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Sony Music Entertainment

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Total investments 26
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$9M
Portfolio companies 22
Rounds per year 0.19
Lead investments 6
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.12
Exits 4
Key employees 1

Areas of investment

  • Music
  • Digital Media
  • Apps
  • Media and Entertainment
  • Digital Entertainment
Summary

Sony Music Entertainment appeared to be the Corporate Investor, which was created in 1888. The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the New York. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States.

Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Artistdirect, Redland, i3 Mobile Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Nightclubs, Digital Entertainment.

The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2017. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The real fund results show that this Corporate Investor is 24 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. When the investment is from Sony Music Entertainment the average startup value is 10-50 millions dollars. Comparing to the other companies, this Sony Music Entertainment performs on 15 percentage points more the average number of lead investments. The important activity for fund was in 2000. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity.

The overall number of key employees were 1.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 partakers. Despite the Sony Music Entertainment, startups are often financed by DN Capital, Amu00e9rica Mu00f3vil, Kleiner Perkins. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, VantagePoint Capital Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Kleiner Perkins, In-Q-Tel, DN Capital.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Fave

Apps
Gaming
Media and Entertainment
$2M12 Oct 2023 -

Komi

$12M18 Jul 2023 -

Slip.stream

Content Creators
Internet
Music
$7M26 May 2022 New York, New York, United States

MakersPlace

Art
Blockchain
Computer
Digital Marketing
Digital Media
E-Commerce
Marketplace
Retail
Software
$30M04 Aug 2021 San Francisco, California, United States

Laylo

Music
$3M07 Jun 2021 Los Angeles, California, United States

Tiger Media

01 Jun 2021 Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Fave

Apps
Gaming
Media and Entertainment
$2M17 May 2021 -

Rapchat

Android
Apps
iOS
Mobile
Music
$2M30 Apr 2021 Columbus, Ohio, United States

eSports
SaaS
Video
Video on Demand
Video Streaming
$15M02 Mar 2021 Los Angeles, California, United States
News
MakersPlace Raises $30M in Series A Funding

– MakersPlace, a San Francisco, CA-based NFT marketplace for digital art, secured $30M in Series A funding.
– The round was co-led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Pantera Capital with participation from Uncork Capital, Draper Dragon Digital Assets, 9Yards Capital, Next Play Ventures, Coinbase Ventures and Sony Music Entertainment.
– The company will use the funds to acquire additional talent and scale the business in existing markets and explore new ones.

Fave, with $2.2 million seed, looks to connect creators with their fandoms

– Fave, a social platform for fans and creators, raised $2.2m in seed funding.
Female Founders Fund, HYBE, Sony Music, Warner Music, Concord Music, Quality Control, Right Hand Management, Techstars Music and Betaworks participated in the round.
– The company is all about the relationship between fans and creators.
– Fave is broken down by fandoms (starting with Swifties/Taylor Swift), allowing fans to connect with one another, create content and buy and sell fan-themed merchandise and artwork to one another.
– Fave’s go-to-market is focused on the fans themselves, though the hope is to also bring creators on to the platform, which ultimately gives them another revenue stream.

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Total investments 26
Average round size 9M
Rounds per year 0.19
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 6
Follow on index 0.12
Exits 4
Group Appearance index 0.73

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Fave

Apps
Gaming
Media and Entertainment
$2M12 Oct 2023 -

Komi

$12M18 Jul 2023 -

Slip.stream

Content Creators
Internet
Music
$7M26 May 2022 New York, New York, United States

MakersPlace

Art
Blockchain
Computer
Digital Marketing
Digital Media
E-Commerce
Marketplace
Retail
Software
$30M04 Aug 2021 San Francisco, California, United States

Laylo

Music
$3M07 Jun 2021 Los Angeles, California, United States

Tiger Media

01 Jun 2021 Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Fave

Apps
Gaming
Media and Entertainment
$2M17 May 2021 -

Rapchat

Android
Apps
iOS
Mobile
Music
$2M30 Apr 2021 Columbus, Ohio, United States

eSports
SaaS
Video
Video on Demand
Video Streaming
$15M02 Mar 2021 Los Angeles, California, United States
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