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Oyo's premiuim hotel brand 'SUNDAY' launches first international hotel

In a bid to expand its premium property portfolio overseas, SUNDAY, a luxury hotel brand owned by OYO's parent firm and SoftBank Group, has opened its first properties abroad in the UK and UAE, OYO announced on Wednesday. The initiative is a part of OYO's ongoing efforts to strengthen its premium property portfolio across the globe, the company stated. SUNDAY Lansbury Heritage near London's iconic business district Canary Wharf will now be operated by Oravel. The 35-room property is a restored Grade II listed building with its history dating back to 1628 when the East India Company built its first chapel and almshouses on the site. SUNDAY in Dubai has been launched with the opening of SUNDAY Holiday International Hotel. The premium brand of properties was originally launched in May 2023 in India by the joint venture between the Softbank and Oravel Stays. At present, there are three SUNDAY properties in India with a plan to increase to 25 by the end of March 2025. "Our data indic

SoftBank plans to buy $1.5 billion worth OpenAI shares from employees

SoftBank contributed $500 million to OpenAI's $6.6 billion fundraising round in October, but had pushed for a larger allocation at the time

SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son likely to meet PM Modi on Wednesday

While the matter of discussion was not immediately clear, the visit comes as SoftBank eyes more artificial intelligence and technology bets in Asia's third-largest economy

Nvidia CEO Huang regrets turning down SoftBank's offer to fund acquisition

During a conversation at the Nvidia AI Summit in Japan, Jensen Huang praised SoftBank's Masayoshi Son for his contributions across multiple industry sectors in Japan

SoftBank plans first supercomputer with Nvidia's Blackwell design chips

Nvidia's chips have become a prized commodity for the world's biggest tech companies, which use the components to develop and run AI models

SoftBank returns to quarterly profit with $7.7 bn gain, beats expectations

But while Vision Fund 1 has had a gross gain of $22.6 billion since inception this has been largely offset by Vision Fund 2's $21 billion loss

Japan's SoftBank picking stock winners in India's red-hot IPO market

Further successful IPOs may add funds for Chief Executive Masayoshi Son's planned large-scale push into AI

SoftBank to buyback $3.4 bn worth shares amid pressure from investors

It unveiled a plan to buy back up to 6.8 per cent of shares over the next 12 months, taking some of the sting out of an unexpected net loss for April-June

Stock rout in Japan wipes out $15 bn of SoftBank Group Corp's value

The technology giant's stock fell 19 per cent, the worst performance since SoftBank listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 1998

SoftBank-backed Unicommerce sets IPO price band at Rs 102-108 per share

SoftBank-backed SaaS platform Unicommerce eSolutions Ltd on Thursday announced a price band of Rs 102 to Rs 108 crore a share for its Rs 276-crore Initial Public Offering (IPO). The company's maiden public issue will open for subscription on August 6 and conclude on August 8 and the bidding for the anchor portion will open for a day on August 5, the company announced. The issue is entirely an Offer for Sale (OFS) aggregating up to 2.56 crore equity shares valued at Rs 276.6 crore, at the upper end of the price band, by the selling shareholders. Since the IPO is completely an OFS, the entire proceeds will go to the selling shareholders. Under the OFS, SB Investment Holdings (UK) Ltd, an affiliate of Japan's SoftBank, will offload 1.61 crore shares, and promoter AceVector Limited (formerly known as Snapdeal Limited) will sell up to 94.38 lakh shares. Founded in 2012, Unicommerce eSolutions is India's leading e-commerce enablement software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform. The company's

Softbank nominee likely to join Oyo board as non-executive director

IPO-bound unicorn OYO's parent firm Oravel Stays Ltd is set to appoint Sumer Juneja, Managing Partner and Head of EMEA & India Investing at SoftBank Vision Fund, as a non-executive director on its board, sources said. The appointment is subject to shareholders' approval to be sought at an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM), according to information accessed by PTI. Sumer will join Oravel Stays' Board as a nominee director of Softbank. Sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the move signals SoftBank's bullish stance on OYO, in light of the company turning profitable. Travel tech platform OYO reported financial year 2023-24 as the maiden profitable fiscal year with net earnings of nearly Rs 100 crore, founder Ritesh Agarwal said in a post on microblogging site X, formerly Twitter, recently. "SoftBank is actively supporting OYO and showing renewed interest in its prospects. They want to provide impetus to the company's growth in international markets," said a person ...

Former SoftBank managing partner Lydia Jett rejoins Flipkart's board

The Flipkart board also comprises HDFC chief executive Keki Mistry and senior Walmart executives

SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son ready for next big tech bet after hiatus

The billionaire warned his next big endeavor could be a big hit or a bad flop, but that SoftBank had no choice but to try

SoftBank Group-backed Oyo in talks to raise Rs 1,000 cr from family offices

After withdrawing its application for an IPO last month, Oyo is set to hold an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on Tuesday to approve the fundraising after increasing its authorised share capital

OYO withdraws DRHP, to refile its much-awaited IPO post refinancing

Softbank-backed OYO is set to refile its much-awaited IPO as the global travel tech player is close to finalising its refinancing plans to raise up to USD 450 million via sale of dollar bonds, sources said. JP Morgan is the likely lead banker for the refinancing through the sale of dollar bonds at an estimated interest rate of 9 to 10 per cent per annum, a source said. In preparation for the refinancing, OYO has already moved its application with markets regulator SEBI to withdraw its current draft red herring prospectus (DRHP). The company intends to refile an updated version of the DRHP, after the bond issuance. Oravel Stays Ltd, OYO's parent company, had in November prepaid a significant chunk of its debt amounting to Rs 1,620 crore through a buyback process. The buyback involved repurchasing 30 per cent of its outstanding Term Loan B of USD 660 million. The move brought down its outstanding loan amount to around USD 450 million. A source closely involved in the company's IPO .

SoftBank's Q4 profit hits $2.11 bn in sign of comeback gaining steam

Monday's result marks the second straight quarter of profit for SoftBank, although for the full year the company remained in the red

SoftBank Group's Arm Holdings plans to launch AI chips in 2025: Report

Arm will pay for initial development costs, which may go up hundreds of billions of yen, with SoftBank also contributing, the report said

SoftBank Group seen returning to loss in Q4 despite tech stock strength

Analysts and investors are also eagerly awaiting clues about new growth investments as SoftBank has ample liquidity and can monetise its huge holding in Arm

SoftBank heads $1 billion funding for UK self-driving startup Wayve

The latest funding brings Wayve's total funds raised to just over $1.3 billion and marks the largest investment yet in a British startup focused on artificial-intelligence technology

Microsoft backed OpenAI bids for Japan business as it opens Tokyo office

Japan hopes to take advantage of AI as it looks to compete with an increasingly assertive China, accelerate the shift to digital services and alleviate deepening labour shortages