Company Details
SoftBank
1-7-1 Kaigan, Tokyo Port City Takeshiba Office Tower, Tokyo, Minato-ku, 105-7529, Japan
Overview
SoftBank is developing a self-driving bus project that recently pulled in $4.6M. The funding is intended to accelerate the project toward commercialization in 2020. The article links the financing specifically to pushing the project into commercial deployment rather than to broader corporate operations. No operational metrics, revenue figures, or user counts were provided. The report frames the raise as a targeted capital injection for the self-driving bus initiative.
- Total raised
- $5M
- Funding rounds
- 1
- Latest round
- Equity
- Latest activity
- Mar 2017
Industries
- Banking
- E-Commerce
- Internet
- Mobile
- Telecommunications
Recent funding
Equity
Mar 2017
$5M
Team
Masayoshi Son
Founder and CEO
LinkedInYasuyuki Imai
Representative Director & COO
Makizono Keiichi
Executive Officer & CIO
Fumihiro Aono
Corporate Officer, Human Resources