# Sony Financial Ventures

> Sony Financial Ventures is a VC fund backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 20 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.sonyfg.co.jp/en/company/about_group.html

Sony Financial Ventures is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Sony Financial Ventures is the wholly owned investment subsidiary of Sony Financial Holdings Inc.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $11M–$63M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 8 | 40% |
| Financial Services | 7 | 35% |
| Banking | 4 | 20% |
| Finance | 4 | 20% |
| Blockchain | 3 | 15% |

41 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 6 | 30% |
| Seed | 3 | 15% |
| Series B | 2 | 10% |
| Series D | 2 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 10% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 8 | 40% |
| Germany | 3 | 15% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 10% |
| Israel | 1 | 5% |
| Sweden | 1 | 5% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Junji Nakamura | Director | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/junji-nakamura |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Turing | Turing develops and manufactures fully autonomous vehicles. | $62.9M | Series A | Nov 17, 2025 |  |
| Turing | Turing develops and manufactures fully autonomous vehicles. | $9.3M | Seed | Jul 01, 2024 |  |
| Open Payments | Open Payments Europe is a developer of an open banking platform used to offer a single, open, and secure point of access. The company provides the groundbreaking market infrastructure required for successful open banking. The Open Payments Platform is a PSD2 compliant API aggregation platform that offers a single, open, and secure point of accessto the diverse bank API networks throughout Europe.It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. | $3.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 29, 2023 |  |
| Rest Less | Rest Less is a social impact business helping a generation of over 50s get the most from life. Today’s over 50s are digitally savvy, highly engaged on social media, more active, and fundamentally healthier than previous generations. Yet they are still under-represented across so many dimensions.With more than 1 million registered members, RestLess helps people to navigate through what is often a transitional stage in life - offering a range of resources covering health, wealth, work, learning, lifestyle, social connections and much more. | $7.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 20, 2022 |  |
| FloodFlash | 80% of the world’s catastrophic flood losses aren’t insured. That’s $58bn of uncovered damage, and it’s getting bigger each year because of climate change, population growth and urbanisation. FloodFlash is an insurance technology company that combines computer models, cloud software and internet-of-things sensors into flood cover that protectsthose the insurance industry has left behind.FloodFlash is the first parametric flood insurance available to the mass market. Each customer chooses a depth of flooding and how much they’d receive when floods reach that depth. When the smart sensor installed at their property detects flood water at the chosen depth, the claim is paid in full.Since the 2019 launch FloodFlash has been at the forefront of the global parametric movement. Their smart cover has set new standards for simple, transparent insurance, protecting thousands that can’t get cover anywhere else and winning over 30 industry awards. Founded by catastrophe risk experts Adam Rimmer and Dr Ian Bartholomew, FloodFlash has raised £2.1m in investment to date.FloodFlash is headquartered in London, is a registered coverholder at Lloyd’s of London and is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. | $14.4M | Series A | Feb 10, 2022 |  |
| FloodFlash | 80% of the world’s catastrophic flood losses aren’t insured. That’s $58bn of uncovered damage, and it’s getting bigger each year because of climate change, population growth and urbanisation. FloodFlash is an insurance technology company that combines computer models, cloud software and internet-of-things sensors into flood cover that protectsthose the insurance industry has left behind.FloodFlash is the first parametric flood insurance available to the mass market. Each customer chooses a depth of flooding and how much they’d receive when floods reach that depth. When the smart sensor installed at their property detects flood water at the chosen depth, the claim is paid in full.Since the 2019 launch FloodFlash has been at the forefront of the global parametric movement. Their smart cover has set new standards for simple, transparent insurance, protecting thousands that can’t get cover anywhere else and winning over 30 industry awards. Founded by catastrophe risk experts Adam Rimmer and Dr Ian Bartholomew, FloodFlash has raised £2.1m in investment to date.FloodFlash is headquartered in London, is a registered coverholder at Lloyd’s of London and is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. | $14.9M | Series A | Feb 10, 2022 |  |
| ELEMENT Insurance | ELEMENT Insurance is a white-label product factory for insurance and a leader in insurance digitalization. It is licensed by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzaufsicht) as a direct insurer for non-life insurance, which enables ELEMENT to act as a risk carrier, including claims settlement, in 28 countriesacross Europe.Founded in March 2017, ELEMENT offers a unique technology platform (‘Insurance as a Platform’) with a focus on the B2B2X value chain: ELEMENT develops for its partners from various industries – from e-commerce to established insurers – custom-made, innovative white-label insurance products at record speed. These products are then marketed by the partners under their own brand. ELEMENT has its headquarters in Berlin and operates across Europe. | $11.8M | Series A | Aug 19, 2020 |  |
| Securitize | Securitize is modernizing capital markets by enabling digital securities, making it easier for eligible investors to own, manage, and trade digital securities within designated capital markets for equity, funds, fixed income, and real estate. Securitize is the only SEC Registered Transfer Agent integrated with multiple regulated US-basedmarketplaces with a working protocol and live issuers. The company also offers KYC/AML and capital management services. Securitize, Inc. is not a registered broker-dealer and does not make any endorsement of offerings. | $12.8M | Series A | Jul 12, 2020 |  |
| Crowd Credit | Crowdcredit is cross-border marketplace lending platform operator.We provide risk capital to individuals and SMEs in financial deficit countries while we offer attractive lending opportunities to investors in financial surplus countries.Currently, we are providing Japanese personal and SMEs investors with opportunities to lend toindividuals and SMEs in Peru, Cameroon, Estonia, Finland, Spain and in Italy.In 2016, Crowdcredit is aiming to start raising funds and also to start lending in Asian region outside of Japan. |  | Series E | May 15, 2020 |  |
| Secret Double Octopus | Secret Double Octopus is the developer of a security authentication platform that offers end users and security teams the simplicity and security of robust password-less authentication. The company's platform provides high-assurance access to a variety of resources, including workstations, networks, cloud, mobile, and legacy applications, byreplacing traditional passwords with a simple and secure password-free authentication process, allowing businesses to conduct and maintain their privacy efficiently. | $15M | Series B | Apr 28, 2020 |  |

10 of 20 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Sony Financial Ventures invest in?

Sony Financial Ventures invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Banking startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 20 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Sony Financial Ventures's check size?

Sony Financial Ventures typically joins rounds of $11M–$63M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Sony Financial Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Sony Financial Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Sony Financial Ventures?

The team at Sony Financial Ventures includes Junji Nakamura (Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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