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SoftBank Capital is a venture capital

Venture capital

Venture capital is financial capital provided to early-stage, high-potential, high risk, growth startup companies. The venture capital fund makes money by owning equity in the companies it invests in, which usually have a novel technology or business model in high technology industries, such as...

group in the United States, focusing on technology and telecom early stage businesses. The firm is established and led by four partners: Ron Fisher, Eric Hippeau

Eric Hippeau

Eric Hippeau is a partner at Lerer Ventures, a prominent New York City based angel fund specializing in financing technology startups. Prior to this, Hippeau was the CEO of the Huffington Post which he joined in June, 2009, after investing through SoftBank Capital and taking a Board seat in 2006...

, Steve Murray, and Michael Perlis. The company is a member of National Venture Capital Association

National Venture Capital Association

The National Venture Capital Association is the leading trade association representing the venture capital industry in the U.S. The NVCA represents the venture industry in public policy debates in Washington, DC, and promotes high professional standards, professional development, and interaction...

Portfolio companies

Notable investments include:

Associated Content
Associated Content
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Beliefnet
Beliefnet
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Giant Realm
KickApps
KickApps
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Sermo
Sermo
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GoodmailSystems
Nellymoser
Nellymoser
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Voxant
Voxant
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Viridus
Viridus
Viridus is a Massachusetts-based online professional network startup. It was originally founded in 2007 in Arlington, Massachusetts by Furqan Nazeeri, Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Softbank Capital and Michael DiPietro, a former VP at an environmental, health and safety software company.In April...
Huffington Post
The Newsmarket

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