SoftBank’s Vision Fund returned for the $1bn funding round that valued the personal services platform operator at $15bn.
US-based on-demand consumer delivery service GoPuff picked up $1bn in a funding round backed by telecoms conglomerate SoftBank’s Vision Fund 1 on Friday.
Blackstone’s Horizon platform, Guggenheim Investments, Hedosophia, MSD Partners, Adage Capital, Fidelity Management and Research Company, Atreides Management and Eldridge filled out the investor line-up. The round valued GoPuff at $15bn, up from $8.9bn in March.
Founded in 2013, GoPuff operates an e-commerce platform for consumers to purchase items such as cleaning products, over-the-counter drugs, pet food or…
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