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SoftBank Capital

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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.

Recent Milestones

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  SoftBank Capital invested in Updater. (5/15/13)
  Posted 5/15/13 at 6:45pm via finsmes.com
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  SoftBank Capital invested in NowThisNews. (5/8/13)
  Posted 5/9/13 at 2:20am via venturebeat.com
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  SoftBank Capital invested in SocialFlow. (4/17/13)
  Posted 4/16/13 at 9:24pm via yahoo.com
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  SoftBank Capital invested in FlightCar. (4/16/13)
  Posted 4/15/13 at 11:46pm via techcrunch.com
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  SoftBank Capital invested in Celtra. (1/17/13)
  Posted 1/17/13 at 9:34pm via dowjones.com
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  SoftBank Capital invested in Celtra Inc.. (1/17/13)
  Posted 1/17/13 at 5:34am via techcrunch.com
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  SoftBank Capital invested in BuzzFeed. (1/3/13)
  Posted 1/3/13 at 6:17pm via techcrunch.com
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  SoftBank Capital invested in Cheezburger. (12/29/12)
  Posted 12/29/12 at 4:04am via techcrunch.com
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  SoftBank Capital invested in RebelMouse. (10/26/12)
  Posted 10/28/12 at 7:55pm via pandodaily.com
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  SoftBank Capital invested in Criteo. (9/25/12)
  Posted 9/25/12 at 9:29pm via allthingsd.com
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  SoftBank Capital invested in FieldLens. (9/18/12)
  Posted 9/18/12 at 7:06pm via finsmes.com
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  SoftBank Capital invested in Mobile Posse. (6/25/12)
  Posted 6/25/12 at 5:48am via finsmes.com
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  SoftBank Capital invested in Popdust. (6/4/12)
  Posted 6/4/12 at 5:50pm via finsmes.com
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  SoftBank Capital invested in True&Co. (5/1/12)
  Posted 5/30/12 at 12:18pm via techcrunch.com
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  SoftBank Capital invested in Piictu. (5/1/12)
  Posted 1/13/13 at 2:46pm via mediabistro.com
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  SoftBank Capital invested in Bluefin Labs. (1/24/12)
  Posted 1/24/12 at 6:24pm via masshightech.com

