20 years before WeWork, SoftBank raised a massive fund and plowed money into 14 startups. 7 collapsed in the aftermath of the dotcom meltdown and the fund returned pennies on the dollar.

· SoftBank Vision Fund's recent investments have attracted a great deal of scrutiny in the aftermath of WeWork's failed IPO, especially after SoftBank Group reported a $6.5 billion loss in the third quarter.
· SoftBank had raised $1.5 billion for SoftBank Capital Partners in 1999, which likely made it the largest late-stage...