True although that scenario is hardly uncommon. Lots of investors have board seats and there are decisions (like if to invest in the next round) where the desi

True although that scenario is hardly uncommon. Lots of investors have board seats and there are decisions (like if to invest in the next round) where the desire of the board (get more money for a new round) may conflict with the desires of investors that have seats in the board (we think the company has run its course and don’t want to put more money in). Like any VC SoftBank likely has lots of internal walls and controls to keep those decisions separate. Just because a VC has a board seat doesn’t tie them into perpetually funding every need of the company. Regardless the case here seems to rely on the breach of conditions and WeWork seems to have offered little evidence that these breaches did in fact not occur. If they failed to meet the conditions SoftBank can walk away.