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Unacademy CMO Karan Shroff quits firm year after being made partner

CEO recently said edtech unicorn may see a funding dry spell for at least 12-18 months and it would cut costs

SoftBank's Rajeev Misra steps down as corporate officer on record loss

Rajeev Misra retain his post as head of SoftBank Investment Advisers, which helps oversee the first Vision Fund's existing investments

Laying eyewear optic fibre to make 400 mn specs per year: Lenskart's Bansal

As part of that strategy, the SoftBank-backed firm is setting up the world's largest eyewear manufacturing plant in Bhiwadi, a city in Rajasthan

SoftBank taps Sumer Juneja to oversee European investments: Report

Juneja's enhanced role comes amid the impending departures of managing partners Yanni Pipilis and Munish Varma, who are joining a new investment firm led by Misra

Masayoshi Son now down $4 bn on SoftBank side deals due to market downturn

Masayoshi Son holds 17.25% of a vehicle set up under SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 for its unlisted holdings, as well as 17.25% of a unit within its Latin America fund

SoftBank-backed Meesho adds 8 Indian languages to tap more users

Social commerce platform seeks to widen reach during festival season in the country

SoftBank Group's Masayoshi Son plans job cuts after record $23-bn loss

Reports $17.3-bn fall in Vision Fund's value, $6.1-bn forex loss

Germany's Wirecard faked client data to gain £900 mn from SoftBank: Report

Collapsed fintech firm has admitted that half of its revenues and cash worth 1.9 billion euros is missing from accounts

SoftBank to bet on smaller ticket size for the second Vision Fund

The two funds together have invested over $11-12 billion in the country. Together with Softbank's direct investment, this goes up to $14 billion

Rajeev Misra may raise $8-10 bn for his new fund, in talks with gulf royals

Sources say it is also possible that Son may invest some money in the fund through Softbank or other vehicles, although this could not be confirmed

SoftBank's Rajeev Misra to step back to launch new fund: Report

A key lieutenant of SoftBank's founder Masayoshi Son, Misra will retain a senior position with the group's first $100-bn Vision Fund, but relinquish other roles, say people familiar with the matter

SoftBank's Masayoshi Son to face shareholders shaken by $34 bn loss

Shareholders looking for signs of recovery see a portfolio awash with red instead

Amid testing times, SoftBank Group Int'l CEO leaves after 5 months on job

Five years of deploying billions of dollars into some of world's most celebrated startups saddled SoftBank Group with a record loss in the year ended in March after a global rout in tech valuations

Meesho eyes 1.2 bn shipments by next year using third-party logistics

SoftBank-backed internet commerce firm aims to become biggest contributor in its space in terms of shipments through 3PL players

SoftBank Group's top executives pay slashed after historic Vision Fund loss

SoftBank Group's founder and Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son kept his pay unchanged at 100 million yen (roughly $785,000)

PM Modi, SoftBank's Son discuss more investments after big tech bets

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and SoftBank Group founder Masayoshi Son met on Monday to discuss more investments by the country's biggest tech backer

SoftBank logs $13 bn FY net loss, will trim tech investment portfolio

'We have to prepare for the worst; be in defence mode,' says Masayoshi Son, company CEO and founder

SoftBank reports $13 billion FY net loss, faces sliding tech portfolio

The slump is casting a shadow on founder and CEO Masayoshi Son's strategy of heavy concentration in high-growth stocks increasingly out of favour with investors as interest rates rise

Stage set for PE majors to make a splash in India's tech startup gold rush

Indian tech startup ecosystem has attained a threshold of maturity in the last few years which makes it attractive for large PE players

SoftBank's Arm to lays off up to 15% staff members as it readies for IPO

The British company will shed 12 per cent to 15 per cent of staff in the UK and the US, Chief Executive Officer Rene Haas said in a memo to staff, according to a person familiar with the matter