SoftBank Vision Fund 2 co-led a round for surveillance technology provider AnyVision, which counts Qualcomm and Robert Bosch as existing backers.

Internet and telecommunications group SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2 and investment holding company Eldridge Industries co-led a $235m funding round for Israel-based image recognition technology provider AnyVision today.

Undisclosed existing investors also backed the round. Amit Lubovsky, director at SoftBank Investment Advisers, which manages Vision Fund 2, has been appointed to AnyVision’s board of directors.

AnyVision produces image recognition systems which leverage artificial intelligence to identify people through video footage. Its technology can be used for purposes such as video surveillance,…