Supermarket chain Morrisons accepts £6.3bn offer from Fortress-led group

Supermarket chain Morrisons accepts £6.3bn offer from Fortress-led group

British supermarket chain Morrison Supermarkets (Morrisons) has accepted a takeover bid of £6.3 billion ($8.7 billion) from a group led by Fortress Investment Group, a subsidiary of Japan’s SoftBank Group. Joining Fortress Investment in the proposal are Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Koch Real Estate Investments. Shareholders of Morrisons will be offered 254 pence […]

Iyuno-SDI gets $160m investment from SoftBank for localization services

Iyuno-SDI gets $160m investment from SoftBank for localization services

Iyuno-SDI Group, a localization services provider for the media and entertainment sectors, has bagged an investment of $160 million from SoftBank Vision Fund 2. The company said that the investment gives it the required resources for supporting its objective of transforming the localization industry. With the investment, SoftBank Vision Fund 2 will be one of […]

NVIDIA to acquire British chip designer Arm from SoftBank for $40bn

NVIDIA to acquire British chip designer Arm from SoftBank for $40bn

US computing company NVIDIA has agreed to acquire Arm Limited, a British semiconductor and software design company, from Japan-based SoftBank Group and the SoftBank Vision Fund (together SoftBank) for $40 billion in a cash-cum-stock deal. The acquisition will result in the combination of the AI computing platform of NVIDIA and Arm’s vast ecosystem for creating […]

Retail tech startup Accel Robotics raises $30m from SoftBank and others

Retail tech startup Accel Robotics raises $30m from SoftBank and others

California-based Accel Robotics, a retail tech startup which uses artificial intelligence (AI) and computer vision to provide checkout-free experience, has raised $30 million in a Series A funding round led by SoftBank Group. Founded in 2015, Accel Robotics enables customers to grab products they need and go. As the products are automatically tallied when they […]

Home automation company Vivint Smart Home to merge with Mosaic Acquisition

Home automation company Vivint Smart Home to merge with Mosaic Acquisition

Vivint Smart Home, a Blackstone Group-backed US smart home services provider, has agreed to merge with a subsidiary of Mosaic Acquisition, to create a home automation company worth $5.6 billion. Mosaic Acquisition is a special purpose acquisition company of Japanese investment firm SoftBank Group. Founded in 1999, Vivint Smart Home offers a suite of smart […]

Wirecard, Brightstar partner to digitize financial processes worldwide

Wirecard, Brightstar partner to digitize financial processes worldwide

German fintech company Wirecard has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Brightstar, a device lifecycle management company, to collaborate in the areas of digital consumer lending, payment acceptance processing and card issuing for the retail channel. The cooperation is expected to help Wirecard increase its transaction volume and consumers upgrade their smartphone devices more […]