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While your statements aren't wrong, there are other large companies that are doing this type of thing. AT&T for example is running incubators and is on the ord
by noodle 9y ago
While your statements aren't wrong, there are other large companies that are doing this type of thing. AT&T for example is running incubators and is on the order of magnitude of size as SoftBank.
- IBM 9y agoLots of companies have corporate VC arms. The difference is they aren't investing anywhere near the amount SoftBank is. Their $100 billion tech fund is too big for the kind of deals that the typical VC invests in. It's pretty clear this is going to have various strategies. Lots of small investments in startups, buyouts like they did with ARM, and these minority stakes in public markets.
- mljoe 9y agoRight $100 billion dumped all at once into VC would basically destroy the whole ecosystem. The saying is VC can't work when there is too much gasoline (capital) and not enough fire (talent/innovation). Despite the headline successes, most VC firms fail.