Back in 2021, Japanese investment giant SoftBank led a little-known social media app called IRL to unicorn status and an overall valuation of $1.17 billion by investing over $170 million. Well, it ...

SoftBank once invested in social app IRL at a $1.1 billion valuation. Now, the Japanese investment firm is suing the defunct company for fraud, alleging $150 million in damages. IRL was supposedly ...

Two years ago, San Francisco–based IRL seemed to be riding high. The messaging app startup boasted of its “unicorn” status, having hit a $1.2 billion valuation in a $170 million Series C funding round ...

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(Reuters) -SoftBank has selected investment banks to help organize a potential initial public offering in the United States for its Japanese payments app operator PayPay, according to two people ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Mapbox, the location platform powering navigation for Toyota, General Motors, and BMW, today announced the completion of a $280 million Series E funding ...

Rappi Inc., a delivery app backed by SoftBank that has grown into one of Latin America’s most-valuable startups, will begin lending to restaurants in Mexico and Colombia. The Bogota-based company ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Japanese tycoon Masayoshi Son and President-elect Donald Trump have announced plans for technology and telecoms giant SoftBank Group to invest $100 billion in projects in the United ...

TOKYO, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Japan's LY Corp (4689.T), opens new tab, operator of the Line messaging app, announced a share buyback on Friday that will lower the voting rights of heavyweight joint ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank said on Friday that payments app operator PayPay Corp has applied to list American depositary shares in the United States. The exact schedule, size and price for the public ...