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SoftBank CEO seeks either Uber or Lyft investment (TechCrunch)

August 07, 2017

TechCrunch reports SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son today told investors he is interested in pursuing a deal with human cloud firm Uber; however, he also said SoftBank is considering buying into Uber’s US competitor Lyft instead. SoftBank is the largest investor in ride-sharing firms Didi Chuxing in China, Ola in India, Grab in Southeast Asia and 99 in Latin America, but doesn’t yet have representation in North America.