Spending by SoftBank Vision Fund Raises Need for More Cash

At its roughly $7 billion-per-quarter spending rate, fund’s money will last only another year and a half

Mayumi Negishi and

Phred Dvorak

Updated Feb. 6, 2019 7:53 p.m. ET

TOKYO—SoftBank Group Corp. has spent at least half of its nearly $100 billion Vision Fund in less than two years, prompting executives to consider how the world’s biggest technology investor will raise more money to keep up that investment pace.

The Vision Fund, which is backed by the sovereign-wealth funds of Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi, has taken stakes in some of the world’s most valuable startups, including ride-hailing pioneer Uber Technologies Inc. and shared-office-space company WeWork Cos. LLC.

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