The Khashoggi murder isn’t stopping SoftBank’s Vision Fund

Money talks in the startup community, especially when SoftBank comes knocking with the megabucks of its Vision Fund. Despite the public outcry around the firm’s dependence on money from Saudi Arabia in the wake of that country’s assassination of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, deal flow for Softbank’s Vision Fund appears to be back to […]

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Saudi Arabia might be interested in helping Tesla go private

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Nearly a week after Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted his intention to take the company private, we still don’t know much about the funding for the endeavor — which Musk said was “secured.”

And while the U.S. Securities and Exchange commission is reportedly looking into Musk’s claims, speculation is running wild. According to a Bloomberg report, published Sunday, part of the financing for taking Tesla private might come from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF). 

According to the report, which cites people with knowledge of PIF’s plans, the fund is working to be a part of “any investor pool that emerges” to take Tesla private. The talks between the Saudi fund and Tesla reportedly began before Musk’s tweet on Aug. 7.  Read more…

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