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Sozo Ventures
Venture capitalActively deployingRedwood City · Pre-Seed–Late Stage · 29 people tracked
Also known as SOZO VENTURES LLC
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Investment thesis
Sozo Ventures backs category-leading technology companies and helps them expand into global markets, with particular strength in supporting entry into Japan. The firm focuses on ventures transforming global industries through advanced data technologies, ecommerce, enterprise cloud, fintech, IoT, and healthcare IT. Rather than a one-size-fits-all approach, Sozo engages hands-on across all stages of company building—from seed to pre-IPO—connecting entrepreneurial teams with respected customers and distributors and providing market access, strategic introductions, and localization support well before expansion strategies are set.
Source: firm website, verified Oct 13, 2026.
Team · 29 people
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Koichiro "Koh" Nakamura is a Founder and General Partner of Sozo Ventures who appeared on the 2021 Forbes Midas List for investments in Coinbase, Palantir, and Square. Before co-founding Sozo, he spent over 20 years building technology companies, was a member of the founding team of Yahoo Japan, and worked at Mitsubishi Corporation, where he created Japan's first Application Service Provider and founded Datastations (later acquired by ValueCommerce) and the Innovation Kitchen incubator. He holds a degree from Waseda University and an MBA from the University of Chicago, and was a Kauffman Fellow (Class 12).
Rob Freelen is a Managing Director and investing partner at Sozo Ventures, which he joined in September 2022. He co-founded the fintech company Turbine Finance and previously served as Silicon Valley Bank's Head of Venture Capital Relationship Management, where he advised SVB Capital's Fund-of-Funds and managed relationships with top US venture firms. He holds a B.A. in Psychology from Whitman College, is a Kauffman Fellow (Class 29), and has lectured on venture capital and venture lending at UCLA, USC, and Stanford.
Tetsu Nomura joined Sozo Ventures in September 2014, where he helps portfolio companies develop business opportunities in the Japanese market. He previously spent over 12 years in international IT roles at Japanese firms including Japan Telecom, Fuji Xerox Information Systems, and IT Frontier, and most recently served for five years as Regional IT Manager for Mitsubishi Corporation's North and South America operations. He studied in England for over four years and completed three years of molecular biology study at Simon Fraser University in Canada.
Yoshihiro Kohara joined Sozo Ventures in February 2017, focusing on startup investment and business development. During his first three years he worked with the business development team in Tokyo, handling market entry and partnerships in Japan for companies including Zoom and Revolut, before relocating to the US in 2020 to join the investment team. He previously worked at Digital Garage on business development for fintech operations and is a graduate of Meiji University.
Yoshitaka Kadoya is a Principal at Sozo Ventures, which he joined in March 2022, where he supports global startups in developing business opportunities in Japan through market research, strategy design, and partner/client introductions. He previously spent 10 years at Hokuriku Bank, where he structured business loans and led development projects including establishing the bank's equity investment arm and building IT consulting and real estate-related businesses. He holds an MBA from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Laws from Tokyo University.
Lauren MacDonald joined Sozo Ventures in February 2022, where she leads investment operations and works on scaling the firm's deal pipeline. Before Sozo, she interned at Fitbit as a supply and demand manager and spent five years as an Operations Rotation Engineer at Western Digital, working across the flash supply chain and managing inventory for OEM customers. She holds a Master's in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University and a BS in Mathematics from California Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Clay Gary joined Sozo Ventures in June 2024 as a Venture Partner and also serves as a Principal at Market Sense International, a Tokyo-based market entry and distribution consultancy. He has worked in general management, sales, marketing, and business development across Japan and Asia-Pacific since 1988, including a decade at the advertising agency Dentsu and roles as a founding team member of Callaway Japan and Senior Head of Golf Japan & APAC at Cobra Puma Golf. He holds a BA in Literature from Brown University.
Kaori Onguchi joined Sozo Ventures in March 2022, where she supports portfolio companies in developing business opportunities in Japan. She began her career as an equity research analyst at JP Morgan Securities, later worked at organizational development consultancy Human Value, and co-founded an organic vegetable distribution business. Before Sozo, she served as Managing Director in Japan for a Silicon Valley-based digital health startup.
Mitch Underseth joined Sozo Ventures in April 2018, where he handles financial analysis and assessments of investment opportunities and provides financial and operational support to portfolio companies. He has more than 30 years of executive financial management experience across early-stage venture-backed companies and Fortune 500 firms, and has also served in COO and interim CEO roles. He holds an MBA from the University of Washington and a BS in Finance from Lewis and Clark College.
Paul T. Masuda joined Sozo Ventures in June 2022, bringing over 30 years of experience in new business and innovation development across logistics, transportation, and e-commerce. He previously served as Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer and Senior Vice President at Yamato Transport U.S.A. Inc. and earlier worked as a Project Manager for Yamato Holdings and Yamato Transport, leading joint venture projects in India, Vietnam, and South Korea. At Sozo, he helps startups extend their business development between the U.S. and Japan; he holds a B.A. from Rikkyo University and became a Certified Logistics Master in 2000.
Ray Hatoyama joined Sozo Ventures in August 2016 as a Venture Partner, focusing on corporate strategy for globalization and corporate governance. He previously served as Managing Director of Sanrio Co., Ltd., where he led the global expansion of the Hello Kitty brand, and earlier worked in Mitsubishi Corporation's content division and with companies including the Avex Group and Lawson, Inc. He holds a degree from Aoyama Gakuin University, an MBA from Harvard Business School, and a corporate governance certificate from INSEAD, and is a Kauffman Fellow and Visiting Scholar at Stanford University.
Samira Daswani is a Venture Partner at Sozo Ventures, which she joined in October 2021, where she supports the team on healthcare deals including sourcing and diligence. She is also VP of New Ventures at Initiate Studios, a healthcare venture studio, and previously served as VP of Product at Visby Medical, where she launched an infectious disease test. She founded Manta Cares, a community for caregivers and cancer survivors, hosts the podcast Patient from Hell, began her career at McKinsey & Company, and holds degrees from MIT, Stanford, and Wellesley College.
Aantorik Ganguly joined Sozo Ventures in March 2024 as an analyst on the investment team. He graduated Magna Cum Laude in Economics from Middlebury College and studied philosophy, politics and economics at the University of Oxford. Before joining full-time, he worked with Sozo during its third fund evaluating companies from seed to pre-IPO stages, and has go-to-market experience with Novartis and the startup Harmonic.ai.
