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Sony Pictures Entertainment

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Total investments 9
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$137M
Portfolio companies 7
Rounds per year 0.25
Lead investments 1
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.22
Exits 4
Key employees Soon

Areas of investment

  • Digital Entertainment
  • TV
  • Apps
  • Video Streaming
  • Advertising
Summary

Sony Pictures Entertainment appeared to be the Corporate Investor, which was created in 1987. The leading representative office of defined Corporate Investor is situated in the Culver City. The company was established in North America in United States.

The important activity for fund was in 2001. This Sony Pictures Entertainment works on 9 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of more than 100 millions dollars. The typical startup value when the investment from Sony Pictures Entertainment is 100-500 millions dollars. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2019. Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 8 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year.

Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline HOOQ, JibJab Bros Studios, CHILI For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Apps, TV Production.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 participants. Despite the Sony Pictures Entertainment, startups are often financed by Polaris Partners, Warner Bros., Vulcan. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Warner Bros., Vulcan, Viacom. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Greylock Partners, Advanced Technology Ventures, Washington Mutual.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

JibJab Bros Studios

Apps
Content Creators
Digital Entertainment
Digital Media
Mobile Apps
Music
Video
$7M07 Jan 2009 Los Angeles, California, United States

WildTangent

Advertising
Advertising Platforms
Android
App Discovery
App Marketing
Digital Entertainment
Mobile
$34M01 Apr 2001 Redmond, Washington, United States

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Total investments 9
Average round size 137M
Rounds per year 0.25
Peak activity year 2001
Lead investments 1
Follow on index 0.22
Exits 4
Group Appearance index 0.78

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

JibJab Bros Studios

Apps
Content Creators
Digital Entertainment
Digital Media
Mobile Apps
Music
Video
$7M07 Jan 2009 Los Angeles, California, United States

WildTangent

Advertising
Advertising Platforms
Android
App Discovery
App Marketing
Digital Entertainment
Mobile
$34M01 Apr 2001 Redmond, Washington, United States
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