Avex USA Future of Music Investment Fund

Profile, fund size and portfolio

Parent AvexHQ West Hollywood, United StatesFounded 2021

Avex USA Future of Music Investment Fund is the corporate venture arm of Avex, an internet and media company. It was founded in 2021 and is based in West Hollywood, United States. It invests at the seed stage. Sectors it names: media and gaming, crypto and blockchain.

Fund sizeS1: USD 25M

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Snapshot

Investment stage: Seed to Seed

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Item	Value
Stage range	Seed to Seed
Sectors	Media and gaming, Crypto and blockchain
Geography	Global, North America
Offices	West Hollywood, United States

Sources: S3 Avex USA press release on PR TIMES: new corporate venture capital function; S1 Music Business Worldwide: Avex USA expands startup investment fund to $25m.

Scale and capital allocated

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Measure	Value	Unit	Kind	Source
Headline size	USD 25M	Fund size	Stated by the firm or its parent	S1
Companies on the firm's portfolio page	3	companies	Counted from the firm's own list	S4

Sources: S1 Music Business Worldwide: Avex USA expands startup investment fund to $25m; S4 Endel website.

Where it invests and who leads it

Geography

Headquarters: West Hollywood, United States
Offices: West Hollywood, United States

Investment regionsS3 S1

LeadersS3 S1

Naoki OsadaPresident, Avex USA; investment committee memberFind on LinkedIn Firm page
Ryusuke (Ryan) KamadaSVP Finance, Avex USA; investment committee memberFind on LinkedIn
Lucas ThomashowSVP Strategy, Avex USA; investment committee memberFind on LinkedIn

Avex USA Future of Music Investment Fund on LinkedIn

Key facts

Fact	Value	Status	Source
Parent company	Avex	Single source	S1
Parent industry	Internet and media	Single source	S1
Founded	2021	Single source	S1
Headquarters	West Hollywood, United States	Single source	S1
Status	Active	Single source	S1
Capital source	Parent company only	Single source	S1
Headline size	USD 25M (Fund size)	Single source	S1
Stages	Seed	Single source	S3

History

2021Avex launched Avex USA with the Future of Music Investment Fund as one of three divisionsS1
2022Avex USA expanded the fund to USD 25 million and widened scope to Web3, the metaverse and the creator economyS1

Portfolio

Public sources name 3 portfolio companies.S4

Shared portfolio with other corporate VCs

1 companies on the Avex USA Future of Music Investment Fund portfolio page also appear on the portfolio page of at least one other firm in this directory. Matched by company website, or by name where no website is published.

Firm	Shared	Companies in common
Coinbase Ventures	1	Wave

Companies backed by the most corporate VCs

Every company on the Avex USA Future of Music Investment Fund list

3 companies, as named in the sources cited.S4 Read the firm's list.

Endel
Spirit Bomb
Wave

Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

Website avex.com/us

Sources

S1Music Business Worldwide: Avex USA expands startup investment fund to $25mPress
S2Avex Music Group (Avex USA) websiteFirm
S3Avex USA press release on PR TIMES: new corporate venture capital functionFirm
S4Endel websitePortfolio company

Disclaimer and corrections

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