Sony Innovation Fund reports nearly 95 billion yen in assets at CEATEC 2026

Sony Group presented the activities of its corporate venture capital arm, Sony Innovation Fund, at CEATEC 2026 under the theme "Where Ideas Grow Through Co-Creation," according to internet.watch.impress.co.jp. The fund's total assets under management are approaching 95 billion yen.

In April 2026, Sony Innovation Fund 4 began operating as a new investment fund. MUFG Bank, Development Bank of Japan, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Sony Bank and Sony Group serve as limited partners. Sony Ventures, a wholly owned subsidiary established in 2021, runs the group's fund operations.

Over the past 10 years, Sony Innovation Fund screened 39,000 companies, interviewed more than 13,000 and invested in about 220. It continues to support about 170 portfolio companies and has recorded 29 exits. About 40% of portfolio companies collaborate with Sony Group.

Portfolio companies exhibit at CEATEC

augment AI, which became independent from Sony Group in July 2025 and inherited the wena trademark and patents, showed its new smartwatch wena X, which raised about 600 million yen through crowdfunding. LENZO, a semiconductor startup founded by a former Sony Computer Entertainment employee, is developing ultra-low-power AI semiconductors that combine Sony CMOS image sensors with its CGLA architecture.

Other companies linked to Sony's network also exhibited. Qualii develops microsurgery support robots using technology inherited from Sony Group's medical robot research. Pictoria, known for its AI VTuber Tsumugi Nen, showed the AI character dialogue digital signage Picto STAND. Tier IV, developer of the open-source autonomous driving software Autoware, presented a collaboration case using Sony CMOS image sensors optimized for autonomous driving Level 4.