October 28, 2021 - SoftBank has invested $25 million in an Israeli venture capital platform called OurCrowd in exchange for an undisclosed stake in the company.

July 9, 2021 - “Israel’s advanced technology and entrepreneurial culture make it a natural fit for SoftBank’s investment vision and I look forward to helping fast-moving companies scale in the region and globally,” he added. SoftBank Vision Fund managing partner Yanni Pipilis told Globes that “when we met Mr. Cohen, we immediately got excited about the opportunity to work together. He is very well connected in the Israeli industry at large, he is someone that entrepreneurs and founders can recognize and can be a central focal point for us.”

July 16, 2021 - From head of the Mossad to the biggest venture capital firm in the world: Sources inform “Globes” that Japanese investor Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank is appointing former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen as manager of its activity in Israel. SoftBank is considered the world’s leading technology fund, with huge investments in companies such as Uber, Alibaba, TikTok, and Didi.

October 27, 2021 - The deal makes SoftBank, which has over $340 billion in assets under management (AUM) worldwide, a minority shareholder in OurCrowd and the parties will have regular interaction as they cooperate strategically, Medved said.

August 2, 2021 - In his first public speech since becoming the head of SoftBank’s investment operations in Israel, Cohen told the Calcalist National Economic Conference that the local tech ecosystem is “21st century Zionism at its best”

July 7, 2021 - Amit Lubovsky, director at SoftBank Investment Advisers, will take a seat on Israel-based AnyVision's board as part of the transaction.

December 12, 2021 - This is why we are currently recruiting a team in Israel. We are in the process of interviewing analysts and our exams are tough, which means our day starts early in the morning and ends like before with conversation late into the night, this time with Japan.” · SoftBank head of investment advisers Yossi Cohen (lefT) and Calcalist Editor-in-Chief Galit Hemi.

May 22, 2024 - Arm Holdings, the British chip designer that SoftBank acquired in 2016, is partnering with telecom network technology company Telco Systems to develop new networking infrastructure products based on Arm architecture, Telco announced Wednesday.

May 27, 2021 - SoftBank has invested in Israeli companies in the past, but only through Vision Fund 1 or other funds.

April 21, 2022 - Three months ago, SoftBank—the world’s leading technology fund—opened a representative office in Israel and appointed former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen as the manager of its activity in Israel.

October 15, 2021 - “This is once again an exciting investment by Softbank in an innovative Israeli company at the forefront of the converging industries of technology, gaming and marketing,” said White & Case partner Dan Turgel, who led the Firm’s deal team.

June 21, 2017 - US-Israeli cybersecurity firm Cybereason, which uses behavioral analytics to discover threats, has raised an additional $100 million from Japanese giant SoftBank Corp, the company said Wednesday.

September 27, 2021 - The investment of SoftBank in Israel and the appointment of former Mossad Chief Yossi Cohen as its representative in the country might signal Saudi interests in Israeli technology.

December 8, 2021 - Japanese investment giant SoftBank co-led a $400 million investment in Israeli cybersecurity firm Claroty, a maker of software to defend factories and industrial plants from cybersecurity attacks, according to a joint announcement Wednesday.

SoftBank's Vision Fund has more than $100 billion in committed capital, and has backed such global powerhouses as Alibaba, TikTok and Uber.

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