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Investor profile

Masayoshi Son

Chairman and CEO of Softbank Group, SB Opportunity Fund

About

Masayoshi Son personally championed the creation of the SB Opportunity Fund as a dedicated vehicle within the SoftBank family to back underrepresented founders, linking his long-standing belief in technology's power to drive social change with a focused diversity initiative in venture capital. He brings his signature big vision technology mindset—honed as founder and long-time Chairman/CEO of SoftBank Group—into the Opportunity Fund, emphasizing that backing diverse founders at scale can be both an economic and societal accelerator, consistent with how he has framed other large thematic investment initiatives across SoftBank's ecosystem. Masayoshi Son personally championed the creation of the SB Opportunity Fund as a dedicated vehicle within the SoftBank family to back underrepresented founders, linking his long-standing belief in technology's power to drive social change with a focused diversity initiative in venture capital. He brings his signature big vision technology mindset—honed as founder and long-time Chairman/CEO of SoftBank Group—into the Opportunity Fund, emphasizing that backing diverse founders at scale can be both an economic and societal accelerator, consistent with how he has framed other large thematic investment initiatives across SoftBank's ecosystem.

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Investment focus

Stages
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Sectors
FinTech
Enterprise
Health
SaaS
Diversity focus
Under-represented founders

Investment details

Avg check size$100K - $1M
Can lead rounds
No
Geographies
USA