Fundraising Fox

Phil Wickham

Investor

Managing Director at Sozo Ventures

Los Gatos, California

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

About

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.

Contact· published on Phil's own website

Experience

  1. Sozo VenturesManaging Directorcurrent2011 — presentPalo Alto, CA
  2. Sozo VenturesManaging Director2011 — 2016
  3. Center for Venture EducationExecutive Chairman, President and CEO Emerituscurrent2008 — presentPalo Alto, CA
  4. LotameBoard Membercurrent2014 — presentNew York, NY
  5. CreandumAdvisor2006 — 2010
  6. TL VenturesVenture Partner2006 — 2007San Mateo, CA
  7. Copan, Inc.Managing Director2002 — 2006
  8. JAFCO America VenturesPartner1999 — 2001Palo Alto, CA
  9. JAFCO America VenturesPrincipal1997 — 1998Palo Alto, CA
  10. JAFCO America VenturesAssociate1996 — 1997Palo Alto, CA
  11. Flagship VenturesAssociate, Kauffman Fellow (Charter Class)1995 — 1996Boston, MA

Skills & more

Management13Strategic Planning5Strategy21Leadership10Venture Capital80Entrepreneurship75Private Equity16Start-ups99Product Management5Corporate Development29Product Development4Mergers & Acquisitions15
+9 moreAngel InvestingStrategic PartnershipsCorporate FinanceDue DiligenceBusiness StrategyBusiness PlanningManagement ConsultingCleantechBusiness Development

From Phil's professional profile.

Investments

Investor

ChainalysisCircleUpCoinbaseCom21Docket HQFastlyFlexportIkanosMongoDBNeurotrackOne ConcernPalantirRevinateServiceMaxSquareTwitterWeb Methods

Per the firm's website.

Colleagues at Sozo Ventures

Aantorik Ganguly
Associate at Sozo Ventures
Alaina N. Watts
Assistant Controller at Sozo Ventures
Bob Roe
VP, Narrative Development at Sozo Ventures
Clay Gary
Venture Partner at Sozo Ventures
Edwin Ong
Chief of Staff at Sozo Ventures
Elena Winefeld
CFO at Sozo Ventures
Janhavi Sawant
Accountant at Sozo Ventures
Jessica Eschen
Administrative Assistant at Sozo Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Phil Wickham?
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.
Where does Phil Wickham work?
Phil Wickham is Managing Director at Sozo Ventures.
What check size does Phil Wickham write?
Phil Wickham typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
What companies has Phil Wickham invested in?
Investments tracked here include Chainalysis, CircleUp, Coinbase, Com21, Docket HQ, Fastly, Flexport, Ikanos, MongoDB, Neurotrack, One Concern, Palantir, and 5 more.
Where did Phil Wickham go to school?
Phil Wickham studied at RPI Lally School of Management (MBA, Decision Sciences); University of Arizona (BS, Mechanical Engineering).

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Also attended RPI Lally School of Management3

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Also attended University of Arizona95

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Shared employers

Also worked at Sozo Ventures9

Koichiro NakamuraSenior Managing Director at Sozo VenturesSpencer FoustManaging Director at Sozo VenturesRay HatoyamaVenture Partner at Sozo VenturesYoshihiro KoharaPrincipal at Sozo VenturesKazuhiro KobayashiHead of Japan at Sozo VenturesTetsu NomuraPrincipal at Sozo Ventures

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Also worked at Center for Venture Education381

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Also worked at Creandum49

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Also worked at JAFCO America Ventures9

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