# Sony Innovation Fund: investor

Canonical ID: `8ea5529d-9a92-4122-8ffa-a034561b71d6`

Sony Innovation Fund is the venture capital arm of Sony.

- **Type:** Strategic / corporate

## Portfolio (5)

- [Agility Robotics](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/agility-robotics.md) Series B · 2022-04-22 · $150M · _strategic_
- [Botrista](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/botrista.md) Series A · 2021-06-28 · $10M (reported)
- [GITAI](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/gitai.md) Series B · 2021-02-28 · $17M · _lead_
- [Connected Robotics](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/connected-robotics.md) Series A · 2019-07-08 · $8M (reported)
- [Agility Robotics](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/agility-robotics.md) Series A · 2018-03-22 · $8M

## Invests alongside (11)

Other investors that participated in the same funding rounds as Sony Innovation Fund.

- [Playground Global](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/playground-global.md) · 2 shared rounds: [Agility Robotics Series B](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/agility-robotics.md#funding-rounds), [Agility Robotics Series A](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/agility-robotics.md#funding-rounds)
- [31VENTURES Global Innovation Fund](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/31ventures.md) · 1 shared round: [Connected Robotics Series A](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/connected-robotics.md#funding-rounds)
- [500 Startups Japan](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/500-startups-japan.md) · 1 shared round: [Connected Robotics Series A](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/connected-robotics.md#funding-rounds)
- [Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/amazon-industrial-innovation-fund.md) · 1 shared round: [Agility Robotics Series B](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/agility-robotics.md#funding-rounds)
- [DCVC (Data Collective)](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/dcvc.md) · 1 shared round: [Agility Robotics Series B](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/agility-robotics.md#funding-rounds)
- [Global Brain](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/global-brain.md) · 1 shared round: [Connected Robotics Series A](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/connected-robotics.md#funding-rounds)
- [La Kaffa International](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/la-kaffa-international.md) · 1 shared round: [Botrista Series A](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/botrista.md#funding-rounds)
- [Middleby Corporation](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/middleby-corporation.md) · 1 shared round: [Botrista Series A](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/botrista.md#funding-rounds)
- [Pure Stone Capital](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/pure-stone-capital.md) · 1 shared round: [Botrista Series A](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/botrista.md#funding-rounds)
- [TDK Ventures](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/tdk-ventures.md) · 1 shared round: [Agility Robotics Series B](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/agility-robotics.md#funding-rounds)
- [UTokyo Innovation Platform (UTEC)](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/utec.md) · 1 shared round: [Connected Robotics Series A](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/connected-robotics.md#funding-rounds)

## Partners (1)

- [Gen Tsuchikawa](https://registry.deploy.report/people/gen-tsuchikawa.md) general partner

## Sources (7)

1. https://www.agilityrobotics.com/content/agility-robotics-raises-150m-series-b-led-by-dcvc-and-playground-global
2. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/connected-robotics-cr-developer-of-specialized-robot-solutions-for-cooking-has-successfully-completed-raising-of-850-million-yen-in-the-series-a-investment-round-300879359.html
3. https://agfundernews.com/robo-made-octopus-balls-are-go-japans-connected-robotics-raises-7-8m-series-a
4. https://www.agilityrobotics.com/content/agility-robotics-secures-8m-in-funding
5. https://techcrunch.com/2021/02/28/space-startup-gitai-raises-17-1m-to-help-build-the-robotic-workforce-of-commercial-space/
6. https://gitai.tech/2021/03/01/series-b-funding/
7. https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/28/robotic-beverage-maker-botrista-raises-10m/


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