The telecommunications group raised almost $98bn for its Vision Fund and dominated the tech VC space in 2017.

It’s hard to remember any single investor casting such a shadow over the venture capital space, but SoftBank Vision Fund was a behemoth in 2017, and at one stage seemed to be almost ever-present at the top of the headlines investing big money.

News of SoftBank Vision Fund first broke in October 2016 when telecoms and internet group SoftBank, already one of the preeminent names in corporate venturing, announced plans for a $100bn fund that would be equipped with $25bn…