Investors / aSTART / Compare with Sony Innovation Fund
aSTART vs Sony Innovation Fund
aSTART lists 17 portfolio companies and has joined 0 funding rounds; Sony Innovation Fund lists 177 companies and has joined 17 rounds. Sony Innovation Fund comes in most often at Series A (47% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Connected Robotics.
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| aSTART | Sony Innovation Fund | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 17 | 177 |
| Funding rounds joined | 0 | 17 |
| Rounds led | 0 | 7 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 0 | 15 |
| Typical round it comes in at | n/a | $20M to $100M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageaSTARTSony Innovation Fund
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| aSTART | Sony Innovation Fund | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 0% | 33% |
| Series A | 0% | 47% |
| Series B | 0% | 13% |
| Growth | 0% | 7% |
Themes
share of checked companiesaSTARTSony Innovation Fund
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| aSTART | Sony Innovation Fund | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 18% | 19% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 9% | 14% |
| Enterprise Software | 0% | 13% |
| Fintech | 6% | 11% |
| Space & Defense | 9% | 0% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 9% | 7% |
Companies both back
1Shared companies are those both firms' own portfolio pages list, each checked against the company's site. The same comparison through the API is POST /v1/overlap, for up to 20 firms. How the data is graded
Compare aSTART and Sony Innovation Fund as data
Pull both portfolios and every co-investor through one API key or MCP, and lay up to 20 firms side by side with POST /v1/overlap. A free account adds Ask AI searches and alerts when either firm adds a company.
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$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/astart.co.jp/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/sonyinnovationfund.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/astart.co.jp/coinvestors