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Corporate venture arm of Sony Group established 2016; invests globally in early-stage companies across AI, robotics, drones, and digital health from offices in the US, EU, Japan, India, and Africa.

HeadquartersTokyo, JP

Portfolio7 companies

Cited round volume$588M

Cited rounds12

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Physical AI portfolio

Round-by-round participation

Agility (former Agility Robotics)Robot maker · registered · corporate

2025-04-01Series C$400MSource

2020-10-15Series A$20MSource

2018-02-06Series A$8MSource

VerityRobot maker · registered · corporate

2023-07-11Series B$43MSource

2018-06-05Series A$18MSource

Rapyuta RoboticsRobot maker · registered · corporate

2022-04-20Series C$51MSource

2018-07-30Series A$10MSource

FotokiteRobot maker · registered · corporate

2022-01-19Series B$15MSource

2018-06-18VentureNot disclosedSource

TIER IVRobot maker · registered · corporate

2021-01-01Series ANot disclosedSource

Connected RoboticsRobot maker · registered · corporate

2019-07-01Series A$8MSource

MatternetRobot maker · registered · corporate

2018-06-26Series A$16MSource

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Source ledger

12 unique public sources

Agility Robotics reportedly raising $400M for humanoid warehouse robots (date approximate; confirmed closed per Sacra)GeekWire · retrieved 2026-07-05

Agility Robotics Raises $20 MillionAgility Robotics · retrieved 2026-07-05

Agility Robotics Raises $8 Million for Commercial Bipedal RobotsIEEE Spectrum · retrieved 2026-07-05

Verity Extends Oversubscribed Series B Round to Include Qualcomm Ventures, Bringing Total Round to $43MBusinessWire · retrieved 2026-07-05

Verity Studios Raises $18 Million in Series A Financing Led by Fontinalis PartnersBusiness Wire · retrieved 2026-07-05

Rapyuta Robotics Secures USD 51 Million in Series C Funding Led by Goldman SachsBusinessWire · retrieved 2026-07-05

Rapyuta, developing Android-like platform for robotics, secures $9.5M series A funding (JPY 1.05B follow-on)The Bridge · retrieved 2026-07-05

Fotokite announces closing financing, market expansion and executive team appointments (CHF 13.7M Series B)Fotokite · retrieved 2026-07-05

GENIUS NY Startups Raise Over $10 Million in Follow-On FundingsUAS News · retrieved 2026-07-05

TIER IV secures additional $54 Million in Series B fundingTIER IV (Medium) · retrieved 2026-07-05

Connected Robotics Completes ¥850M Series A Investment RoundPRNewswire · retrieved 2026-07-05

Autonomous delivery drone startup Matternet raises $16 million round led by Boeing's venture armTechCrunch · retrieved 2026-07-05