SoftBank top investor in India: Son

Bengaluru:

SoftBank

is the biggest foreign investor in India’s startup ecosystem, the Japanese conglomerate’s founder and CEO

Masayoshi Son

said on Friday at the Infinity Forum, a thought leadership forum on fintech. Son said that he had made a commitment to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he would invest $5 billion in India, but in the last 10 years, SoftBank has already invested $14 billion. This year alone it has invested $3 billion.“We are providers of about 10% of the funding to all unicorns in India,” Son said. SoftBank’s investments in India include those in Flipkart, Paytm, Swiggy and

Zeta

. “I believe in the future of India. I believe in the passion of young entrepreneurs in India. I tell the young people in India — let’s make it happen, I will support,” he said.