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SoftBank, which plans to invest $2-4 billion in India over the next two years, has been in talks with the Piramal group to back its financial services arm.  Source: ET TIMES SoftBank Vision Fund (SVF) is expanding its India team, as the Japanese heavyweight investor looks to add a dozen executives in the next few months, primarily for its new operating team. SoftBank, which opened an outpost in Mumbai recently, will hire at least six operating partners who will not only spot opportunities for prospective investments, but also help portfolio companies scale up globally and leverage from the group’s overall ecosystem. “We want to make the ecosystem connections through this team. Young entrepreneurs could benefit from added management bandwidth in order to scale faster, tap international markets, and roll out adjacent products,” Munish Varma, managing partner, SoftBank Investment Advisers, told ET.  Last year, SoftBank roped in Sumer Juneja from Norwest V...

Our 2019 ranking of the businesses making the most profound impact on both industry and culture showcases a variety of ways to thrive in today’s volatile world. Read on to learn how these 50 companies are creating the future today, plus see our top-10 lists of the Most Innovative Companies by sector, from advertising to wellness. We hope you're as inspired learning from these businesses as we were in selecting them.  01  Meituan Dianping FOR PIONEERING TRANSACTIONAL SUPER APPS In the first half of 2018, Meituan Dianping—a Chinese tech platform that expedites the booking and delivery of services such as food, hotel stays, and movie tickets—facilitated $33.8 billion worth of transactions for more than 350 million people in 2,800 cities. In food delivery alone, it handled 2.77 billion transactions: That’s 178 Meituan-enabled services every second of every day. The average customer used Meituan 38% more often than the prior year. 02  Grab F...