SoftBank’s Vision Fund Leads $1 Billion Funding Round for Shipping Broker Flexport – WSJ – By Erica E. Phillips
ByErica E. Phillips SoftBank Group Corp.’s Vision Fund is diving into the global freight business, leading a new $1 billion round of funding in Flexport Inc., a six-year-old international shipping broker built by Silicon Valley technology developers. Based in San Francisco, Flexport arranges ocean- and airfreight shipments for retailers and manufacturers—a $2 trillion global business […]