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Sozo Ventures is a cross-border venture capital firm founded in 2012 that backs category-leading US technology companies at the 'Readiness Stage' and accelerates their global expansion, particularly into Japan, through a network of 100+ strategic partners.
Deal activity decreased year-over-year (3 deals in the last 12 months vs 6 prior). Average disclosed round size is $60.1M (across 44 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
43
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Series B
Last 12 Mo
4
Team
Phil Wickham
Executive Managing Director
Rob Freelen
Managing Director
Mitch Underseth
Venture Partner
Paul T. Masuda
Venture Partner
Ray Hatoyama
Venture Partner
Samira Daswani
Venture Partner
LM
Lauren MacDonald
Principal
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
48 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Senra Systems | Series B | $65M | Jul 2026 |
| SSenra | Series B | $65M | Jul 2026 |
 Panthalassa | Series B | $140M | Jan 2026 |
 Doppel | Series C | $70M | Nov 2025 |
 Mercy BioAnalytics | Series B | $59M | Sep 2025 |
| MMercy Bio | Series B | $59M | Sep 2025 |
| Doppel | Series B | $35M | May 2025 |
| DDoppel Inc | Series B | — | May 2025 |
 Turbine | Unknown | $22M | Apr 2025 |
 Turbine Finance | Series A | $13M | Apr 2025 |
 Hydrolix | Series C | $80M | Apr 2025 |
 Turing | Series E | $111M | Mar 2025 |
 Turing | Unknown | $111M | Jan 2025 |
 STORD | Series E | — | Jan 2025 |
| SStord, Inc. | Series E | — | Jan 2025 |
| TTuring | Series E | $111M | Jan 2025 |
 Molten Industries | Series A | $25M | Jan 2024 |
| MMercy Bio | Series A | $41M | Apr 2023 |
 Workera | Series B | $23.5M | Mar 2023 |
 Select Star | Series A | $15M | Jan 2023 |
 Harmonic | Series A | $23M | Nov 2022 |
 project44 | Growth | $80M | Nov 2022 |
 Eclipse Foods | Series B | $40M | Jun 2022 |
 Stord | Series D | $120M | May 2022 |
 SmartHop | Series B | $30M | Apr 2022 |
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Top Co-Investors
Founders Fund7 shared
Emergence Capital7 shared
Bessemer Venture Partners5 shared
General Catalyst5 shared
Andreessen Horowitz5 shared
Gaingels4 shared
Strategic Cyber Ventures4 shared
9Yards Capital4 shared
South Park Commons4 shared
Kleiner Perkins4 shared
BOND4 shared
8VC4 shared
Sapphire Ventures4 shared
Sequoia Capital4 shared
WestBridge Capital3 shared
MVP Ventures3 shared
Amino Capital3 shared
UpHonest Capital3 shared
AltaIR Capital3 shared
NTT DOCOMO Ventures3 shared
Last updated: 8 September 2026