Alaina N. Watts joined Sozo Ventures in 2021, where she supports accounting and operational functions. She was previously an assistant controller at Shasta Ventures and earlier worked as a tax accountant focused on alternative investments, partnerships, and corporate entities across hedge funds, technology, and real estate. She holds a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a B.S. in Marketing from the University of South Alabama, and is an inactive Certified Public Accountant in California.
Bob Roe joined Sozo Ventures in October 2021 as VP of Narrative Development, where he helps the team develop and communicate their stories across formats such as emails, pitch decks, and books. He is a journalist and editor who has worked at major U.S. media companies, starting in magazines, running a news-based website, and editing fiction and non-fiction for several publishers. He holds a B.A. in Philosophy from UC San Diego and spent one semester as a graduate student at USC's journalism school.
Edwin Ong joined Sozo Ventures in January 2025 as an Associate and Chief of Staff to Phil Wickham, supporting his work across investments, education, and operations. He previously interned at JAZZ Venture Partners, worked as a financial analyst at Amazon, and ran a venture microfund focused on Asian-American founders. He holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from Stanford University.
Elena Winefeld joined Sozo Ventures in January 2017. She was previously VP of Finance at Acero Capital and a Controller at Nokia Growth Partners, where she also worked as a Financial Analysis Manager handling portfolio analysis and reporting, and earlier held operational accounting and tax roles at technology companies and a CPA firm. She has a software engineering background and holds a B.S. in Economics and Management from the Technion (Israel Institute of Technology), with a concentration in Accounting, Finance, and Information Systems.
Janhavi Sawant joined Sozo Ventures in September 2021, where she manages operations and accounting for the firm's management company and supports fund reporting and administration alongside the Controller and CFO. She also analyzes and reports financials of portfolio companies for internal review. Earlier in her career she spent nine years in retail banking and customer relationship management at State Bank of India in Mumbai, and later worked as a Commercial Property Accountant at Steelwave LLC. She holds a master's degree in Accounting & Finance from the University of Mumbai and an MBA in Finance from California State University-East Bay.
Jessica Eschen joined Sozo Ventures in March 2022, where she manages daily office operations and coordinates meetings for team members. She holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from San Jose State University, and previously worked as a marketing coordinator for a construction and engineering firm and at a beauty retailer.
Kazuhiro "Kazu" Kobayashi joined Sozo Ventures in April 2017 and serves as the firm's Head of Japan, helping portfolio companies develop business opportunities in Japan and other markets. He studied electronic computing and computer science and electronics engineering technology at Devry University, and previously worked at NCR in consulting sales for retail and at IT Frontier, a Mitsubishi Corporation and IBM Japan joint venture, where he built SAP R/3 infrastructure outsourcing services. He also founded a collective of Japanese ramen restaurants in China before returning to Japan to work in IT system design and consulting.
Monica Hauer joined Sozo Ventures in February 2020 and works as Controller/Accounting Manager alongside the Director of Finance, handling day-to-day operations of the management company and related entities. She has about twenty years of experience in venture capital, focused on accounting and tax functions for S-corporations and partnerships. She is a licensed CPA and holds a B.S. in Agricultural and Managerial Economics from U.C. Davis.
Neha Atreya joined Sozo Ventures in November 2018, where she works on fund operations and administration. She previously handled fund management, operations, and reporting at 5AM Ventures, served as Controller at Asset Management Ventures, and was an Accounting Associate at Stanford University. She holds a bachelor's degree in Economics, Finance, and Business Administration from Notre Dame de Namur University.
Nettie Reyes is VP of Operations at Sozo Ventures, which she joined in July 2019, where she supports the investment team's operations and organizes events such as summits, gatherings, workshops and offsites. She previously served as Chief of Staff at Ulu Ventures and spent 10 years as Director of Operations at Kauffman Fellows, where she handled strategic planning and organized venture capital summits across eight countries. She earned both her undergraduate and MBA degrees from Notre Dame de Namur University.
A West Coast native, Noah Jones joined Sozo Ventures in January 2016 in a technical and operational capacity. He provides IT and backend support for the US team, maintains the firm's technological infrastructure, and built Sozo's first website. His responsibilities also include research, preparing presentations and reports, planning local events and meetings, and coordinating communication and vendor dealings between the Japan and US offices.
Phil Wickham is a Founder and General Partner of Sozo Ventures and emeritus Executive Chairman of the Kauffman Fellows in Palo Alto, California. He previously co-founded Reference Media in Tokyo (later sold to the Princeton Review), served as General Partner at JAFCO America Ventures, and ran U.S. operations for the Munich-based venture fund Copan. He lectures at Stanford's Graduate School of Engineering and is a Visiting Professor at Waseda University's School of Commerce.
Spencer Foust joined Sozo Ventures in June 2016 and leads investments from seed to pre-IPO. He previously worked at Apple and on the B61 Nuclear Weapon program at Sandia National Labs. He holds a Master's in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Arkansas, and was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2020.
Yuki Kanematsu joined Sozo Ventures in January 2022, where she supports the business development team, office operations, and operational assistance for global startups expanding into Japan. She previously worked as an IT infrastructure engineer at IT Frontier, a Mitsubishi Corporation and IBM Japan joint venture, and later managed leadership and business skills training programs across Asia at ABeam Consulting. She holds a BA in Literature from Kumamoto University and a Master's in English Language Teaching from the University of Sussex.
What they invest in
from 73 of 96 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×42Enterprise Software ×25SaaS ×22Data & Infrastructure ×12Fintech ×12Cloud Computing ×10Cybersecurity ×9Healthtech ×9
HQs:United States×56India×1Japan×1South Korea×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 54 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×82 founders×133 founders×184+ founders×15
Where their founders studiedfrom 73 founders with education data
Stanford University ×5Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×4University of California, Berkeley ×4Imperial College London ×3Michigan Technological University ×3University of Michigan ×3Vanderbilt University ×3Columbia Business School ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 62 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×23Engineering ×17Business & Management ×8Economics ×6Finance & Accounting ×6Mathematics & Statistics ×4Humanities ×2Life Sciences ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 81 founders with career history
Stanford University ×5Google ×4Ditto ×3Founders Fund ×3Uber ×38VC ×2Adentro ×2Akamai Technologies ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
8 founders hold a PhD · 9 hold an MBA (of 72 with degree data)
Investments · 96 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 22025 · 142024 · 12023 · 32022 · 122021 · 32020 · 22019 · 12018 · 32016 · 12014 · 244 dated
Block, formerly Square, runs the Square seller platform, Cash App, Afterpay and TIDAL, plus the TBD and Bitkey bitcoin businesses.
