SoftBank Vision Fund 2 Invests $160M in Iyuno-SDI Group
April 8, 2021
Iyuno-SDI Group has secured a $160 million growth investment from SoftBank Vision Fund 2, which will become one of the company's largest shareholders and join its board. The capital will support Iyuno-SDI's strategy to expand and transform its localization services using AI and neural machine translation, after the company's recent acquisition of SDI Media.
- Buyers
- SoftBank Vision Fund 2
- Targets
- Iyuno-SDI Group
- Industry
- Media & Entertainment
- Location
- California, United States
- Transaction Type
- Growth capital
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