SoftBank is already an investor in TikTok’s parent company ByteDance through its $100bn Vision Fund – LIONEL BONAVENTURE /AFP SoftBank is rounding up a group of bidders to take control of TikTok’s India unit, where the music video sharing app has been banned by the government over security concerns.  The […]

SoftBank’s second Vision Fund has led a $250m (£189m) funding round into German electric scooter start-up Tier,  one of the largest rivals to US giants Bird Rides and Lime. The investment marks SoftBank’s first bet on the field of electric scooter start-ups which allow customers to pay per minute to rent a scooter […]