Softbank Sells Most of Its TSMC Holdings, Initiates Stake in Capital One
By Reuters | 14 Aug, 2026

In Q2 Japan's leading tech investor acquired 276,811 shares of Capital One, valued at $55.5 million, while unloading 1.4 million shares of TSMC, amounting to 71.5% of its stake in the firm, for $269.8 million.

Softbank Group Corp. unveiled a new stake in Capital One and disclosed that it sold 71.5% of its stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Holdings during the second quarter in filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Institutional investors, including wealth management entities, endowments, pension funds, hedge funds and others, are required to file a list of their holdings as of the end of each calendar quarter with the Wall Street regulator.

In the most recent quarter, ended June 30, Softbank disclosed it had acquired 276,811 shares of Capital One, valued at $55.5 million, as of the end of the period. Its other acquisition during the same quarter was a 10,718 stake in Life360, a provider of GPS-based location sharing services, which Softbank valued at $488,500.

Softbank also disclosed that it sold 1.4 million shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, amounting to 71.5% of its stake in the firm, for $269.8 million, during the second quarter of 2026.

(Reporting by Suzanne McGee; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)