SoftBank's Vision Fund II invested $150 million in Zepeto, the Wall Street journal reported.
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The startup, called Sandbox, is a metaverse that allows players to store, trade, and monetize their digital assets.
Neumann, who resigned as CEO in 2019, has a roughly 10% stake in the company.
Kicking or pushing is standard practice for testing in the industry but has drawn complaints of "robot abuse."
Buffett dumped about $1.2 billion worth of pharma stocks, while Burry bet against Cathie Wood's flagship ETF and Elon Musk's Tesla.
Softbank head Mayoshi Son is known for having a huge appetite for investment risk, but China's moves to curb its tech sector have made him queasy.
"Until the situation is clearer we want to wait and see," CEO Masayoshi Son said. "In a year or two, I believe new rules will create a new situation."
China's recent crackdown on ride-hailing app Didi has reportedly cost SoftBank, its largest shareholder, about $4 billion.
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The billionaire investor's company plans to sell at least some of its 2.8% stake in Paytm when the Indian digital-payments startup goes public.
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Adam Neumann, who recently sold a Bay Area compound, is buying 50,000 square feet of land in Miami Beach's Bal Harbour marina, per the WSJ.
"Currently more than 80% of people want the Olympics to be postponed or canceled. On what authority is it being forced through?" Son wrote on Twitter on Saturday.
Softbank's Vision Fund is the world's largest tech venture capital firm and could list on the Amsterdam stock exchange via SPAC this year.
Invitae announced it will acquire the genomics company Genosity for $200 million on Monday after landing a convertible note investment from Softbank.
WeWork lawyer Don Lewis described the company's environment as "legitimately the craziest work experience you'll ever have in your life."
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