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    MS&AD Ventures

    Menlo Park, California, United StatesFounded 2018

    MS&AD Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Japan's first insurance-backed CVC. Based in Menlo Park, California, it invests in early-stage technology companies across Insurtech, Fintech, AI, Healthcare, and Mobility.

    Deal activity decreased year-over-year (1 deals in the last 12 months vs 3 prior). Average disclosed round size is $24.0M (across 46 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    47

    Fund Size

    $400M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    4

    Team

    Jon Soberg

    Jon Soberg

    CEO and Managing Partner

    CM

    Chris Murphy

    Investment Partner

    Chris Murphy

    Chris Murphy

    Investment Partner

    Hiroshi Otake

    Hiroshi Otake

    Venture Partner

    Ken Sobajima

    Ken Sobajima

    Venture Partner

    Marco Stutz

    Marco Stutz

    Investment Partner

    Mark Yanagisawa

    Mark Yanagisawa

    Partner

    Moritz Gillmair

    Moritz Gillmair

    Investment Partner

    Hiro Sakai

    Hiro Sakai

    Senior Associate / Manager

    Koyo Tsuchiya

    Koyo Tsuchiya

    Senior Associate / Manager

    Luca Meguro

    Luca Meguro

    Senior Associate / Manager

    Stephanie Ren

    Stephanie Ren

    Senior Associate

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    55 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Skalar logoSkalarSeedJul 2026
    Omniscient logoOmniscientSeed$3.7MApr 2026
    Skalar logoSkalarPre-SeedJan 2026
    SolvaPay logoSolvaPayPre-SeedJan 2026
    DeepLinq A.I Pte. Ltd. logoDeepLinq A.I Pte. Ltd.Series A$8.5MMay 2025
    Flex logoFlexUnknown$25MJan 2025
    Spot logoSpotSeries CJan 2025
    Credibur logoCrediburPre-Seed$2.2MJan 2025
    Inshur logoInshurUnknown$19MOct 2024
    Bounti logoBountiSeed$16MSep 2024
    Sidekick logoSidekickSeed$5.7MMay 2024
    Armilla logoArmillaSeed$4.5MFeb 2024
    Kapital Bank logoKapital BankSeries B$40MDec 2023
    Kapital logoKapitalSeries A$40MDec 2023
    Kapital logoKapitalSeries B$40MDec 2023
    Flex logoFlexSeries A$120MSep 2023
    Briya logoBriyaSeries A$11.5MSep 2023
    Accelerant logoAccelerantGrowth$150MJun 2023
    EtherMail logoEtherMailSeed$4MMar 2023
    Assured Allies logoAssured AlliesSeries B$42.5MMar 2023
    Mulberri logoMulberriSeries A$6.8MJan 2023
    Spot logoSpotSeries B$40MNov 2022
    Hourly logoHourlySeries A$32MNov 2022
    Future Family logoFuture FamilySeries B$25MApr 2022
    Socotra logoSocotraSeries C$50MMar 2022
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    Last updated: 7 September 2026