FintechRetail TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Jack Dorsey(Founder)inJim McKelvey(Founder)inBrian Grassadonia(Executive Officer)inSivan Whiteley(Executive Officer)inAmrita Ahuja(Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer)inMasashi Miyamoto(Founder)
PartnerKoichiro Nakamura· led
Co-investorsA*Acequia Capital (AceCap)Bling CapitalCota CapitalFirst Round Capitalfirstminute capital+27 more
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Coinbase is a cryptocurrency exchange platform that offers trading, custody, and financial services for cryptocurrencies, stocks, derivatives, and prediction markets to consumers, institutions, and developers.
Crypto & Web3FintechSan Francisco, US
Brian Armstrong(CEO)inFred Ehrsam(Board Of Directors)inEmilie Choi(President & COO)inAlesia Haas(Chief Financial Officer)inPaul Grewal(Chief Legal Officer & Secretary)inLawrence (L.J.) Brock(Chief People Officer)
Co-investors1confirmationA.Capital Venturesa16z cryptoAcrew CapitalAdventure FundAndreessen Horowitz+99 more
MongoDB is a cloud database company that provides Atlas, a multi-cloud data platform for transactional, search, and generative AI workloads, along with enterprise on-premises options and integration tools for developers and partners.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsNew York, US
Dwight Merriman(Founder)inEliot Horowitz(Founder)inChirantan 'CJ' Desai(President and Chief Executive Officer)Sydney Carey(Chief Financial Officer)inDev Ittycheria(Chief Executive Officer)inAlexander Stigsen(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlleyCorpDell Technologies CapitalFlybridge Capital PartnersFoundryIn-Q-TelMaC Venture Capital+7 more
Palantir builds data integration and analysis platforms — Gotham for defence and government, Foundry for commercial operations — and deploys forward engineers inside customer organisations.
Palo Alto, US
Peter Thiel(Founder)inStephen Cohen(Founder)Nathan Gettings(Founder)Joe Lonsdale(Founder)inAlexander C. Karp(Founder)Alex Karp(Founder)
Co-investors137 Ventures8VCA*AiSprouts VCAkkadian VenturesAllied Venture Partners+73 more
Zoom operates an AI-powered work platform for video communications and collaboration, including products such as Zoom Contact Center.
Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSan Jose, US
Eric S. Yuan(Founder)Aparna Bawa(Chief Operating Officer)inMichelle Chang(Chief Financial Officer)inVelchamy Sankarlingam(President of Product and Engineering)inJeevan Kumar(Founder)Sean Lee(Founder)
Co-investorsAscend Venture CapitalAtlassian VenturesEmergence Capital PartnersEnsemble VCHorizons VenturesIT-Farm Corporation+5 more
Kargo uses computer vision hardware ("Towers") installed at warehouse loading docks to capture freight events in real time and turn them into structured data.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSSan Francisco, US
Sam Lurye(Founder)in
Board seatSpencer Foust· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsActivant CapitalAvenir Growth CapitalB3 CapitalEvolution VC PartnersGaingelsGood Friends+11 more
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Doppel is an AI-native platform that protects organizations from social engineering attacks, AI-powered impersonation, phishing, and fraud through threat detection, infrastructure disruption, and employee security awareness training.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareCovina, US
Kevin Tian(Founder)inRahul Madduluri(Founder)inBobby Ford(Chief Security Officer)inKevin Tian Rahul Madduluri(Founder)
BoardZane Lackey(Director)inElliott Robinson(Director)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzBessemer Venture PartnersNTT DOCOMO VenturesScript Capital9Yards Capital515 Ventures+9 more
Eclipse Foods makes plant-based ice cream designed to replicate the taste and texture of dairy ice cream using plant-derived ingredients.
Climate TechConsumerFoodTechSan Francisco, US
Aylon Steinhart(Founder)inThomas Elliott Bowman(Founder)inThomas Bowman(Founder)inMatt GrebilinJess Chen(Internal Operations Manager)Katie Sedgwick(Director, People \u0026 Culture)
Board seatKoichiro Nakamura· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsGaingelsImpossible FinanceInitialized CapitalMETA GroupPioneerY Combinator+3 more
Anduril builds autonomous systems and software for defense and military applications, including attack aviation, unmanned aircraft, and underwater vehicles, unified by an autonomy platform.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechHardwareRobotics
Palmer Luckey(Founder)inBrian Schimpf(Founder)inTrae Stephens(Founder)inJoe Chen(Founder)Joseph Chen(Founder)inMatt Grimm(Founder)
Co-investors137 Ventures1435 Capital1Flourish Capital8VCAliya Capital PartnersAltra Venture+109 more
Anomali is a cybersecurity platform that combines a unified security data lake, threat intelligence, and agentic AI to help security teams detect, investigate, and respond to cyber threats.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareRedwood City, US
Hugh Njemanze(Founder)inAhmed RubaieinColby DeRodeff(Founder)Greg Martin(Founder)
BoardKarim Faris(Director)inSteve Harrick(Director)in
Co-investorsGaingelsGeneral CatalystGV (Google Ventures)In-Q-TelIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Lumia Capital+4 more
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AnyLive is an AI-powered live commerce platform that combines AI live streamers with human hosts to run continuous product live-streaming for global brands across multiple e-commerce platforms and languages.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceMarketing Tech
Applied Intuition develops physical AI software for autonomous and intelligent machines, including vehicles, robots, ships, and satellites across industries like automotive, defense, logistics, and manufacturing.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareRoboticsSunnyvale, US
Qasar Younis(Founder)inPeter Ludwig(Founder)inQasar Younis Peter Ludwig(Founder)
Co-investors137 VenturesAndreessen HorowitzBond Capital ManagementCatalytic Impact FoundationCoatue ManagementElad Gil+33 more
Aromyx develops biosensor technology that replicates human olfactory receptors to measure and quantify odors and flavors for product development, quality control, and consumer targeting across food, beverage, sustainability, and health industries.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechMountain View, US
Mark Mendel(Director)Christopher J. Hanson(Executive Officer, Director)Josh Silverman(Executive Officer, Director)Kieran Furlong(Director)Jeffrey Y. Suto(Executive Officer)Keith Milne(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsMindset VentureRadicle GrowthThundermark CapitalUlu VenturesUniversal Materials Incubator
Attentive provides a mobile-first customer engagement platform that enables brands to orchestrate email, SMS, RCS, push, and AI-powered campaigns.
