SoftBank's $100-bn investment fund starts to take shape

From the outset, growth has been the common theme in regard to investment strategy

Many business titans have made the trek to Trump Tower for a private audience with Donald J Trump since he was elected president, but none have made a bigger splash than Masayoshi Son, the billionaire telecommunications entrepreneur.

“Ladies and gentlemen, this is Masa of SoftBank of Japan and he has just agreed to invest $50 billion in the US and 50,000 jobs,” Trump said, wrapping an arm around the beaming Son last month.

That pledge suggested a wave of money pouring into technology start-ups in Silicon Valley. And it is part of a hugely ambitious $100-billion investment fund — the SoftBank Vision