Sozo Ventures

Venture Capital
60investments
14exits
$751.5Mraised by its portfolio in 12 months
6,462open roles in its portfolio

Overview

Sozo Ventures is a US venture capital firm that invests in growth-stage technology companies and helps them expand into Japan and wider Asia. It co-invests alongside leading venture firms and works with large Asian corporations to open markets, partnerships and customers for its portfolio companies. The firm was founded in 2012 by Philip Wickham and Koichi Saito and is based in Palo Alto, California.

Investor profile

Venture capital
Investments
60
28 of them startups
Hiring now
32
6,462 open roles
Rounds in 12 months
8
$751.5M raised
Exits
14
Focusshare of its companies
Artificial Intelligence 35%Software 18%Data & Analytics 14%Cybersecurity 14%Transportation & Logistics 10%Information Technology 10%Financial Services 8%Manufacturing 8%
Where its companies are
United States 70%Israel 3%
Stage of its companies
Series B 44%Series C and later 36%Series A 13%Pre-seed & seed 8%
Its companies, the freshest money firstAll 60 investments
Yellow CardVenture round $40M · 3 mo ago · 9 roles PanthalassaSeries B $140M · 6 mo ago · 51 roles KargoSeries B $42M · 10 mo ago SelectstarSeries B $4M · 11 mo ago HarmonicVenture round $120M · 11 mo ago · 8 roles AttentiveSeries B $30.5M · 11 mo ago · 26 roles DoppelSeries C $61.2M · 12 mo ago · 29 roles DeelSeries E $300M · 12 mo ago · 23 roles ZoomInfoConvertible Note $5.5M · 13 mo ago · 98 roles SuperhumanVenture round $672.4M · 15 mo ago · 73 roles MaintainXVenture round $150M · 16 mo ago · 165 roles Anduril IndustriesSeries H $2.5B · 16 mo ago · 2236 roles
6,462 open roles at 32 of its companies
Hiring fastestroles opened in 30 days
Oracle624 new roles in 30 days Anduril Industries578 new roles in 30 days MongoDB105 new roles in 30 days Saronic Technologies81 new roles in 30 days Cohesity79 new roles in 30 days Coinbase77 new roles in 30 days
Co-investorscompanies they hold together
Andreessen Horowitz 8 shared SV Angel 7 shared Silicon Valley Investclub 7 shared General Catalyst 7 shared Coatue 7 shared Kleiner Perkins 7 shared Y Combinator 6 shared Union Square Ventures 6 shared Lightspeed Venture Partners 6 shared NEA 5 shared
Similar investorstheir companies share markets and countries
Craft Ventures Kleiner Perkins Initialized Capital Andreessen Horowitz 8VC Techstars Menlo Ventures GV
Sources: its portfolio page, read Nov 3

Visa sponsorship

United StatesUS 0
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H-1B filings in 12 months
0
Open roles in United States
In the register as Sozo Ventures, LLC, Redwood City, CA
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Point72 83 filingsBain Capital 13 filingsWarburg Pincus 11 filingsFlagship Pioneering 10 filings
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
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Palo Alto United States
HQ
Redwood City United States
Regional office
US office
10 California Street, Redwood City, CA 94063
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