AI & Machine LearningDirect to ConsumerMarketing TechHoboken, US
Andrew Jones(Founder)inBrian Culbertson Long(Executive Officer, Director)Amit Jhawar(Chief Executive Officer)Brian Long(Founder)
BoardScott Friend(Director)in
Co-investorsAliya Capital PartnersBain Capital VenturesCollective LiquidityDisney AcceleratorEQUIAMFounders Circle Capital+17 more
Azalea Therapeutics develops precision genome editing therapies that engineer T cells directly inside the patient's body to create cancer immunotherapies, using proprietary delivery vehicles to target and modify specific genetic loci without ex vivo cell manipulation.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechMedical DevicesSan Francisco, US
Jennifer Doudna(Co-founder, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry and Li Ka Shing Chancellor's Chair in Biomedical and Health Sciences, UC Berkeley)Rodolphe Barrangou(Co-founder, Associate Professor of Medicine, UCSF)Krishnendu Roy(Co-founder, Professor of Bioengineering, Stanford University)Connor Tsuchida(Scientific Cofounder)in
Co-investorsThird Rock VenturesRA CapitalYosemite
Callback was a Web3 company focused on driving blockchain adoption in Japan and building a community around it.
Crypto & Web3
Carbon Robotics builds AI-powered agricultural equipment, including the LaserWeeder for herbicide-free weed control and Carbon Autonomy Kits that add self-driving capability to John Deere tractors.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningRoboticsSan Francisco, US
Daniel Corkum(Director)Rosanna Myers(Executive Officer, Director)inPaul Mikesell(Founder)inDouglas Downs(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJay Lichter(Director)
Co-investorsBee PartnersBond Capital ManagementFUSEGiant Ventures Global LlpLDV CapitalNVIDIA+6 more
Carta is a cloud-based ERP platform for private capital markets that manages cap tables, equity administration, fund management, and valuations for startups, private companies, and venture funds globally.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Henry Ward(Founder)inManu Kumar(Founder)inCharly Kevers(Chief Financial Officer)inJeff Perry(Chief Revenue Officer)inNick Avery(Chief People Officer)inNicole Baer(Chief Marketing Officer)in
Co-investors4DX VenturesA*Adventure FundAlign VenturesAlumni VenturesAmity Ventures+76 more
Chainalysis provides investigative services and training programs for cryptocurrency compliance and risk mitigation.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3CybersecurityData & InfrastructureFintechNew York, US
Jonathan Levin(Founder)inMichael Gronager(Founder)inJan Møller(Founder)inRakib Azad(Executive Officer)in
BoardPhilippe Botteri(Director)inSarah Tavel(Director)in
Co-investorsAccelAdditionAlbionVCArchetypeBlackstoneBNY Mellon+36 more
Marlborough, US
RAYMOND DESABATO, JR.(Executive Officer, Director)Micha Breakstone(Founder)Roy Raanani(Founder)Russell Levy(Founder)
BoardKENNETH HEATER(Director)
Co-investorsEmergence Capital PartnersHaatchRedpoint Ventures
Not an actual company; "Financial Services" is a sector tag used to describe Sozo Ventures' investment focus areas.
Beaverton, US
Eric Gregg(Executive Officer, Director)inNathan Goff(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inAaron Green(Executive Officer, Director)Rory Eakin(Founder)Ryan Caldbeck(Founder)
Co-investorsCanaan PartnersClocktower VenturesEvolution VC PartnersGV (Google Ventures)Union Square Ventures (USV)QED Investors
Clearco provides funding to e-commerce businesses based on their sales data and revenue performance.
Direct to ConsumerE-commerceFintech
Michele Romanow(Founder)inTanay Delima(Founder)inIvan Gritsiniak(Founder)inAndrew Curtis(CEO)Andrew D'Souza(Founder)
Co-investorsBetter Tomorrow VenturesBow CapitalEmergence Capital PartnersFJ LabsFlyover CapitalFounders Circle Capital+15 more
project44 is a supply chain software company serving logistics and supply chain operations teams to improve visibility and efficiency across supply networks.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSChicago, US
Jett McCandless(Founder)in
Co-investors8VCBtomorrow VenturesChicago VenturesCorsa VenturesCota CapitalEmergence Capital Partners+17 more
CloudPassage developed Halo, a cloud workload security platform that provided automated visibility, compliance, and protection for servers and containers across public, private, and hybrid cloud environments.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Co-investorsComcast VenturesRunway Growth CapitalTenaya CapitalBenchmark
Cohesity provides cyber resilience software that helps organizations identify and protect the minimal critical datasets and systems needed to restart operations after ransomware attacks or disasters.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Jose, US
Mohit Aron(Founder)inSanjay Poonen(CEO and President)inTIMOTHY ROBBINS(Executive Officer)inLORENZO MONTESI(Executive Officer)inROB SALMON(Executive Officer)inSanjay Poonen (CEO)(Founder)
Co-investors3Spoke CapitalAccelAdit Ventures Management, LlcArtis VenturesBattery VenturesCisco Investments+27 more
Deel is a global HR platform that enables businesses to hire, onboard, and manage employees and contractors across borders.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechFuture of WorkHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Alex Bouaziz(CEO)inShuo Wang(CRO)inAlexandre Bouaziz(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Ofer Simon(Founder)Philippe Bouaziz(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inDan Westgarth(Founder)
Co-investors515 VenturesAdventure FundAlpha Square GroupAltaclub VCAltaIR CapitalAmplo Ventures+73 more
Dock provides a white-label customer portal platform that enables companies to manage projects, share files, track engagement, and handle renewals in a single collaborative workspace.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales Tech
Co-investorsCraft VenturesFive Four VenturesFjor FoundersOperator CollectiveRecall CapitalHearst Ventures+6 more
Dock is a collaborative workspace where users create teams of specialized AI agents that coordinate with one another to carry out departmental work.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Govind Kavaturi(Co-Founder)inMike Molinet(CEO)inAntonio Soares(Founder)Diogo Frenkel(Founder)
Co-investorsPioneerVela PartnersWSSY CombinatorAmino CapitalBlast.Club+8 more
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Zoom offers an AI-first work platform for video communication and collaboration, used by businesses for meetings, contact center operations, and customer engagement.
Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSan Jose, US
Darin Brown(Executive Officer, Director)David Kerr(Director)Eric Tobias(Director)Kelly Shearon(Director)
BoardScott D. Dorsey(Director)
Co-investorsBase PartnersBethnal Green VenturesEIT Urban Mobility AcceleratorElevate VenturesHorizons VenturesICONIQ+5 more
iDrishti is a social impact enterprise operating 12 eye care hospitals across districts in Karnataka, India, combining surgical hospitals, tele-ophthalmology vision centers, and mobile clinics to serve rural and lower-income patients.
Digital HealthHealthtechImpact & Social GoodBengaluru, IN
Rajesh Babu(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsEmergence Capital PartnersInsitorAlpha Intelligence CapitalAndreessen HorowitzBenhamou Global VenturesGusto+3 more
No factual description available; likely a sector classification label rather than a real startup.
Prasad Akella(Founder)
Co-investorsPresidio VenturesBGVEmergence Capital PartnersInsitor
Ema builds "Universal AI Employees" — AI agents designed to perform business tasks and automate repetitive work across an organization.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS
Surojit Chatterjee(Co-Founder & CEO)inSouvik Sen(Co-Founder & CTO)in
Co-investorsAccelS32Section 32Transpose Platform ManagementWipro VenturesAME Cloud Ventures+7 more
Ema is an enterprise platform for building "AI Employees" from plain-language intent, with agents that self-optimize and are grounded in a company's own context.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSMountain View, US
Surojit Chatterjee(Founder)inSouvik Sen(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelColle Capital PartnersFrontier VenturesHitachi VenturesSCB 10XWipro Ventures+7 more
Fastly provides an edge cloud network that enables developers to run, secure, and deliver websites and applications with lower latency by processing content closer to end users.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Simon Wistow(Founder)inPaul D. Luongo(Executive Officer)inWilliam Kaufmann(Executive Officer)Tyler McMullen(Executive Officer)inKip Compton(Chief Executive Officer and Director)in
BoardGil Penchina(Director)in
Co-investorsAmplify PartnersAugust CapitalBattery VenturesICONIQLobby CapitalRidge Ventures+6 more
Firebolt is a Postgres-compliant analytical database designed for engineers and AI agents, running from a single laptop binary to multi-node cloud clusters.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Eldad Farkash(Founder)inSaar Bitner(Founder)inBenjamin Wagner(CEO)in
Co-investorsAlkeon InnovationAngular VenturesBessemer Venture PartnersDawn CapitalGlynn Capital ManagementTLV Partners+7 more
Firebolt provides a fully managed solution for physical marketing activities, handling the design, manufacturing, and execution of materials such as illuminated LED signage, point-of-purchase displays, branded merchandise, and custom night tools for global brands and agencies.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareMarketing Tech
Co-investorsCleveland AvenueID VenturesAlkeon CapitalAngular VenturesBessemer Venture PartnersDawn Capital+4 more
Flexport provides an AI-driven platform for global supply chain management, offering logistics visibility, customs brokerage, and freight optimization for companies shipping goods internationally.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSSan Francisco, US
Ryan Petersen(CEO)inRyan Peterson(Executive Officer, Director)Sanne Manders(Executive Officer)inChristopher Ferro(Executive Officer)Sudhanshu Priyadarshi(Executive Officer)inDavid C. Petersen(Founder)in
Co-investors137 Ventures1435 Capital3Spoke Capital8VCAcequia Capital (AceCap)Adit Ventures Management, Llc+71 more
Genspark turns plain-English questions into live dashboards by querying a user's data, selecting charts automatically, and sharing them via a link.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSaaS
Eric Jing(Founder)Jiakai (Justin) Liu(Founder)Kay Zhu(Founder)Lenjoy Lin(Founder)ray zhong(Founder)Eric Jing Kay Zhu(Founder)
Co-investorsEmergence Capital PartnersLanchi VenturesLG Technology VenturesMARKHAM VALLEY VENTURESZhenFund
GetNeed is a company focused on enabling patients to achieve optimal cancer outcomes through accessible solutions in the digital health and oncology space.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Will Polkinghorn(Founder)inPetros Giannikopoulos(Founder)inBryan Roberts(Co-founder)Bob Kocher(Co-founder)
Co-investorsVenrock
Grammarly is an AI-powered writing assistant that helps users write with clarity and confidence across over 1 million apps and websites.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS
Max Lytvyn(Founder)inAlex Shevchenko(Founder)inDmytro Lider(Founder)inShishir Mehrotrain
Co-investorsArcher Capital GroupArcher Venture CapitalBoxGroupBreyer CapitalCapital B Private HoldingsDria Ventures+12 more
Handshake is a three-sided job marketplace connecting 25 million knowledge workers, 1,600+ educational institutions, and 1 million employers.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceEdTechFuture of WorkHR TechMarketplacesRetail TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Garrett Lord(Founder)inBen Christensen(Founder)inScott Ringwelski(Founder)inJoseph Poon(Founder)
Co-investorsCoatue ManagementGSV VenturesKleiner PerkinsLightspeed Venture PartnersNotable CapitalSpark Capital+19 more
Harmonic operates a database and software platform for venture capital firms to source early-stage startups in real-time, offering company data, team information, and investor network integration tools.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York, US
Max Ruderman(CEO)inAjay Sohmshetty(Founder)Austin Berke(Software Engineer)inEric Kim(Head of Legal)inJohn Matthews(Head of Data Operations)inAaron Bartel(Chief Revenue Officer)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesFin CapitalCivilization Ventures Management, LlcCraft VenturesFloodgateMVP Ventures+3 more
Haus Labs is a cosmetics brand that sells color makeup and skin-focused beauty products such as foundation, concealer, lip color, blush, highlighter, mascara, and setting powder directly to consumers.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerce
Ben Jones(Founder)Lady Gaga(Founder)
Co-investorsConnect VenturesGaingelsLightspeed Venture Partners
Hydrolix is a real-time data analytics platform that enables sub-second analytics at global scale for petabyte-scale log data, reducing infrastructure costs while providing instant insights from both real-time and historical data across distributed environments.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Marty Kagan(Founder)inHasan Alayi(Founder)Hasan Alayli(Founder)in
Co-investorsAV8 VenturesBand of AngelsBlumberg CapitalCostella KirschFrontline VenturesNava Ventures+8 more
Cision is a global media intelligence company that helps organizations identify and connect with journalists, influencers and online authors, distribute public relations and marketing communications, and measure their impact.
Marketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaSChicago, US
Co-investorsA-Rod CorpAllCloudAltitude AcceleratorAmpersandBlumberg CapitalBoulder Ventures+24 more
Not an actual company; "Customer Relationship Management" is a generic software category/sector label mistakenly scraped as a portfolio company name.
Co-investorsCloud Apps Capital PartnersEmergence Capital PartnersTogether Fund
Lambda operates cloud infrastructure and supercomputers purpose-built for AI training and inference, serving hyperscalers, enterprises, and frontier AI labs.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureSan Francisco, US
Stephen Balaban(Founder)inBenhamin Nelson(Executive Officer)Austen Allred(Executive Officer, Director)ML engineers in(Founder)Michael Balaban(Founder)
BoardJessica Verrilli(Director)
Co-investorsAccess Ventures (New York)Air Street CapitalAlpha Square GroupAlumni VenturesB Capital GroupB4 Capital+37 more
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Leaf uses predictive analytics and AI to identify optimal transportation contracting opportunities for shippers and carriers, helping them reduce costs, improve operations, and lower carbon emissions.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechLogistics & Supply Chain
Anshu Prasad(Founder)
Co-investorsDynamo VenturesFJ LabsMadrona Venture GroupMS&AD VenturesREFASHIOND VenturesSchematic Ventures+3 more
Lotame provides a data exchange marketplace and the Spherical data collaboration platform, which help marketers connect, enrich, activate, and target audience data across identity, curated marketplaces, and audience analytics.
AdTechData & InfrastructureMarketing TechColumbia, US
Andy Monfried(CEO)inMichael Sullivan(Executive Officer)Jeremy Pinkham(Executive Officer)inAdam Lehman(Executive Officer)in
BoardSatya Patel(Director)Jason Green(Director)in
Co-investorsBattery VenturesOpus CapitalSavano Capital PartnersEmergence Capital PartnersTrueBridge Capital Partners
MaintainX provides an AI-powered computerized maintenance management system and asset management platform designed for deskless frontline workers in industrial and operational settings.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareIoTSaaSSan Francisco, US
Chris Turlica(Founder)inHugo Dozois-Caouette(Founder)inStefan Cristian Turlica(Executive Officer, Director)Nick Haase(Founder)inMathieu Marengère-Gosselin(Founder)
BoardCharles Reim(Director)
Co-investorsAmity VenturesAugust CapitalBain Capital VenturesBessemer Venture PartnersCategory VenturesCrew Capital+11 more
MantaHealth provides an AI-powered platform for healthcare practices that automates insurance eligibility checks, prior authorizations, and patient out-of-pocket cost estimates.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Allan Cutler(Founder)in
Co-investorsAmplify.LA1843 CapitalBessemer Venture PartnersCoinFundCredo VenturesForestay Capital+4 more
Manta Cares is an independent company that builds tools and resources to support cancer patients, care partners, and care teams throughout the cancer experience.
Digital HealthHealthtechWellness & Fitness
Samira Daswani(Founder)inDouglas Blayney(Chief Medical Officer)in
Co-investors1843 CapitalPear VC
Mercy BioAnalytics develops diagnostic tests for early cancer detection using advanced proteomics and genomics technologies.
BiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesNatick, US
Paul Blavin(Co-Founder & Vice Chairman)inStanley Lapidus(Director)inDawn Mattoon, PhD(Chief Executive Officer)Joseph Sedlak(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardPaul Meister(Director)Sonja Hoel Perkins(Director)in
Co-investorsAvestria VenturesHatteras Venture PartnersiSelect FundMindshift CapitalNovalis LifeSciencesPortfolia+2 more
Metagenomi is a genetic medicines company developing therapies based on gene editing technologies to treat patients with serious diseases.
BiotechDeep TechHealthtechMedical DevicesBerkeley, US
Brian Thomas(Founder)inBrian Thomas Jillian Banfield(Founder)Jill Banfield(Founder)Jian Irish(President and CEO)
BoardAndrew Farquharson(Director)inJak Knowles(Director)
Co-investorsCatalio Capital Management, LPRA CapitalAgent CapitalFrazier Life SciencesHumboldtInCube Ventures+5 more
Molten Industries develops chemical reactor technology that splits natural gas into hydrogen and graphite using electrical resistive heating for battery anode production and industrial hydrogen supply.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechEnergyNew MaterialsWest Oakland, US
KevininCaleb Boyd(Founder)inKevin Bush(Founder)
Co-investorsATEL VenturesBreakthrough Energy VenturesFifty YearsJ4 VenturesMoai CapitalUnion Square Ventures (USV)+1 more
Neurotrack provides remote cognitive assessment tools for clinicians to detect early cognitive decline through eye-tracking technology, enabling earlier intervention for patients at risk of Alzheimer's and cognitive conditions.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesRedwood City, US
Elli Kaplan(Founder)inDr. Stuart Zola(Scientific Co-founder)Dr. Elizabeth Buffalo(Scientific Co-founder)Cecelia Manzanares(Founder)Elizabeth Buffalo(Founder)Stuart Zola(Founder)
Co-investorsRethink ImpactVenture Capital Investment Management
One Concern provides a data platform that quantifies physical climate risk and translates it into financial risk metrics, differentiating properties and businesses by their exposure to infrastructure-related business interruptions such as power outages and supply chain disruptions.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechInsurTechMenlo Park, US
Nicole Hu(Founder)inAhmad Wani(Founder)in
Co-investorsAmerican Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social ImpactAmplo VenturesGeodesic CapitalThink+ Ventures Management, LlcWestern Technology InvestmentThird Sphere
Energy efficiency through behavioral science
Alex Laskey(Founder)inDan Yates(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelAkkadian VenturesSavano Capital PartnersWingNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Panthalassa is building a planetary-scale clean energy platform designed to meet global energy demand through offshore deployment with zero emissions at ultra-low cost.
CleantechDeep TechEnergy
Garth Sheldon-Coulson(Founder)inBrian Moffat(Founder)
Co-investorsBeyond CapitalCollaborative FundCompoundGigascale CapitalHOF CapitalLowercarbon Capital+15 more
Pesto Mastercard offers affordable credit for people with poor or limited credit history, positioning itself as an alternative to high-cost pawn loans.
FintechSan Francisco, US
James Savoldelli(Founder)inMonica Dean(Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel)Gabriel Dorsch(Senior Software Engineer)Tim Richey(Head of Operations)Wes Berry(Software Engineer)Morgan Jefferson(Hiring Manager)
Co-investorsActivant CapitalCommerce VenturesCore Venture CapitalSoma CapitalTruStage VenturesY Combinator+12 more
Playco creates games designed to be played instantly across social platforms and messaging services like Facebook, LINE, Zoom, Microsoft, and Discord, without requiring downloads or app installations.
