Japanese conglomerate thiab tech investing powerhouse SoftBank tau tshaj tawm rau hnub Monday tias nws poob $ 23 nphom thaum lub Plaub Hlis thiab Lub Rau Hli, qhov poob loj tshaj peb lub hlis twg hauv lub tuam txhab keeb kwm.
CEO Masayoshi Son qhov kev nqis peev ntau txhiab daus las hauv ob peb xyoos dhau los tau dhau los ua npau suav phem rau SoftBank hauv 2022 raws li nce paj paj thiab kev poob siab ntshai decimated tech shares thiab venture peev peev.
"Thaum peb tab tom tig tawm cov txiaj ntsig loj, kuv tau dhau los ua qhov xav tsis thoob, thiab rov qab saib kuv tus kheej tam sim no, kuv txaj muag thiab tu siab heev," CEO lees paub ntawm ib lub rooj sablaj xovxwm hnub Monday.
Tub hais ntxiv tias nws yuav hloov pauv loj ntawm lub tuam txhab cov peev txheej thev naus laus zis, hu ua Vision Funds, nyob rau lub hlis tom ntej, tab tom nrhiav "kev xaiv ntau dua hauv kev nqis peev," vim tias "kev ua lag luam thiab lub ntiaj teb tsis meej pem. ”
Nws cov lus hais tawm cov lus zoo sib xws hauv lub Tsib Hlis, thaum lub tuam txhab tau hais tias nws npaj yuav mus rau hauv "kev tiv thaiv" hom tom qab tshaj tawm sau tseg $ 26 billion poob hauv nws cov peev txheej hauv xyoo tas los.
Vision Funds tau txhawb nqa ntau dua 470 startups thoob ntiaj teb rau xyoo dhau los, tab sis SoftBank tau pom zoo tsuas yog $ 600 lab hauv kev nqis peev rau cov nyiaj hauv lub Plaub Hlis-Lub Rau Hli, 97% poob ntawm kev siv nyiaj los ntawm tib lub hlis twg xyoo tas los.
Leej Tub kuj tau sau tseg tias nws tab tom npaj "txiav tus nqi uas tsis muaj nyuj dawb ceev" hauv lub quarter tam sim no, thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm ntau dhau yuav yog thawj tus mus.
Nws tau hais tias "Kuv tsis muaj kev xaiv tab sis txiav cov neeg ua haujlwm tseem ceeb ntawm Vision Fund," nws hais.
SoftBank tseem raug yuam kom muag $ 10.5 nphom ntawm Tuam Tshoj e-lag luam loj heev Alibaba cov khoom lag luam kom nce nyiaj hauv lub Plaub Hlis-Lub Rau Hli peb hlis ntuj, thiab pov tseg ntxiv $ 6.8 nphom hauv cov khoom lag luam tom qab lub quarter tas.
Thaum lwm cov tub ua lag luam, suav nrog Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett, tau yuav thaum lub sij hawm poob rau hauv vaj huam sib luag tsis ntev los no, Leej Tub tau sib cav tias muaj kev pheej hmoo siab rau nws thib ob-xav txog kev nqis peev ntxiv.
"Tam sim no zoo li lub sijhawm zoo tshaj plaws los nqis peev thaum lub khw lag luam poob qis heev, thiab kuv muaj lub siab xav ua li ntawd, tab sis yog tias kuv ua rau nws, peb tuaj yeem raug kev txom nyem uas yuav rov qab tsis tau, thiab qhov tsis txaus ntseeg," nws hais.
SoftBank pom nws qhov kev poob los ntawm kev nqis peev hauv khw muag khoom hauv lub Plaub Hlis-Lub Rau Hli. Lub zeem muag Fund ib leeg pom $ 2.18 nphom hauv kev poob los ntawm nws cov ceg txheem ntseeg hauv South Kauslim e-lag luam thawj coj Coupang, uas tau nqis 33% xyoo rau hnub no, thiab $ 1.64 billion hauv kev poob los ntawm DoorDash, uas tau poob 46% txij li lub Ib Hlis.
Tab sis nws yog Vision Funds 'kev nqis peev thaum ntxov uas tau pom qhov tshwm sim tsis zoo thaum muaj kev tsis tu ncua venture capital slowdown, nrog startups xws li yuav-tam sim no, them-tom qab darling Klarna poob billions ntawm tus nqi mus txog rau xyoo no.
Leej Tub tau hais tias kev nqis peev rau cov tuam txhab thaum ntxov tau poob qis heev hauv xyoo 2022, thiab nws tsis pom qhov xwm txheej yuav txhim kho sai sai.
"Txawm tias muaj ntau ntawm cov tuam txhab teev npe qis dua cov tuam txhab tsis tau teev npe, peb yuav tsum tau tos [los nqis peev]," nws hais ntxiv tias kev poob qis rau cov tuam txhab sau npe tau txuas ntxiv mus, tab sis rau kev pib ua lag luam, qhov mob yuav kav ntev dua.
Cov txiaj ntsig tsawg tshaj li cov hnub qub tau tshwm sim tsuas yog ib hlis tom qab Rajeev Misra, uas tau ua haujlwm zoo ntawm SoftBank thawj Vision Fund, tshaj tawm tias nws yuav yog. kev tsuj taw ntaiv los ntawm qee lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb ntawm Vision Fund 2 los tsim nws cov peev nyiaj.
Zaj dab neeg no yog thaum chiv keeb los Fortune.com
Tau qhov twg los: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/am-quite-embarrassed-remorseful-softbank-163711383.html