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Yamaha Music Innovations Fund I, LP

Geography: United States
Stage: Pre-Seed
Fund size: $50M
Focus: Consumer & Commerce
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Yamaha Music Innovations Fund I, LP

Yamaha Music Innovations Fund I, LP is a venture capital firm based in United States, focusing on Pre-Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in Consumer Commerce, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StagePre-Seed

Industry Focus

Consumer & Commerce

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Early-stage founder building AI-powered creator or music tech

music tech

creator tools

AI media

early-stage

cultural infrastructure

Bullish Signals

9 portfolio cos + Speakeasy ops infrastructure addwebsite

Yamaha brand — 100yr trust, global reachwebsite

Named Billboard Finance 50, Jan 2026external

Portfolio Mogul tracked $1.5B royalties, $5M raisedexternal

SXSW 2026: Yamaha Creator Pass product launchwebsite

20,000 employees + millions customer base leveragewebsite

6+ biz partnerships: Boomy, Groover, Chartmetric, Rightsify, POPS, SimScalewebsite

AI sound generation, music experiences, creator connectivitywebsite

4 core verticals: tools, media, community, accesswebsite

Rightsify partnership — legally licensed AI datasetswebsite

SE Asia expansion via POPS + immersive experienceswebsite

TONE3000: amp modeling architecture breakthroughwebsite

Portfolio spans royalties, livestream, AI, gamingwebsite

Century-long innovation track record in sound/musicwebsite

Unlocking new creative paths, disrupting ownership modelswebsite

Speakeasy raises $8.8M — experience economy infrastructurewebsite

8 live portfolio companies across music, livestream, gaming, educationwebsite

Creator Pass unites music and podcast tools—monetization hubwebsite

Contrarian Signals

Corporate CVC — strategic agenda may conflictexternal

Niche focus limits addressable deal universeexternal

Early portfolio, limited exit track recordexternal

Business partnerships ≠ investments — blurred lineswebsite

Hardware roots may bias software deal lenswebsite

Founder Do's

Build tools empowering creators or artists

Leverage AI for creative/media use cases

Target music, audio, or content distribution

Show global scalability potential

Align with Yamaha's creator ecosystem

Founder Don'ts

Avoid non-creative B2B enterprise pitches

Don't ignore community/collaboration angle

Skip if unrelated to music/media/culture

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size$50M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Andrew Kahn, Yusuke Scott Sugino

Scott SuginoPresident and CEO

Andrew KahnManaging Partner

Jun UsuiCTO

Conor HealySr. Principal, Investment

Sherry ShibasePrincipal, Business Alliance

Taka KurokiPrincipal, Business Alliance

James TerashimaPrincipal, Business Alliance

Nattie KobayashiPrincipal, Design and UX

Yuta KikuchiHead of Growth, Creator Platform

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