Startale Group is proud to announce a $13M follow-on investment from Sony Innovation Fund, reinforcing the long-term shared vision between @Sony and Startale to build infrastructure for onchain entertainment. pic.twitter.com/BNsHhUqxm7 — Startale 💿 (@StartaleGroup) January 29, 2026Since going live a year ago, Soneium has reported strong growth across network activity and user adoption. Soneium and Startale have also recorded the following growth over the past year:Soneium processes over 500 million on-chain transactions. Sony’s investment follows the launch of the Startale App, a super-app positioned as the main entry point to Sony’s Ethereum Layer 2 network, Soneium. Kazuhito Hadano, CEO of Sony Ventures Corporation, described Startale as a company active across multiple layers of the blockchain stack.