{"id":304670,"date":"2025-11-21T06:40:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T06:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/304670\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T06:40:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T06:40:12","slug":"japans-sony-innovation-fund-invests-in-indian-mobile-first-social-gaming-platform-stan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/304670\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan\u2019s Sony Innovation Fund invests in Indian mobile-first social gaming platform STAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>STAN, a homegrown mobile-first social <a href=\"https:\/\/indianstartupnews.com\/tag\/gaming\" rel=\"dofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">gaming<\/a> platform, announced that Sony Innovation Fund, the corporate venture capital arm of Sony Group Corporation, has joined its ongoing Series A round.<\/p>\n<p>The round also witnessed participation from Hyderabad Angels Fund (HAF VC). The startup has raised $10.5 million in its Series A <a href=\"https:\/\/indianstartupnews.com\/tag\/funding\" rel=\"dofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">funding<\/a> round to date.<\/p>\n<p>In late July 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/indianstartupnews.com\/funding\/social-gaming-platform-stan-raises-funding-from-google-japanese-gaming-giants-9612604\" rel=\"dofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stan raised $8.5 million in a funding<\/a> round with participation from Japanese gaming giants, including Bandai Namco Entertainment INC., Square Enix and Reazon Holdings, as well as Google\u2019s AI Futures Fund, Aptos Labs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe the future of gaming goes beyond compelling titles and advanced gameplay. It lies in building dynamic ecosystems where creators, gamers, and developers come together to shape shared worlds. STAN embodies this vision of building an inclusive gaming community, and we\u2019re excited to support their efforts to create a social layer for the next generation of gamers,\u201d said Kazuhito Hadano, CEO of Sony Ventures Corporation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe see that participation of Sony Innovation Fund to STAN reinforces our belief in the strength of our vision and India\u2019s pivotal role in the global gaming landscape. Together with our investors, we aim to build the most creator-empowering, mobile-first platform that redefines how gaming communities connect and thrive,\u201d said Parth Chadha, Co-founder &amp; CEO of STAN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe India is at the cusp of a massive transformation in gaming and digital communities. STAN\u2019s unique ability to merge social experiences with creator monetisation positions it as a global category-defining company. We\u2019re proud to continue supporting the team alongside other supporting companies and other global leaders as they build the future of gaming from India,\u201d said Kalyan Sivalenka, Managing Partner at Hyderabad Angels Fund (HAF.VC).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STAN, a homegrown mobile-first social gaming platform, announced that Sony Innovation Fund, the corporate venture capital arm of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304671,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[28,158,159,559,1014,158148],"class_list":{"0":"post-304670","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entrepreneurship","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-entrepreneurship","10":"tag-funding","11":"tag-gaming","12":"tag-sony","13":"tag-sony-innovation-fund"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}