ET first reported about his one-day go to to New Delhi on March 3. This is Son’s first go to to India in additional than 4 years.
Ultimate pleasure in the present day, seeing Masa smiling, pleased and having fun with his India journey. Everyone of us had tons of gratitude f… https://t.co/iQagFJFQ87
— Vijay Shekhar Sharma (@vijayshekhar) 1678193890000
Sharma tweeted an image of Son with founders and CEOs, which included Supam Maheshwari, cofounder of FirstCry, Sandeep Deshmukh, cofounder of ElasticRun, Cars24’s Vikram Chopra, Bhavin Turakhia, cofounder of Zeta, and Asish Mohapatra and Ruchi Kalra founders of OfBusiness and Oxyzo.
“Ultimate joy today, seeing Masa smiling, happy, and enjoying his India trip. Everyone of us had tons of gratitude for his belief and support given to our startups,” tweeted Sharma.
Son is attending the marriage of Oyo’s founder Ritesh Agarwal on Tuesday, as per folks within the know. He had lunch with Agarwal and his mother and father earlier within the day.
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The India journey by Son is important because it comes on the again of SoftBank dealing with deep losses from its bold $100 billion Vision Fund, which has been battered by a rout in tech valuations globally amid rising rates of interest, geopolitical issues and the waning of a pandemic-led bump up in digital transformation spends.
SoftBank is among the largest overseas traders within the Indian tech and startup sector, with $15 billion deployed right here over the previous decade.
Some of its early huge bets embody Ola, Oyo, Paytm, Snapdeal, and Flipkart, whereas Lenskart, Firstcry, Meesho, Unacademy, OfBusiness, and Delhivery, are amongst its newer investments.
Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com