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Sony Innovation Fund by IGV is a corporate venture capital fund established in 2019 as a joint venture between Sony Corporation and Daiwa Capital Holdings, targeting mid-to-late-stage startups. The fund invests across AI, robotics, fintech, healthcare, and entertainment in Japan, the U.S., Europe, Israel, and India.
Average disclosed round size is $59.1M (across 24 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
24
Fund Size
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Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
AA
Antonio Avitabile
Managing Director EU
AK
Atsushi Kitagawa
Managing Director Japan
YF
Yoko Fukata
Head of India
AP
Aadit Parikh
AT
Asuki Taguchi
DS
Daisuke Suzuki
DT
Daisuke Todoroki
DM
Dylan Mitsui
EK
Eriko Kawasaki
FK
Faisal Khan
FH
Farrukh Hussain
FU
Fumika Uchino
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
26 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Covr | Seed | $2.5M | Jan 2025 |
 Delos | Seed | $9M | Oct 2024 |
| RRevComm Inc. | Series B | — | Jul 2024 |
 Jabali | Seed | $5M | Mar 2024 |
| Jabali | Seed | $5M | Jan 2024 |
| SScandit AG | Series D | $150M | Feb 2022 |
 DSP Concepts | Series C | $28M | Jan 2022 |
 Mightier | Series B | $17M | Dec 2021 |
 Trioscope | Unknown | $5.3M | Oct 2021 |
 Divido | Series B | $30M | Jun 2021 |
 Huma | Series C | $130M | May 2021 |
 Huma Finance | Series C | $130M | May 2021 |
 Trax | Series E | $640M | Apr 2021 |
 Identiq | Series A | $47M | Mar 2021 |
 DSP Concepts | Series A | $14.5M | Jan 2020 |
 Ai Medical Service | Series B | $42.9M | Oct 2019 |
 Ai Medical Service | Series C | $42.9M | Oct 2019 |
 Linc'well | Series C | $69.7M | May 2019 |
 Idein | Growth | $7.8M | Jan 2019 |
 Mainstreaming | Unknown | $6M | Jan 2019 |
| IIdein Inc. | Growth | $7.8M | Jan 2019 |
| Covr | Series A | $10M | Sep 2018 |
 MICIN | Series A | $9.9M | May 2018 |
 ReadyCode | Seed | $3M | — |
 RUN.EDGE | Series B | — | — |
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Top Co-Investors
Sony Innovation Fund5 shared
DG Daiwa Ventures3 shared
Global Brain Corporation3 shared
BITKRAFT Ventures3 shared
Leaps by Bayer2 shared
Samsung Next2 shared
HAT Technology & Innovation Fund2 shared
Hitachi Ventures2 shared
Unilever Ventures2 shared
HSBC2 shared
SoftBank Vision Fund2 shared
Warburg Pincus LLC2 shared
Globis Capital Partners2 shared
World Innovation Lab2 shared
Incubate Fund2 shared
DigiTx Partners1 shared
PBJ Capital1 shared
IQ Capital1 shared
APEX Ventures1 shared
Dawn Capital1 shared
Last updated: 9 September 2026