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Well, consider that softbank-sponsored startup will outspend all the competitors on client acquisition, and can bleed the competitors dry by providing services below cost. Do you _really_ want to invest in startup which is competing against some entity sponsored by softbank?

I mean, softbank investment is competitive advantage in itself, just because of it's sheer amount.

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If it works. You also have huge companies (AAPL, GOOG, AMZN) who are in this market and invest billions as well, but have massive amounts of revenue. Raising $1b for a what, $3b valuation, puts you out of reach of m/a for probably everyone and requires you to get in $300M revenue yearly at some point with huge amounts of growth potential.

> Do you _really_ want to invest in startup which is competing against some entity sponsored by softbank?

Yes. If they have a good idea, large market, great product, good marketing and outstanding team.

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