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Softbank’s Second Vision Fund Has Initial Close of $2 Billion

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Zoë Bernard
· · Source: Bloomberg

SoftBank has completed the initial close for its second Vision Fund at $2 billion, Bloomberg reports. The reported close is a fraction of the more than $108 billion that SoftBank has said it seeks to raise for its closely watched second Vision Fund, which was announced in July.  The second Vision Fund is off to a rocky start. The first Vision Fund’s largest investor, Saudi Arabia’s public...

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