Is there room for a sequel to Masayoshi Son's $100b Vision Fund?

Is there room for a sequel to Masayoshi Son's $100b Vision Fund?

Billionaire Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp. Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg

Ask investors from Silicon Valley to Wall Street what’s had the biggest recent impact on tech startup exits and most will answer: Masayoshi Son’s almost $100 billion Vision Fund.

Now Son, the founder and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., has a version 2.0 in the works, according to people familiar with the matter. It’s likely to be similar in size to the first — already the world’s biggest tech fund — and it could be coming as soon as next year, the people said, asking not to be identified as the matter is private.

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