In March 2019, SoftBank Group International made headlines when it announced the SoftBank Innovation Fund, which started out with a $2 billion commitment to invest in tech startups in Latin America. A lot has changed since then.

Link: https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/16/softbank-deepens-commitment-to-latam-with-two-new-partners-focused-on-early-stage-investing/

SoftBank Group Corp. is boosting its bet on Latin America’s burgeoning tech industry, adding $3 billion for investments in a region quickly gaining popularity with foreign venture capitalists. 

Link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-14/softbank-launches-3-billion-fund-for-latin-america-s-tech-boom

Combination Accelerates Intuit’s Vision to Provide an End-to-End Customer Growth Platform for Small and Mid-Market Businesses MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.

Link: https://investors.intuit.com/news/news-details/2021/Intuit-to-Acquire-Mailchimp/default.aspx

Shortages of semiconductors are battering automakers and tech giants, raising alarm bells from Washington to Brussels to Beijing. The crunch has raised a fundamental question for policymakers, customers and investors: Why can’t we just make more chips?

Link: https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2021-chip-production-why-hard-to-make-semiconductors/