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The Wall Street Journal that SoftBank is reportedly considering a range of big new fundraising plans, including a potential public offering of its $100 billion Vision Fund. The firm is looking to launch a second fund of at least that size (as Alex wrote about yesterday). It鈥檚 also reportedly talking with the sultanate of Oman for a multi-billion-dollar investment.

Let that sink in for a minute.

Apparently, we鈥檙e not the only ones keeping track of SoftBank has made over the past two years. According to the Wall Street Journal, 鈥渢he fund鈥檚 staff is hustling to keep up鈥濃��considering Chief Executive 鈥渉as invested nearly all the money that the Vision Fund took in just two years ago.鈥� In fact, the WSJ goes on to report that Son has been negotiating informal deals worth a combined several billion dollars that the Vision Fund 鈥渄oesn鈥檛 yet have.鈥� (Note: the below chart was current as of Nov. 20, 2018)

That original fund contained mostly participation from Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi. Now, SoftBank appears to be in discussions with Oman for a multi-billion dollar capital infusion. It鈥檚 also considering an IPO, but that would not take place until the original fund is depleted.

鈥淭he hope is to create a smaller version of Warren Buffett鈥檚 Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 鈥攐nly loaded with young technology companies, many of which have yet to turn a profit, instead of a stable of well-established utilities, insurers and energy companies,鈥� reported the WSJ.

Earlier this week, we reported on how SoftBank was investing 鈥渦p to $1 billion鈥� in Colombian on-demand delivery unicorn . Last November, our own Savannah did a rundown of what SoftBank had invested in over the course of 2018 up until that point.

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