SoftBank’s Vision Fund Is a Graveyard of Broken Tech Startups
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bjwkz5/softbanks-vision-fund-is-a-graveyard-of-broken-tech-startups
Uber and WeWork have been disastrous not only workers and consumers, but for the investors responsible for pumping large sums of money into unprofitable tech startups. The companies are two of the biggest fish going belly-up after massive buy-outs from their largest investor, SoftBank’s Vision Fund. But they aren’t the only dubious investments SoftBank has made.
To understand the role Softbank has played in propping up tech companies, we assembled a list of other dumpster fires the Japanese conglomerate hopes to put out by pumping them full of money.