SoftBank Korea's 'most impressive investment' last year was in India

Affordable smartphones made India the world's fastest growing mobile market, reports Tech in Asia

“The most impressive investment” made by SoftBank Ventures Korea last year was not a Korean or Japanese startup – it was Balance Hero in India.

Founded in 2014 by Korean expat in India Cheol-won Lee, Balance Hero runs a utility app called True Balance. The app lets users track the credit and data balance of their prepaid phone account, do top-ups, and purchase a new account – even when there’s zero data available. Last year, SoftBank Ventures Korea led the startup’s series A funding round.

And today, SoftBank followed that up with a series B round of $15 million.

Besides SoftBank, new investors,