Gaming
Michael Carter(Founder)Justin Waldron(Founder)Takeshi Otsuka(Founder)Teddy Cross(Founder)
Co-investorsDreamers VCKortschak Investments L.P.Caffeinated CapitalDG Ventures, Inc.Digital GarageMakers Fund
Playco is an instant gaming company that develops web-based games playable across platforms without app downloads, designed for people to play together with friends and family.
Gaming
Michael Carter(Co-founder)Justin Waldron(Co-founder)inTakeshi Otsuka(Co-founder)inCross(Co-founder)
Co-investorsDreamers VCFirestreak VenturesGood AI CapitalMaiora Rebel VenturesMaven VenturesRoosh Ventures+5 more
Co-investorsScaleUP Ventures
Revinate operates a direct booking and customer data platform for hotels, using guest data to power marketing campaigns, reservation sales, and guest profiles that reduce reliance on online travel agencies.
Marketing TechSaaSTravel & HospitalityPalo Alto, US
Marc Heyneker(Co-founder; former CEO; Chairman)inJay (John B.) Ashton Jr.(Co-founder and original Chief Executive Officer)Bryson Koehler(Chief Executive Officer)inRaj Singh(Chief Strategy Officer after Go Moment acquisition)inJames Hornthal(Director)
BoardPeter Fenton(Director; Benchmark General Partner)in
Co-investorsIndustry VenturesTenaya CapitalBenchmark
Saronic builds autonomous surface vessels — including the 180-foot, long-range Marauder — along with Echelon, a command-and-control software layer for planning, simulating and operating single vessels or fleets.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechHardwareRoboticsAustin, US
Dino Mavrookas(Founder)inRob Lehman(Founder)inVibhav Altekar(Founder)inDoug Lambert(Founder)inPatrick DePriest(Chief Financial Officer)inSoo Cho(Chief People Officer)in
Co-investors1Flourish Capital8VCAdvent InternationalAlpha PartnersAndreessen HorowitzAnti+39 more
Select Star offers an automated data catalog that lets teams search, document, and understand their data assets, with features like a business glossary, data lineage, popularity metrics, and entity relationships.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
SHINJI KIM(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inShinji Kim(Founder)
Co-investors0 VenturesBackbone AngelsBowery CapitalCardinia VenturesData TechHumans Of The Internet+2 more
SentiLink provides fraud detection and identity verification products and data solutions for financial institutions and businesses.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureFintechSan Francisco, US
Max(Co-founder)Maxwell Blumenfeld(Founder)inNaftali Harris(Founder)inMax Blumenfeld(Founder)
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzCraft VenturesFelicis VenturesFifth Down CapitalFlexcap VenturesNew York Life Ventures+30 more
Cloud-based field service management software (acquired by GE Digital)
Pleasanton, US
Dave Yarnold(Founder)inSIMON EDWARDS(Executive Officer)inSOPHIE AMES(Executive Officer)inELIZABETH CARTER(Executive Officer)inDAVID KAHLEY(Executive Officer)inAMIT JAIN(Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsCloud Apps Capital PartnersCross Creek AdvisorsCrosslink CapitalEmergence Capital PartnersHarmonic Growth PartnersKleiner Perkins+5 more
ShopShops is a livestream shopping application for fashion, beauty, and lifestyle goods.
B2B MarketplacesConsumerE-commerceSocial
Liyia Wu(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAnsa CapitalFounder CollectiveLightShed VenturesThe Chernin Group (TCG Crypto)Union Square Ventures (USV)XRC+5 more
SmartHop provides software tools for trucking fleet operators to manage load booking, dispatch, and operations across spot market and contract freight.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSMiami, US
Guillermo Garcia(Founder)inMiguel Sucre(Founder)Joaquin Brillembourg(Founder)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesEqual VenturesGreycroftTechstarsTwo Culture CapitalUnion Square Ventures (USV)+3 more
Spot provides embedded insurance and financial protection solutions for experience-based businesses in the active and travel markets, such as ski resorts, tour operators, and booking platforms.
FintechInsurTechTravel & Hospitality
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesGreatPoint VenturesHabitat PartnersInterplay Ventures Early Stage Management LlcMS&AD VenturesBridge Latam+5 more
Physical therapy and musculoskeletal care
Virgílio ("V") Bento(Founder)inAndre Eiras dos Santos(Founder)Ivo Gabriel(Founder)Márcio Colunas(Founder)Virgilio Bento Marcio Colunas(Founder)Virgílio Bento(Founder)
Co-investorsArmilar Venture PartnersBond Capital ManagementDraycottEarl Grey CapitalFaberFounders Fund+11 more
Tensorleap develops tools for organizations to understand and debug deep learning models by analyzing how data and model representations interact.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Yotam Azriel(Founder)in
Co-investorsAngular VenturesVertex Ventures IsraelIndustry Ventures
Tessian provides AI-powered email security solutions that detect and prevent email-based cyberattacks and data loss for enterprises.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Tim Sadler(Founder)inEdward Bishop(Founder)inEd Bishop(Founder)Thomas Adams(Founder)Tom Adams(Founder)
Co-investorsAccelBalderton CapitalCrane Venture PartnersForgePoint CapitalLocalGlobeMarch Capital Partners+9 more
The Wound Company delivers telemedicine and in-person wound care services for patients with chronic wounds, surgical incisions, and ostomies, using certified wound care specialists to provide personalized treatment plans.
Digital HealthHealthtechSaaS
Co-investorsSusa Ventures
Turbine provides financing that lets venture capital firms and their limited partners borrow against fund positions and carried interest instead of selling them, giving GPs and LPs access to liquidity while retaining ownership.
Fintech
Mike Hurst(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAlpha EdisonTTV CapitalB Capital GroupB4 CapitalEvolution VenturesStartX+6 more
AGI infrastructure company solving the human intelligence bottleneck and empowering enterprises to harness generative AI.
