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Sony Innovation Fund

Sony

Sony Innovation Fund lends its considerable technical expertise, partner networks, and global presence to transformational companies shaping the future of business, entertainment and society.

  • Use: R&D; Go2Market;
  • Date closing: -
  • Amount: -
  • Industry focus: ICT;
  • Total budget: -
  • Entity type: Corporate VC
  • Vertical focus: robotics, AI, mobility, healthcare, foodtech, SaaS, fintech, edtech, ESG, FinTech, Healthcare, IoT, Mobility, Deep Tech, Sensor Technologies
  • Website: https://www.sonyinnovationfund.com/
  • Status:
    Open
  • Funding type: Grant; Equity investment;
  • Geographic focus: EU; Israel; India; Japan; United States of America;
  • Public/Private: Private
  • Stage focus: pre-seed; Seed; Series A; Series B; Series C;
  • Applicant target: Startup;

Overview

They’re a global team of professionals working together to manage the following investment vehicles:

-Sony Innovation Fund (SIF) is wholly funded by Sony and invests in early-stage companies.

-Innovation Growth Fund (IGF) was established by Sony, Daiwa Capital and outside institutional capital to invest in mid-to late-stage companies.

-Sony Innovation Fund: Environment (SIF : E) invests in early-stage startups bringing new technologies to markets solving global environmental challenges such as climate change, resources, harmful chemical substances, and biodiversity.

Recently, Sony Ventures Corporation has also been created and has launched its first fund, Sonny Innovation Fund III, valued at 215M$.

Through their solid foundation of technology, they’re investing in consumer and enterprise-facing startups that are bringing new forms of Entertainment, FinTech, Healthcare, IoT, Mobility, Deep Tech and Sensor Technologies to global markets.

Applicants willing to get in touch with Sony Innovation Fund can contact them by filling in the following form and the team will follow up.

Portfolio: Agrando, Bayes, Divido, Eigen Technologies.

 

Last update: April 22, 2022

Last updated on 2023-02-14 17:32

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