Investments

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1. SoftBank Capital Closes $250M Fund (finsmes.com) [edit]
2. Updater Raises $5M in Series A Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
3. NowThisNews raises $4.8M to be the Buzzfeed of video journalism (venturebeat.com) [edit]
4. SocialFlow Secures $10 Million Series B to Grow Market Share As Advertising Spend Goes Social (finance.yahoo.com) [edit]
5. Peer-To-Peer Airport Car Rental Startup FlightCar Raises $5.5M From General Catalyst, Softbank, And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
6. Mobile Ad Startup Celtra Raises $4M Led By Softbank Capital (techcrunch.com) [edit]
7. Celtra Books $4M for Asia Pacific Expansion (pevc.dowjones.com) [edit]
8. Social Publishing FTW: With 40M Users, Jonah Peretti’s BuzzFeed Raises Another $19.3M Led By NEA (techcrunch.com) [edit]
9. I Can Has Funding: Cheezburger Raises $5M From Foundry, Madrona , Softbank For LOLcats, FAIL Blog And Other Memes (techcrunch.com) [edit]
10. Paul Berry’s Rebel Mouse raises $2.5 million from an A-list group of investors (pandodaily.com) [edit]
11. Criteo Nabs $40 Million in Funding at $800 Million Valuation (allthingsd.com) [edit]
12. FieldLens Raises $1.925M in Seed Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
13. Mobile Posse Closes $5M Series C Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
14. Popdust Closes $4.5M Series A Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
15. Mediabistro (mediabistro.com) [edit]
16. True&Co Takes $2M Seed Funding From First Round, SoftTech, Others To Shake Up The Bra Industry (techcrunch.com) [edit]
17. Bluefin Labs brings in $12M in Series B round (masshightech.com) [edit]
18. Viral Aggregator BuzzFeed Raises $15.5M To Transform The Way People Get Their News (techcrunch.com) [edit]
19. BestVendor Raises $3M For Work App Recommendation Platform (techcrunch.com) [edit]
20. Local Mobile Ad Network xAd Raises $9M From SoftBank And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
21. Burstly Raises $5.5M For In-App Ad Management; Launches Mobile Offer Mediation For iOS & Android (techcrunch.com) [edit]
22. Accel, True Ventures And Softbank Plunk $4.75M Into Music Sharing App SoundTracking (techcrunch.com) [edit]
23. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
24. Startup Incubator TechStars Raises $24M, Increases Funding For Each Company By $100K (techcrunch.com) [edit]
25. Social Loyalty And Rewards Platform CrowdTwist Raises $6M From SoftBank And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
26. SEC D (sec.gov) [edit]
27. SoftBank's Joe Medved on Board as Opinionaided Raises $5.5M (boston.citybizlist.com) [edit]
28. Ex-Forbes.com CEO's Spanfeller Media Group Scores $6 Million In Funding (businessinsider.com) [edit]
29. Peter Thiel, Lerer Ventures And Others Put $600K In BestVendor (techcrunch.com) [edit]
30. With A $9 Million B Round, Taykey Targets Social Interests With Ads In Realtime (techcrunch.com) [edit]
31. Citation Needed [add]
32. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
33. Rivet Games Raises Series B Financing for Next Gen Web, Social and Mobile Games (prweb.com) [edit]
34. techcrunch.com [edit]
35. Opinionaided Raises $1 Million For Mobile Q&A Service (techcrunch.com) [edit]
36. Boxee Raises $16.5 Million For Its Vision For The "Future Of TV" (techcrunch.com) [edit]
37. Chinese Online Video Company PPLive Raises A Whopping $250 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
38. Social Application Developer Seesmic Raises $4M From SoftBank And Salesforce (techcrunch.com) []
39. I Can Has Funding: Cheezburger Raises $30M For LOLcats, FAIL Blog And Other Memes (techcrunch.com) [edit]
40. Paper.li Raises $2.1 Million For Social News Curation, Hits 2 Million Users (techcrunch.com) [edit]
41. Paper.li Raises $2.1 Million To Open Operations In The U.S. And Asia (paidcontent.org) [edit]
42. Gaming Site OMGPOP Raises $10.1 Million, Plans Acquisitions (techcrunch.com) [edit]
43. mashable.com [edit]
44. Cloud Engines raises $15M to turn old hard drives into private cloud servers (venturebeat.com) [edit]
45. ZipList Raises $2 Million, Helps You Manage Shopping Lists, Search Recipes (techcrunch.com) [edit]
46. Buddy Media Announces $23 Million Series C Funding (buddymedia.com) [edit]
47. Mobile Social Network MocoSpace Raises $3.5M From SoftBank For Gaming Platform (techcrunch.com) [edit]
48. MocoSpace Receives $3.5M from SoftBank Capital (finsmes.com) []
49. TechCrunch [edit]
