Excess Spread — We can be heroes, even more cows, greener pastures
- Owen Sanderson
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We can be heroes
Germany’s Auto1 is a big beast, a “decacorn” (unicorn, but $10bn+) prior to floating in 2021. This was a nice bit of top ticking from the VC funds which backed it, including SoftBank’s Vision Fund, which put in $260m at $3.5bn — the shares are down 88% since listing, though zoom in a bit more and consider that they’re up 6% on the year and 10% on Thursday alone.
The ambition is there for sure — the preamble to the annual report says “We believe that the financial opportunities that we currently pursue can be worth in excess of €100bn in the long run”. That’s good startup stuff, and you can see why SoftBank digs that vibe.