M&A Deal Summary

SoftBank Acquires DigitalBridge

On December 29, 2025, SoftBank acquired business services company DigitalBridge for 4.0B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is SoftBank’s 1st transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is SoftBank’s 4th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is SoftBank’s 15th transaction in the United States.
  • This is SoftBank’s 2nd transaction in Florida.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-12-29
Target DigitalBridge
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) SoftBank
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 4.0B USD

Target

DigitalBridge

Boca Raton, Florida, United States
DigitalBridge is a global investment management company managing capital on behalf of its stockholders, as well as institutional and retail investors in private funds, and traded and non-traded real estate investment trusts. DigitalBridge was founded in 1991 and is based in Boca Raton, Florida.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

SoftBank

Tokyo, Japan

Category Company
Founded 1981
Sector Diversified
Employees67,229
Revenue 7.24T JPY (2025)
DESCRIPTION

SoftBank is a diversified telecommunications and internet corporation, with operations in broadband, fixed-line telecommunications, e-commerce, Internet, broadmedia, technology services, finance, media and marketing, and other businesses. SoftBank was founded in 1981 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 31 of 31
Sector: Business Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 17 of 17
State: Florida M&A 2 of 2
Country: United States M&A 15 of 15
Year: 2025 M&A 4 of 4
Size (of disclosed) 4 of 8
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