# Sony

> Sony is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 61 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 61
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 23%
- Fund size: $10M
- Last fund: Oct 2023
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sony
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/Sony
- Website: http://www.sony.net/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Sony/

Sony is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Sony develops and manufactures audio, video, communications, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets. Sony is a mix of consumer electronics and various well-known brand names, such as Walkman in portable audio players, Vaio in PCs, Xperia in smartphones, Cybershot and Alpha in digital cameras, and PlayStationin video game consoles.Sony has seven main business segments, operating electronic appliances, games, devices and semiconductors, entertainment content, and financial services.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Sony. Shizune tracks 17 team members at Sony. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/sony?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$71M |
| Series A | $2.4M–$282M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 13 | 21% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 7 | 11% |
| Video | 6 | 10% |
| Machine Learning | 6 | 10% |
| Internet | 5 | 8% |

117 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 15 | 25% |
| Series A | 9 | 15% |
| Seed | 7 | 11% |
| Series B | 6 | 10% |
| Corporate Round | 6 | 10% |

12 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 26 | 43% |
| Japan | 18 | 30% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 3% |
| China | 1 | 2% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jan Uddenfeldt | Senior Advisor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jan-uddenfeldt |
| Tony Seeff | Corporate Alliances and Investments - Senior Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tony-seeff |
| Toshimoto Mitomo | Corporate Executive Officer, Senior Executive Vice President | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/toshimoto-mitomo |
| Akio Morita | Co-Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akio-morita |
| Austin Noronha | Managing Director, Growth Ventures & Innovation | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/austin-noronha |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rapidus | Rapidus is an Electronic component research, development, design, production, and sales that includes semiconductor elements and integrated circuits. Environmentally friendly, energy-saving semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing technology are being researched and developed. Human resource development and training for the semiconductorsector. | $1.7B | Corporate Round | Feb 27, 2026 |  |
| Bravia | Bravia is a planned joint-venture company for Sony and TCL home entertainment products. |  | Corporate Round | Jan 20, 2026 |  |
| Kadokawa Corporation | Kadokawa Corporation is a comprehensive entertainment company that includes publishing, video, games, Web services, education, MD, and business for inbound customers, as well as products and services through the promotion of digital transformation, including activity-based working and global intellectual property expansion. | $317.2M | Post-IPO Equity | Dec 19, 2024 |  |
| Sakana AI | Sakana AI creates a new kind of foundation model based on nature-inspired intelligence. | $30M | Seed | Jan 16, 2024 |  |
| ijhgo3ingp3mf | Lyso is a software that fully automates the checkout process within milliseconds on retail websites. It currently supports over 1,000 retail sites, including popular ones such as Best Buy, Newegg, Amazon, eBay, Walmart, and Target. | $4.2M | Seed | Dec 28, 2023 |  |
| NODWIN Gaming | NODWIN Gaming is a gaming solutions company and creator of e-sports events. NODWIN Gaming is a esports company, leading the industry across various games with numerous online and offline competitions. It operates high profile, branded international and esports competitions. | $28.2M | Corporate Round | May 18, 2023 |  |
| Superplastic | Superplastic is a character-based product and entertainment company. It creates limited edition art toys, apparel, games, and animation based on characters created in collaboration with some of the greatest artists in the world. Superplastic is founded on the principle that effort and scarcity are intrinsic components of value. The companyappropriates the tools of mass media and mass production to create limited edition works of art for a limited audience. It was established in 2017 and is based in Burlington, Vermont. | $20M | Series A | Feb 15, 2023 |  |
| Rapidus | Rapidus is an Electronic component research, development, design, production, and sales that includes semiconductor elements and integrated circuits. Environmentally friendly, energy-saving semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing technology are being researched and developed. Human resource development and training for the semiconductorsector. | $52.6M | Grant | Nov 11, 2022 |  |
| Epic Games | Epic Games is an American video game and software company that creates games and offers its game engine technology to other developers. It specializes in developing games and engine technology and operates a game store that empowers others to make quality games and 3D content, thereby providing game developers the ability to build high-fidelity,interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and virtual reality devices. | $2B | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 11, 2022 |  |
| MeetMo.io | MeetMo is a real-time, remote collaboration in high resolution and with ultra-low latency. They enable revolutionary web-based connectivity platforms delivering beyond standard video conferencing, disrupting how we connect, collaborate, and create. | $1M | Seed | Mar 31, 2022 |  |

10 of 61 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Sony invest in?

Sony invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Video startups, most often at Funding Round and Series A stage. Most of the 61 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Sony's check size?

Sony typically joins rounds of $1M–$71M at Seed and $2.4M–$282M 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 participates in.

### How do I contact Sony?

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### Who are the partners at Sony?

The team at Sony includes Jan Uddenfeldt (Senior Advisor), Tony Seeff (Corporate Alliances and Investments - Senior Manager) and Toshimoto Mitomo (Corporate Executive Officer, Senior Executive Vice President), among 17 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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