubator TechStars Raises $24M, Increases Funding For Each Company By $100K (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  9. Social Loyalty And Rewards Platform CrowdTwist Raises $6M From SoftBank And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  10. SoftBank's Joe Medved on Board as Opinionaided Raises $5.5M (boston.citybizlist.com) [edit]
  11. Ex-Forbes.com CEO's Spanfeller Media Group Scores $6 Million In Funding (businessinsider.com) [edit]
  12. Peter Thiel, Lerer Ventures And Others Put $600K In BestVendor (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  13. With A $9 Million B Round, Taykey Targets Social Interests With Ads In Realtime (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  14. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  15. Rivet Games Raises Series B Financing for Next Gen Web, Social and Mobile Games (prweb.com) [edit]
  16. techcrunch.com [edit]
  17. Opinionaided Raises $1 Million For Mobile Q&A Service (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  18. Boxee Raises $16.5 Million For Its Vision For The "Future Of TV" (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  19. Chinese Online Video Company PPLive Raises A Whopping $250 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  20. Social Application Developer Seesmic Raises $4M From SoftBank And Salesforce (techcrunch.com) []
  21. I Can Has Funding: Cheezburger Raises $30M For LOLcats, FAIL Blog And Other Memes (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  22. Paper.li Raises $2.1 Million For Social News Curation, Hits 2 Million Users (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  23. Paper.li Raises $2.1 Million To Open Operations In The U.S. And Asia (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  24. Gaming Site OMGPOP Raises $10.1 Million, Plans Acquisitions (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  25. mashable.com [edit]
  26. Cloud Engines raises $15M to turn old hard drives into private cloud servers (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  27. ZipList Raises $2 Million, Helps You Manage Shopping Lists, Search Recipes (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  28. Buddy Media Announces $23 Million Series C Funding (buddymedia.com) [edit]
  29. Mobile Social Network MocoSpace Raises $3.5M From SoftBank For Gaming Platform (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  30. MocoSpace Receives $3.5M from SoftBank Capital (finsmes.com) []
  31. TechCrunch [edit]
  32. Facebook Investor Peter Thiel Backing Another Social Network For College Students, CollegeOnly (businessinsider.com) [edit]
  33. Ex-Forbes.com CEO Spanfeller Raising $2 Million For Web Publishing Startup (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  34. nytimes.com []
  35. RockYou Raises Another $10 Million To Expand Presence In Asia (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  36. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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  38. Investors listed on company site (betaworks.com) [edit]
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  40. ZipList Raises $2 Million, Helps You Manage Shopping Lists, Search Recipes (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  41. Cap Funding Report [edit]
  42. Picaboo raises $1M for photo publishing services (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  43. Grab Networks Raises $12 Million For Video Syndication (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  44. Grab Networks Raises $12 Million For Video Syndication (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  45. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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  47. Rivermine secures $5M boost (triangle.bizjournals.com) [edit]
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  49. FooMojo, Inc. Announces $9.9 Million in Series A Funding (foomojo.com) [edit]
  50. KickApps Actually Raises $14 Million In Series C Round (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  51. Goodmail secures $20M for certified email (venturebeat.com) [edit]
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  53. Citation Needed [add]
  54. Mobile directory startup V-Enable raising $2.2M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  55. Trend Site Buzzfeed Raises $3.5 Million First Round (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  56. Behavioral Ad Network JellyCloud Raises $11.5M (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
  57. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  58. Softbank-led Group Invests $430M in China's Oak Pacific (dmwmedia.com) [edit]
  59. Buddy Media raises $6.5 million, launches ad network (news.com) [edit]
  60. techcrunch.com [edit]
  61. thealarmclock.com [edit]
  62. Mobile Posse raises $10M for mobile advertising (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  63. Mobile Posse Secures $10 Million in Venture Capital Funding (mobileposse.com) [edit]
  64. VoodooVox, offering in-call ads, raises $8.1M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  65. HuffingtonPost Raises Another $5 Million; Same Investors Including Pittman (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  66. Citation Needed [add]
  67. pehub.com [edit]
  68. Communicado Raises $11.6M (lightreading.com) [edit]
  69. LiteScape raises $14M more for “unified communications” (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  70. LiteScape Technologies Receives $14 Million in Series B Funding (findarticles.com) [edit]
  71. KickApps Secures Series B Funding to Extend Leadership in Hosted Social Media Platform Market (kickapps.com) [edit]
  72. Desktone Secures $17 Million in Venture Funding (desktone.com) [edit]
  73. Insightix Attracts Venture Investment from SoftBank Capital (insightix.com) [edit]
  74. Rivermine Secures $8.7 Million in Third Round of Funding Led by SoftBank Capital (rivermine.com) [edit]
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  76. Citation Needed [add]
  77. sermo.com [edit]
  78. Goodmail Systems, raises $12M for trusted email delivery (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  79. Cap Funding Report [edit]
  80. Thumbplay Announces $15 Million in New Funding (businesswire.com) [edit]
  81. Cap Funding Report [edit]
  82. HuffingtonPost, politics blog site, raises $5M more to target elections (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  83. insiderpages.com [edit]
  84. freshnews.com [edit]
  85. associatedcontent.blogspot.com [edit]
  86. LiteScape Technologies Adds $5 Million for Cumulative Series A Financing of $13 Million (findarticles.com) [edit]
  87. Citation Needed [add]
  88. findarticles.com [edit]
  89. BeliefNet Gets $7 Million (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  90. Anystream nabs $8 million (news.cnet.com) [edit]
  91. LiteScape(TM) Raises $7.5 Million of Capital; SOFTBANK Capital and TeleSoft Partners Lead Investment in Emerging Leader in Enterprise VoIP Software Applications. (thefreelibrary.com) [edit]
  92. Danger, Inc. Announces $37 Million Financing Round (danger.com) [edit]
  93. findarticles.com [edit]
  94. Gomez gets $6M in third funding round (masshightech.com) [edit]
  95. Danger, Inc. Announces $35 Million in Series D Financing (danger.com) [edit]
  96. Gomez lands another $3.5M (masshightech.com) [edit]
  97. Article: Gomez Raises $9.3 Million in Private Financing; Withdraws Registration Statement; Softbank Ventures, Inc. Leads Investor Group in Series D Financing. (highbeam.com) [edit]
  98. Danger, Inc. Announces $36 Million in Series B Financing (danger.com) [edit]
  99. Article: Gomez Raises $9.3 Million in Private Financing; Withdraws Registration Statement; Softbank Ventures, Inc. Leads Investor Group in Series D Financing. (highbeam.com) [edit]
  100. Online Video Syndication Service Voxant Acquired By Anystream (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  101. SOFTBANK Venture Capital's Technology Fund Leads iPrint.com Series C Funding; Heidi Roizen Joins iPrint.com Board of Directors (findarticles.com) [edit]
  102. avc.com [edit]
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