SoftBank Vision Fund (managed by SoftBank Investment Advisers) is one of the world's largest technology-focused investment funds, launched in May 2017 by SoftBank Group and anchored by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia. Now operating across two funds (SVF1 and SVF2) with combined assets under management reported at roughly $150B+, the fund pursues Masayoshi Son's long "AI economy" thesis, backing high-growth companies across the AI stack: hardware and semiconductors, the software infrastructure to gather, process and deploy data, and the applications built on top of it. It typically writes large late-stage growth checks (Series C/D and beyond, often $100M to several billion) into 300+ companies worldwide, spanning enterprise software, consumer internet, health tech, fintech, logistics, transportation, frontier tech, edtech and proptech across the Americas, EMEA and Asia. Headquartered in London, with major offices in the US and Asia, its portfolio includes many unicorns and household names such as Arm, ByteDance, and Aurora.
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name: SoftBank Vision Fund
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SoftBank Vision Fund (managed by SoftBank Investment Advisers) is one of the
world's largest technology-focused investment funds, launched in May 2017 by
SoftBank Group and anchored by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia. Now
operating across two funds (SVF1 and SVF2) with combined assets under
management reported at roughly $150B+, the fund pursues Masayoshi Son's long
"AI economy" thesis, backing high-growth companies across the AI stack:
hardware and semiconductors, the software infrastructure to gather, process
and deploy data, and the applications built on top of it. It typically writes
large late-stage growth checks (Series C/D and beyond, often $100M to several
billion) into 300+ companies worldwide, spanning enterprise software, consumer
internet, health tech, fintech, logistics, transportation, frontier tech,
edtech and proptech across the Americas, EMEA and Asia. Headquartered in
London, with major offices in the US and Asia, its portfolio includes many
unicorns and household names such as Arm, ByteDance, and Aurora.
image: https://sb-vf-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/logo_vertical_grey.svg
x-type: venture-capital
x-category: Venture Capital
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
tags:
- Venture Capital
- Growth Equity
- Late Stage
- Artificial Intelligence
- Enterprise Software
- Fintech
- Health Tech
- Global
apis: []
common:
- type: Website
url: https://visionfund.com/
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url: https://visionfund.com/portfolio
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url: portfolio/softbank-vision-fund-portfolio.yml
- type: Team
url: https://visionfund.com/team
- type: Team
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- type: Blog
url: https://visionfund.com/insights
- type: Newsletter
url: https://visionfund.com/newsletter-signup
- type: Jobs
url: https://careers.visionfund.com/
- type: Contact
url: https://visionfund.com/contact
- type: Twitter
url: https://twitter.com/visionfund
- type: LinkedIn
url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/softbank-investment-advisers
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url: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/softbank-vision-fund
- type: Features
data:
- 'Stage: Late-stage growth (Series C/D and beyond)'
- 'Typical check: $100M to several billion (large growth rounds)'
- 'Sectors: enterprise software, consumer internet, health tech, fintech, logistics, transportation, frontier tech, edtech, proptech'
- 'Geography: Global (Americas, EMEA, Asia)'
- 'AUM: ~$150B+ combined across SVF1 and SVF2 (widely reported)'
- 'Founded: 2017'
- 'HQ: London, United Kingdom'
- 'Funds: SVF1 and SVF2'
- 'Portfolio: 300+ companies including many unicorns'
sources:
- https://visionfund.com/
- https://visionfund.com/portfolio
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoftBank_Vision_Fund
updated: '2026-07-17'
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