SoftBank Vision Fund leads $200m bet on Valley startup Plenty

SoftBank Vision Fund leads $200m bet on Valley startup Plenty

Softbank Corp CEO Masayoshi Son speaks during a news conference in Tokyo February 12, 2014. SoftBank Corp, which runs Japan's third-largest mobile carrier by subscriber numbers, reported a dip in third-quarter net profit after a string of acquisitions incurred steep integration costs. REUTERS/Yuya Shino

Masayoshi Son has discovered a green thumb.

The SoftBank Group Corp. chief’s Vision Fund is leading a $200 million investment in Silicon Valley startup Plenty, which says it has cracked the code on growing crops indoors super efficiently. Other participants in the round include Moore Capital Management founder Louis Bacon as well as existing backers such as DCM Ventures and funds that invest on behalf of Alphabet’s Eric Schmidt and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos.

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