SoftBank Said to Consider an Investment in Uber<br />By MIKE ISAACJULY 25, 2017<br />SAN FRANCISCO — SoftBank, the Japanese technology and media giant, is weighing an investment in Uber at a time<br />when the ride-hailing company’s leadership is in flux, according to three people with knowledge of the talks.<br />SoftBank’s investment interest in Uber is nascent and the two companies have held only preliminary meetings,<br />said the people, who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.<br />SoftBank has also invested in Didi Chuxing, which until last year was deadlocked with Uber for supremacy in China’s transportation market.<br />On Sunday, SoftBank also invested in Grab, a Singaporean ride-hailing company, in a $2.5 billion round that Didi Chuxing also participated in.
