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In 2016, SoftBank invested nearly $1,000,000,000 in OneWeb and acquired a 40 percent stake in the company.

ORG RELATIONSHIP9/20/2019Intelsat sues OneWeb, SoftBank citing breach of contract, fraud, conspiracy to steal information

SoftBank is OneWeb’s largest investor and led the $1,250,000,000 financing round.

NARRATIVE GENERAL3/18/2019OneWeb raises $1.25 billion from returning investors

Previous public disclosures indicated OneWeb had raised $1,700,000,000 in capital, with the majority coming from SoftBank.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL1/25/2019Wyler claims breakthrough in low-cost antenna for OneWeb, other satellite systems

OneWeb raised $1,700,000,000 from investors, of which $1,000,000,000 came from SoftBank.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL10/15/2018Eric Béranger leaves OneWeb a month after demotion

OneWeb has raised $1,700,000,000 in equity since 2015, with SoftBank providing $1,000,000,000 of that total.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL9/12/2018Amid concerns, OneWeb gets vague about constellation’s cost
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