Softbank to capture 20% stake in both Flipkart and Paytm in India

In an interesting turn of events, Japan's richest man Masayoshi Son's company Softbank is in talks to capture around a 20% stake (estimated around $1 to $1.5 billion) in both Flipkart and Paytm, as reported by Economic Times.
The move is interesting because in 2011,  Flipkart wanted to rope in Softbank as an investor, which would have cost Son a few hundred million, rather than billions, for a similar stake. However, things didn't turn work out and Flipkart raised a funding round,