SoftBank Vision Fund is investing $100 million in Globality Inc., a marketplace for large companies to find and manage service providers around the world. The deal places the company’s valuation close to $1 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter. The Series D funding brings Menlo Park, Calif.-based Globality’s funding to date to $172 million. Previous investors include former Vice President Al Gore; Dennis Nally, former global chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Ken Goldman, former chief financial officer...

Source: Wall Street Journal January 22, 2019 18:22 UTC