Sony Innovation Fund

Founders First

Actively champion founders and entrepreneurs,
fostering a culture where startups thrive.

Stakeholder Collaboration

Orchestrate connections within Sony and beyond, with entrepreneurs, corporates, and investors, to drive innovation and growth.

Diversity & Respect

Build trust through a multidisciplinary team
that values and harnesses diverse global perspectives.

Transformative Impact

Invest in game-changing technologies and businesses
that create meaningful societal, environmental, and financial outcomes.

Uniqueness

We cultivate new ideas and promising innovations for a connected world. Building on Sony’s long history of innovation and creativity, we invest in transformational technology-driven startup companies shaping the future of business, entertainment, and society.

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

Sony Innovation Fund (SIF) is wholly funded by Sony Group and invests in early-stage companies.
Innovation Growth Fund (IGF) is managed by Innovation Growth Ventures, and was jointly established by Sony Group Corp. and Daiwa Investment Management, Inc., to invest in mid- to late-stage start-ups.
Sony Innovation Fund: Environment (SIF : E) is wholly funded by Sony Group and invests in early-stage startups bringing new technologies to markets solving global environmental challenges such as climate change, resources, harmful chemical substances, and biodiversity.
Sony Innovation Fund 3 (SIF3) is managed by Sony Ventures Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corp., to invest in mid-to late-stage start-ups.
Sony Innovation Fund: Africa (SIF : AF) is wholly funded by Sony Group and invests in seed to early-stage startups in Africa to support the African Entertainment industry.
Sony Innovation Fund 4 (SIF4) is managed by Sony Ventures Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corp., to adopt a more selective approach to investment, focusing on areas with even stronger strategic alignment to Sony Group's businesses, and invest in early-to late-stage start-ups.

With over $430M AUM and operating from offices in the US, EU, Japan, India and Africa, we’re a team of experienced professionals who actively help startups grow and scale by opening doors across our global network.

We’re the bridge to Sony that drives deeper engagements with the start-ups who can benefit from our technical and business expertise, IP, R&D and access to a global partner network to scale.

Through our solid foundation of technology, we’re investing in consumer and enterprise-facing startups that are bringing new forms of DeepTech, Entertainment, EnterpriseTech, Fintech/DLT^※1, ClimateTech and LBE^※2 to global markets.

※1　DLT: Distributed Ledger Technology
※2　LBE: Location-Based Entertainment

We believe companies with Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) awareness from their earliest days is key to creating premium long-term value. We recognize the importance of considering ESG issues and have adopted them in our investment process.