Sony Financial Ventures
We manage Sony Financial Ventures’ corporate venture capital fund that drives business collaborations with startups across various industry sectors by combining the assets held by Sony Financial Group with Global Brain’s domestic and international network. We also manage Sony Financial Ventures & Global Brain Frontier Fund of Sony Financial Ventures & Global Brain Frontier, a joint venture company with Sony Financial Ventures.
Sony Financial Ventures & Global Brain Frontier Fund
- Fund size
- Initially JPY 10B
- Term
- 10 years
- General partner
- Sony Financial Ventures & Global Brain Frontier Inc.
- Target
- Diverse sectors contributing to new industry creation, including GenAI, FinTech, Healthcare, and ClimateTech.
- Objective
- The fund leverages a new AI-powered CVC model to enhance the efficiency of information gathering and analysis and to actively pursue diverse investment opportunities. It aims to create new value and unlock future frontiers through collaboration and cooperation with other companies in the sectors that are expected to grow.
SFV・GB L.P.
- Fund size
- JPY 6B
- Term
- 10 years
- General partner
- Global Brain Corporation
- Target
- Fintech startups that have the potential to collaborate with business units of Sony Financial Group, and startups that have the potential to contribute to new business development for Sony Financial Group.
- Objective
- The fund aims to contribute to Sony Financial Group’s existing businesses/new business creation initiatives and generate financial returns from its investments by leveraging the Group’s wide range of expertise in the fields of financial services such as insurance/banking and Global Brain’s strong expertise and network in startup investment.
- Feature
- Sony Financial Group’s wide range of expertise in the fields of financial services and Global Brain’s multifaceted support for portfolio startups in management and IPO enable promising startups to achieve significant growth.