Mary Carty speaks with Antonio Avitable, Managing Director of Sony Innovation Fund Europe. They discuss the vision for the Fund, future trends and the importance of diversity. Antonio advises that money does not always bring good people so think about the expertise you require for your Board, as he remarks “diversity is the key aspect of innovation”. Listen in to this wide-ranging discussion including ESG, technology for good, opportunities for creative startups, sustainability and valuation trends.
Investor insights with Antonio Avitable, Sony Innovation Fund Europe
More about Antonio Avitabile
Antonio has more than 20 years’ experience in venture capital and technology innovation. He joined Sony in 2000 and became Managing Director of the Sony Innovation Fund Europe in 2016. He is currently works with a team of 14 across Europe, as well as managing the Sony venture capital and corporate development arm in Europe and Middle East. He sits on boards of several startups and he has acquired and integrated several companies on behalf of Sony Semiconductor Solutions.
Link to the Sony Innovation Fund
https://www.
Investing in technology-driven transformational companies
shaping the future of business, entertainment and society.
Vision
For over 70 years Sony has been relentlessly innovating and bringing technologies, content and services that are changing the world. We are building on the company’s long history by investing through Sony Innovation Fund in promising startups bringing creativity and promising innovations to the world who’d benefit from partnering with Sony.
Mission
Sony Innovation Fund lends its considerable technical expertise, partner networks, and global presence to transformational companies shaping the future of business, entertainment and society. Through innovation, creativity, and new technologies, we are growing and learning together to bring tomorrow’s technologies to market- while helping to change the world.
Philosophy
We’re a team of experienced professionals and technologists who take an active role in helping startups grow and scale by opening doors across our global network. We invest in consumer and enterprise-facing startups at all stages that are bringing new forms of Entertainment, FinTech, Healthcare, IoT, Mobility, Deep Tech and Sensor Technologies to the world.
More About Mary Carty
Mary Carty is Director of Wilson & Keys working with an international client base. She is a serial entrepreneur with a background in the arts, education and technology. Mary sits on the Board of Science Gallery International and Branar Téatar do Pháistí. Over lockdown, she established AwakenHub, a community to support female founders from the Island of Ireland and her diaspora.
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