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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi · Acquired
- ▶ 1:07:10 Dara Khosrowshahi And at the same time, SoftBank was looking to invest in the company, right?
- ▶ 1:07:15 Dara Khosrowshahi And this is the vision fund days.
- ▶ 1:07:18 Dara Khosrowshahi And, you know, Sockbank, the only way they came in was heavy.
- ▶ 1:07:47 Dara Khosrowshahi So there was this game of chicken, which is SoftBank wanted in, and in typical MASA fashion, it was like, hey, if you don't let us invest in you, we're going to invest in that pink company, right?
- ▶ 1:08:03 Dara Khosrowshahi And so we had to get SoftBank in, and they wanted to invest in Uber because it was a top brand, had top tech, et cetera.
- ▶ 1:08:36 Dara Khosrowshahi And so every, like, we literally had to go shareholder, shareholder, and like, Ben said he would say yes, and George, like, like, everybody, and if anyone said no, none of it would work, and, you know, Salt Bank would go to, came to, you…
- ▶ 1:09:05 Dara Khosrowshahi And that, one, it got SoftBank in, but it stopped the power struggle because then no one could control a company.
- ▶ 1:09:21 Dara Khosrowshahi That, that, like, we did it for SoftBank.
- ▶ 1:09:47 Dara Khosrowshahi Everything would have blown up, and, and, and you might have had a Lyft who was gaining category position against us with a ten billion dollar investment from SoftBank.
ACQ Sessions: Jason Calacanis · Acquired
- ▶ 9:21 Jason Calacanis They were half of it, and Masayoshi-san, Softbank, was the other half.
Benchmark Part I · Acquired
- ▶ 2:49:33 David Rosenthal SoftBank, uh, shenanigans.
- ▶ 2:54:22 David Rosenthal And I think at that moment, they sold some to SoftBank in a transaction at that point in time.
- ▶ 2:54:45 Ben Gilbert I don't remember the timeframe exactly, but Benchmark sold nine hundred million dollars worth of Uber shares to SoftBank.
- ▶ 2:55:25 Ben Gilbert Even this knowing when to sell thing, WeWork, they sold a lot of WeWork shares to SoftBank, and I think it's actually still part of some ongoing litigation.
- ▶ 2:55:33 Ben Gilbert Where SoftBank didn't want to, ah, complete that transaction.
Arena Show Part II: Brooks Running (with CEO Jim Weber) · Acquired
- ▶ 1:00:30 Ben Gilbert There's a lot of capital flowing into the region right now, and SoftBank's takeaway from all of this is that technology in Latin America really isn't about disruption, but inclusion.
- ▶ 1:01:17 Ben Gilbert So that's just one example of how SoftBank is pairing with local founders in Latin America to bring them the capital and expertise they need.
Arena Show Part I: Idea Dinner + YC Continuity · Acquired
- ▶ 18:51 Packy McCormick SoftBank knows about this as well, the generous kind of top line.
- ▶ 1:32:28 Ben Gilbert So that's just one example of how SoftBank is pairing great founders in Latin America with the capital and expertise they need.
Nvidia: The Machine Learning Company (2006-2022) · Acquired
- ▶ 1:17:39 David Rosenthal We did do the soft bank acquiring arm episode years and years ago now, but.
- ▶ 2:01:45 Ben Gilbert SoftBank has invested eight billion dollars in 70 plus companies, and they have one gigantic takeaway.
- ▶ 2:03:20 Ben Gilbert They were recently named the world's fastest growing e-commerce platform, and they are just one example of how SoftBank is partnering with great founders and bringing them the capital and expertise they need to bring the future and build…
Nvidia: The GPU Company (1993-2006) · Acquired
- ▶ 1:47:15 Ben Gilbert SoftBank, as you know, created this fund with a simple thesis.
- ▶ 1:47:27 Ben Gilbert And SoftBank
- ▶ 1:48:55 David Rosenthal Just talking about this is such a bright spot of, you know, in venture capital period and in SoftBank of like the Latin America, you know, investing ecosystem.
Altimeter (with Brad Gerstner) · Acquired
- ▶ 23:58 Brad Gerstner And we partnered with SoftBank.
