The SOFTBANK Asia Infrastructure Fund (SAIF) is a US$1.05 billion private equity fund investing in broadband and wireless telecommunications, media and technology companies in the Asia-Pacific and the United States. SAIF was founded in February 2001 following the announcement of a strategic partnership between SOFTBANK and Cisco Systems, the founding limited partner of the fund.
SAIF\'s strategy is to invest in companies at all stages of development (seed, early, mezzanine, public) which are involved in bringing broadband wireline and wireless products and services to the Asia-Pacific region. Our investments will include companies that are providing the building blocks for these networks (from components to systems), the service providers running these networks, and the providers of application software and media/content services that will ride across these networks. Our geographic scope includes Greater China, Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, India and the United States. We expect to take significant minority stakes in our portfolio companies.
Cisco is a key financial and strategic partner for SAIF. As one of Cisco\'s strategic initiatives to expand its involvement and commitment in the Asia-Pacific region, Cisco has committed US$1.05 billion of capital to SAIF. The combination of SOFTBANK\'s private equity experience and relationships in the region, and Cisco\'s market and technical expertise in the broadband sector, provides an enormous breadth and depth of resources for our portfolio companies to draw upon.
Our ability to identify and focus these resources for our portfolio companies brings significant value to our entrepreneurs and their companies over and above our financial support. In addition, SAIF draws upon the resources of the global SOFTBANK private equity family, which has invested in over 600 companies worldwide.
SAIF\'s relationship with our entrepreneurs is built on a shared commitment to excellence. To that end, we\'re actively involved in our portfolio companies, whether it\'s recruiting a team, making business development introductions, negotiating a deal, finding partners, generating a sales lead, working a tough management issue, or just being there to bounce ideas back and forth. Our partnership works as a team, bringing a broad array of skill sets, experience and connections to the table.
Philosophically, we believe that life is too short to waste on bureaucracy and useless exercises. We also believe that it\'s important to have fun in the process. We\'re not in this business to make a quick return. We\'re in this business to build companies of lasting value.
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