AI & Machine LearningSilicon Valley, US
Siddharth Jonathan Jeyapandian Balasekar(Executive Officer, Director)Jonathan Siddharth(Founder)inVijay Krishnan(Founder)inIssei Yamamoto(Founder)Issei Yamamoto Shunsuke Aoki(Founder)Shunsuke Aoki(Founder)
Co-investorsAltaclub VCAltaIR CapitalAlumni VenturesAmino CapitalAngel Collective Opportunity FundAVV+34 more
Turing AI provides an AI-powered cloud video security platform, offering AI cameras, edge devices, and analytics that integrate with third-party systems such as Axis, Brivo, and Genea.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurity
Co-investorsAltaIR CapitalAmino CapitalFoothill VenturesFoundation CapitalCompany K PartnersFortius Ventures+6 more
Twitter, Inc. was the San Francisco social media company behind the Twitter microblogging service, merged into X Corp. in 2023.
Elon Musk(Owner (acquired 2022; merged into xAI 2025))inParag AgrawalinBiz Stone(Founder)Esther Crawford(Founder)Ethan Sutin(Founder)inEvan Williams(Founder)
Co-investorsAdventure FundAlpha Wave GlobalAvant Global LLCBaseline VenturesBetaworksBezos Expeditions+24 more
Vendr provides a SaaS pricing intelligence platform and AI-powered negotiation tools for procurement, finance, and IT teams to benchmark software costs and reduce overpayment.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSBoston, US
Ryan Neu(Founder)inDarius Contractor(Chief Product \u0026 Engineering Officer)Paige Durgin(Recruiting Manager)
BoardDavid Sacks(Director)inJeff Epstein(Director)
Co-investorsCraft VenturesSoftBank Vision FundY CombinatorTiger Global Management83NorthF-Prime Capital+7 more
Viz.ai uses artificial intelligence to accelerate care coordination in healthcare settings, reducing delays between patients and life-saving treatments.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesPalo Alto, US
David Golan(Founder)inDr Chris Mansi(Founder)inMICHAEL O'DONNELL(Executive Officer)Chris Mansi(Founder)
BoardDROR BERMAN(APPOINTMENT EFFECTIVE UPON THIS FINANCING.)in
Co-investorsCRV (Charles River Ventures)Geodesic CapitalGV (Google Ventures)Hakluyt CapitalKleiner PerkinsPear VC+8 more
Workera provides skills assessment and talent intelligence solutions, helping organizations evaluate technical capabilities and workforce readiness in AI and cloud technologies.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechEnterprise SoftwareHR TechPalo Alto, US
Kian Katanforoosh(CEO, Co-founder)inJames Lee(Founder)Andrew Ng(Workera Chairman)
Co-investorsAI FundAIX VenturesIn-Q-TelNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Owl VenturesPlug and Play Ventures+2 more
Yellow Card is a licensed stablecoin infrastructure provider operating across Africa, offering cryptocurrency and payment services aimed at solving financial, regulatory, and logistical problems in emerging markets.
Crypto & Web3FintechBirmingham, US
Chris Maurice(Founder)inJustin Poiroux(Founder)inKeith Hamlin(Director)Jason Marshall(Executive Officer)Joshua Rosenthal(Director)
BoardAleks Larsen(Director)in
Co-investorsAtlanta Technology AngelsBlockchain CapitalCastle Island VenturesDG Daiwa VenturesFabric VenturesFenbushi Capital+7 more
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Logistics ExchangeSPARROW LENDING PBCAI AgentAutonomous Surface VesselsBlockchain AnalysisBlue Secondary StackedClean Hydrogen & GraphiteCloud Data WarehouseCybersecurity CompanyFreight ForwarderOne ConcernOpenPowerText Marketing
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
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Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Sozo Ventures made?
- Sozo Ventures has 96 tracked investments, 13 of which have exited, including 16 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Sozo Ventures invest at?
- Sozo Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What sectors does Sozo Ventures focus on?
- Sozo Ventures focuses on AdTech, AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, E-commerce, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, IoT, Logistics & Supply Chain, Marketing Tech, Media & Entertainment, Mobility & Transportation, SaaS, Sector Agnostic, Travel & Hospitality.
- Where is Sozo Ventures located?
- Sozo Ventures is headquartered in Redwood City, US.
- Does Sozo Ventures lead rounds?
- Sozo Ventures has led 5 of the 28 rounds where its role is on record.
- Who does Sozo Ventures co-invest with?
- Sozo Ventures most often shares deals with Emergence Capital Partners, Kleiner Perkins, Founders Circle Capital, among 479 tracked co-investors.
- What size deals does Sozo Ventures back?
- Across 13 deals with disclosed amounts, Sozo Ventures has joined rounds of $6M – $140M (median $37M).
Co-investors · 16
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, known for pioneering the platform model with a large team of operators supporting founders across stages.
Emergence Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders building B2B software companies, from early-stage cloud and SaaS pioneers to AI-native innovators.
Union Square Ventures is a New York-based venture capital firm that invests across a broad range of technology sectors, presenting a large portfolio spanning crypto, fintech, climate, AI, education, health, and marketplaces.
Tiger Global Management operates public equity strategies (long/short, long-focused and crossover) and a private equity business investing in early- through late-stage growth companies across new and existing industries.
Founders Fund is a venture capital firm that backs technology companies building transformative products.
Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs bold, early-stage, technology-driven companies across deep tech and other sectors, providing hands-on 'venture assistance' to help founders build category-defining businesses.
Wing Venture Capital is an early-stage venture fund backing founders building the AI-first economy across infrastructure, enterprise, physical, domain-specific, security, and healthcare AI.
QED Investors is a venture capital firm focused on financial services, founded by former Capital One executives to back founders bringing transparency and fairness to fintech.
Saga Ventures is a $125M seed fund led by a trio combining career investor, GTM operator, and ML/fintech founder backgrounds, positioning itself as a return to traditional venture with a small partnership focused on deep company building. The firm backs hard problems in infrastructure-like categories including defense tech, space manufacturing, industrial automation, and AI infrastructure, emphasizing fundamentals-driven investing over hype cycles with $2-4M checks at pre-seed and seed stages.
Playground Global is a venture capital firm that invests in deep tech companies built by scientists and engineers, spanning next-generation compute, automation, energy, and computational biology.
Matter Venture Partners is a venture capital firm focused on HardTech, combining deep operational experience and relationships with industry leaders to help HardTech startups scale.
S3 Ventures is a venture capital firm, founded over twenty years ago, backed by a single limited partner—a multi-billion dollar philanthropic family office foundation.
▶4 more co-investors
Schematic VenturesEqual VenturesEverywhere VenturesRethink Capital Partners
Firms observed investing alongside Sozo Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Sozo Ventures's recorded portfolio.
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