50. Facebook Investor Peter Thiel Backing Another Social Network For College Students, CollegeOnly (businessinsider.com) [edit]
51. Ex-Forbes.com CEO Spanfeller Raising $2 Million For Web Publishing Startup (paidcontent.org) [edit]
52. nytimes.com []
53. RockYou Raises Another $10 Million To Expand Presence In Asia (techcrunch.com) [edit]
54. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
55. Investors listed on company site (betaworks.com) [edit]
56. Ustream nets $75M Series B Funding for push into Asian markets (fierceonlinevideo.com) [edit]
57. ZipList Raises $2 Million, Helps You Manage Shopping Lists, Search Recipes (techcrunch.com) [edit]
58. EDGAR [edit]
59. Picaboo raises $1M for photo publishing services (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
60. Grab Networks Raises $12 Million For Video Syndication (paidcontent.org) [edit]
61. Grab Networks Raises $12 Million For Video Syndication (paidcontent.org) [edit]
62. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
63. Capital Report Index [edit]
64. Rivermine secures $5M boost (triangle.bizjournals.com) [edit]
65. EDGAR [edit]
66. FooMojo, Inc. Announces $9.9 Million in Series A Funding (foomojo.com) [edit]
67. KickApps Actually Raises $14 Million In Series C Round (techcrunch.com) [edit]
68. Goodmail secures $20M for certified email (venturebeat.com) [edit]
69. EDGAR [edit]
70. Citation Needed [add]
71. Mobile directory startup V-Enable raising $2.2M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
72. Trend Site Buzzfeed Raises $3.5 Million First Round (paidcontent.org) [edit]
73. Behavioral Ad Network JellyCloud Raises $11.5M (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
74. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
75. Softbank-led Group Invests $430M in China's Oak Pacific (wnd.com) [edit]
76. Buddy Media raises $6.5 million, launches ad network (news.com) [edit]
77. techcrunch.com [edit]
78. thealarmclock.com [edit]
79. Mobile Posse raises $10M for mobile advertising (venturebeat.com) [edit]
80. Mobile Posse Secures $10 Million in Venture Capital Funding (mobileposse.com) [edit]
81. Citation Needed [add]
82. VoodooVox, offering in-call ads, raises $8.1M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
83. HuffingtonPost Raises Another $5 Million; Same Investors Including Pittman (paidcontent.org) [edit]
84. pehub.com [edit]
85. Communicado Raises $11.6M (lightreading.com) [edit]
86. LiteScape Technologies Receives $14 Million in Series B Funding (findarticles.com) [edit]
87. LiteScape raises $14M more for “unified communications” (venturebeat.com) [edit]
88. KickApps Secures Series B Funding to Extend Leadership in Hosted Social Media Platform Market (kickapps.com) [edit]
89. Desktone Secures $17 Million in Venture Funding (desktone.com) [edit]
90. Insightix Attracts Venture Investment from SoftBank Capital (insightix.com) [edit]
91. Rivermine Secures $8.7 Million in Third Round of Funding Led by SoftBank Capital (rivermine.com) [edit]
92. EDGAR [edit]
93. sermo.com [edit]
94. Citation Needed [add]
95. Goodmail Systems, raises $12M for trusted email delivery (venturebeat.com) [edit]
96. EDGAR [edit]
97. Thumbplay Announces $15 Million in New Funding (businesswire.com) [edit]
98. EDGAR [edit]
99. HuffingtonPost, politics blog site, raises $5M more to target elections (venturebeat.com) [edit]
100. insiderpages.com [edit]
101. freshnews.com [edit]
102. associatedcontent.blogspot.com [edit]
103. LiteScape Technologies Adds $5 Million for Cumulative Series A Financing of $13 Million (findarticles.com) [edit]
104. Citation Needed [add]
105. findarticles.com [edit]
106. BeliefNet Gets $7 Million (paidcontent.org) [edit]
107. Anystream nabs $8 million (news.cnet.com) [edit]
108. 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]
109. Danger, Inc. Announces $37 Million Financing Round (danger.com) [edit]
110. findarticles.com [edit]
111. Gomez gets $6M in third funding round (masshightech.com) [edit]
112. Danger, Inc. Announces $35 Million in Series D Financing (danger.com) [edit]
113. Gomez lands another $3.5M (masshightech.com) [edit]
114. Danger, Inc. Announces $36 Million in Series B Financing (danger.com) [edit]
115. 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]
116. 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]
117. Online Video Syndication Service Voxant Acquired By Anystream (paidcontent.org) [edit]
118. SOFTBANK Venture Capital's Technology Fund Leads iPrint.com Series C Funding; Heidi Roizen Joins iPrint.com Board of Directors (findarticles.com) [edit]
119. avc.com [edit]