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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 (5 deals in the last 12 months vs 9 prior). Average disclosed round size is $67.4M (across 62 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
52
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Series B
Last 12 Mo
5
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
68 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Senra Systems | Series B | $65M | Jul 2026 |
| SSenra | Series B | $65M | Jul 2026 |
 Panthalassa | Series B | $140M | May 2026 |
| Panthalassa | