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Sony Financial Ventures
Corporate VC · Chiyoda, Japan · Asia Pacific
Sony Financial Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Sony Financial Group, established in July 2018 as a wholly owned subsidiary. It manages venture capital funds and invests in startups while promoting collaboration between portfolio companies and group businesses.
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Or find every investor that fitsSony Financial Ventures lists 9 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 67% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Fintech (27%), Industrial & Manufacturing (13%) and AI & Machine Learning (13%). 83% of its companies are based in Japan. It invests most often alongside Global Brain, 11-11 Ventures and A.GAIN.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Sony Financial Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 0% |
| Series A | 67% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 33% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 2 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 19th | 9 companies |
| Recent activity | 69th | 2 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 93th | 22% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 41th | 27% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 27% | 12% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 13% | 7% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 13% | 18% |
| Education | 7% | 7% |
| Cybersecurity | 7% | 4% |
| Enterprise Software | 7% | 8% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 7% | 1% |
| Climate & Energy | 7% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Global Brain | 8 |
| 11-11 Ventures | 1 |
| A.GAIN | 1 |
| ARK Venture Fund | 1 |
| Airbus Ventures | 1 |
| BRICKS FUND TOKYO | 1 |
| Benhamou Global Ventures | 1 |
| Blockchain Capital | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers9100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Sony Financial Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Sony Financial Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Jul 2026 | Series A | |
| 27 May 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 17 Nov 2025 | Series A |
Round details for Sony Financial Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Sony Financial Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
9 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asuene provides a cloud service for calculating, reducing, and reporting CO2 emissions and greenhouse gas emissions | Climate & EnergySpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| The company operates an online platform for asset management and financial services, connecting individual investors with listed companies and other entities seeking funding. | FintechReal Estate & Construction | May 2026Series C+ | Funding round | |
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Secret Double Octopus eliminates user-managed passwords across various environments and applications. | CybersecurityEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Idein develops and operates software to handle physical world information, using edge AI technology and Actcast. | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Open Payments connects businesses to multiple banks through a single unified API for payments, accounts, and data services | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Securitize provides a tokenization platform | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Starlight Engine aims to solve energy challenges and create a sustainable future through the practical application of fusion energy. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Jul 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Turing develops artificial intelligence for fully autonomous driving. | AI & Machine LearningMobility & Logistics | Nov 2025Series A | Page + round |
About this data
site last read 7 Nov 2026- Site
- sonyfinancialventures.com
- Last read
- 7 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 7 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 17 Nov 2025
- Companies checked
- 9
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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