- ▶ 1:26:04 Ben Gilbert As you know, they created this fund with a simple thesis that Latin America is overflowing with innovative founders and great opportunities, but is always short, or always has been historically, on the one essential ingredient of capital.
- ▶ 1:26:52 Ben Gilbert A great example of this is SoftBank portfolio company GymPass.
- ▶ 1:27:18 Ben Gilbert That's just one example of how SoftBank is pairing great founders with the capital that they need and great expertise to build amazing companies in Latin America today.
SONY (75 years of electronics history in 3 hours) · Acquired
- ▶ 47:06 David Rosenthal Overall, like, the business environment in Japan and America, I don't think there was any other company, maybe has never been any other company except SoftBank that, like, bridges the two.
- ▶ 2:47:42 Ben Gilbert And now for the final sponsor of our episode, we want to tell you about our good friends at SoftBank, the SoftBank Latin America Fund.
- ▶ 2:47:55 Ben Gilbert SoftBank created this fund with a very simple thesis.
- ▶ 2:49:26 Ben Gilbert This is just one example of how SoftBank is partnering with founders and bringing the capital and expertise that they need to help build the future in Latin America.
Peloton - the entire history and strategy behind America's trendiest workout · Acquired
- ▶ 2:11:08 Ben Gilbert So SoftBank created this fund with a simple thesis, that the region was overflowing with innovative founders and great opportunities, as you know, but was always short on the one essential ingredient of capital.
- ▶ 2:12:30 Ben Gilbert And this is just one great example of how SoftBank is partnering with great founders with the capital they need and the experience that they have to build and shape the future of Latin America now.
- ▶ 2:12:43 Ben Gilbert So if you're thinking about your next move in your career and maybe you want to start or join a company in Latin America, maybe you want to co-invest along with SoftBank.
Taylor Swift (Acquired’s Version) · Acquired
- ▶ 2:26:29 unnamed speaker Well, before we get into grading, we want to thank the official grading sponsor of season 10, SoftBank.
- ▶ 2:26:37 Ben Gilbert SoftBank created the Latin America Fund with a simple thesis.
- ▶ 2:27:28 Ben Gilbert And the SoftBank folks shared with us one portfolio company to highlight on this episode, and we'll pick a different one on every episode, which we're excited to do.
- ▶ 2:28:03 Ben Gilbert So, this is just one example of how SoftBank is partnering with great founders and the capital and expertise that they need to help build the future in Latin America now.
FTX with Sam Bankman-Fried & Mario Gabriele (Extended Cut) · Acquired
- ▶ 47:00 Ben Gilbert SoftBank, uh, Race Capital.
Not Boring (with Packy McCormick) - Extended Cut · Acquired
- ▶ 2:48 Packy McCormick I mean, acquired is, I think particularly for the first year when I wrote about SoftBank, when I wrote about Tencent, when I wrote about all these companies, like getting deep the work that you did to, to go deep on those companies was…
Complexity Investing & Semiconductors with NZS Capital (Extended Cut) · Acquired
- ▶ 5:58 Ben Gilbert If you want to get in touch with SoftBank, you can do so at latinamericafund.com, or if you want to learn about Inter, there are ways to do that in the show notes, too.
Michael Mauboussin Master Class — Moats, Skill, Luck, Decision Making and a Whole Lot More · Acquired
- ▶ 4:55 Gabriel Braga Uh, since 2018, 2018, especially, uh, since SoftBank launched the Latent Fund.
- ▶ 5:20 Gabriel Braga So I think SoftBank specifically was, was pivotal in, in this, in this process, uh, because they were very deliberate in, in investing these companies and showing the confidence in the region.
- ▶ 5:37 Ben Gilbert If you want to get in touch with SoftBank, you can do so at latinamericafund.com or click the link in the show notes, and if you're interested in working at Quito Andar, there's a link in the show notes for that, too.
Standard Oil Part I · Acquired
- ▶ 1:18:34 David Rosenthal Like, oh man, like if, if PitchBook had data on this feel like, you know, raising a like massive growth round from SoftBank and then paying out all the money again at the end of the year.