For over 70 years Sony has been relentlessly innovating technology, content and services. With the creation of Sony Innovation Fund in 2016, we are now investing in companies to journey along with us. Sony Innovation Fund is dedicated to engaging with promising early-stage companies. Beyond investment, our mission is to provide access to the broader Sony world and its global network and collaborate with startups to: • Foster business creation in new and existing areas of interest to Sony• Catalyze a talented and passionate team• Develop innovative and scalable technology• Explore new and emerging ecosystems Our investment criteria:• Funding: Seed, Series-A, Series-B round or similar funding stages• Geographies: US, Europe, Israel, Japan• Areas of Interest: Consumer and Enterprise-facing businesses, including but    not limited to:         • Platform and Service offerings across verticals                    • Entertainment and Gaming                    • Lifestyle, Health and Wellness                    • Industrial, Manufacturing, Mobility, Agriculture & Logistics                    • Financial Technology (Fintech)         • Enabling Technologies                    • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: core algorithms,                        recognition technologies, service platforms                    • Drones and Robotics: structural and embedded technologies,                        control systems, management platforms                    • Sensors and IoT: sensing hardware, middleware, connectivity                    • Immersion and Visualization: virtual reality / augmented reality /                       mixed reality                    • Next-generation devices: display, security, biometrics, haptics

Senseye

Wealthnavi

Style Port

Sony Innovation Fund

Microsoft Exchange Online

Microsoft Azure DNS

Sony Network Communications

So-net Entertainment Corporation

Business Management

Aadit Parikh

Managing Director/Us, Sony Ventures

Austin Noronha

Senior Investment Director, Sony Ventures

Ludovic Copéré

Senior Investment Director

Scott Shane

Managing Director, Sony Ventures

Joseph Tou

Entertainment & Gaming Investments

Radhika Thakur

Senior Director, Sony Innovation Fund

Moto Tsuchikawa

Chief Investment Manager

Costantino Mariella

Senior Venture Capital Investment Manager

Vice President / US Investment Manager

Toshimoto Mitomo

Senior Investment Executive

Tony Seeff

Senior Investment Manager / Israel Investment Manager

Antonio Avitabile

Managing Director

Zoomcar is a marketplace for car sharing in emerging markets across India, Southeast Asia, and Egypt.

Wealthnavi is wealth management company that provides asset management, life insurace, and wealth guide services.

Senseye is a cloud-based software for predictive maintenance.

Style Port is an Internet VR platform that helps real estate agents advertise and enables users to visualize the interior of a property.

Newmetrix develops a cloud-based video management platform to reduce jobsite risk with the power of human and artificial intelligence.

Talespin is a software company that develops and builds a virtual, augmented, and mixed reality platform.

Clausematch is a finance management and regulation platform that provides policy management, regtech, and document management services.

Investors Active in Nevada

Investors Active in Switzerland

Late Stage Venture Investors with Investments in Pasadena, California

Seed Stage Investors with Investments in Austin, Texas

Sony Innovation Fund is the corporate venture capital arm of Sony that invests and engages in early-stage companies. Beyond investment, our mission is to provide resources such as access to the broader Sony world and its global network, as well as collaborate with startups to: 
• Foster business creation in related lines of business and new areas of interest to Sony 

• Catalyze a talented and passionate team 

Sony innovation Fund was founded in 2016.

Innovation Growth Fund

Tokyo

Japan

Asia

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Gemesys Raises €8.6M in Pre-Seed Funding

German AI hardware startup GEMESYS raises €8.6M; it’s currently hiring for these roles

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Flower tops up Series A round by €20M

Swedish tech Flower bags €45M to drive European expansion in renewable energy

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Stockholm-based Flower raises €45 million to revolutionise European energy flexibility

United States

North America

Latvia

Europe

India

Sony Innovation Fund owns Innovation Growth Ventures

Sparkland Capital is a venture capital firm that often finances startups alongside the Sony Innovation Fund.

Sparkland Capital

Sony Venture Corporation is involved in actively investing in emerging technology startups, as mentioned in the profile by QVCS Maddyness.

Sony Venture Corporation

Sony Innovation Fund is the corporate venture capital of Sony Corporation. It focuses on investing in innovative technology startups that can contribute to the growth and development of Sony's diverse business domains. The fund aims to support promising startups with financial resources, as well as providing access to Sony's network and technological expertise to foster collaboration and open innovation.

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