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JAFCO vs Sony Innovation Fund

JAFCO lists 196 portfolio companies and has joined 28 funding rounds; Sony Innovation Fund lists 177 companies and has joined 17 rounds. JAFCO comes in most often at Seed (26% of its entries), Sony Innovation Fund comes in most often at Series A (47% of its entries). 4 companies are on both portfolios, among them Josys, NEW STANDARD and pafin.

196Portfolio companies177
28Funding rounds joined17
11Rounds led7
23Rounds, last 12 months15
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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JAFCO and Sony Innovation Fund, head to head
JAFCOSony Innovation Fund
Portfolio companies196177
Funding rounds joined2817
Rounds led117
Rounds, last 12 months2315
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$20M to $100M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed26%33%
Series A26%47%
Series B26%13%
Growth21%7%

JAFCOSony Innovation Fund

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Entry stages of JAFCO and Sony Innovation Fund, share of entries
JAFCOSony Innovation Fund
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed26%33%
Series A26%47%
Series B26%13%
Growth21%7%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning18%19%
Enterprise Software14%13%
Healthcare & Biotech11%14%
Fintech7%11%
Industrial & Manufacturing10%7%
Media & Entertainment7%6%

JAFCOSony Innovation Fund

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Themes of JAFCO and Sony Innovation Fund, share of checked companies
JAFCOSony Innovation Fund
AI & Machine Learning18%19%
Enterprise Software14%13%
Healthcare & Biotech11%14%
Fintech7%11%
Industrial & Manufacturing10%7%
Media & Entertainment7%6%

Companies both back

4

Shared 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

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GET /v1/firms/sonyinnovationfund.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/jafco.co.jp/coinvestors
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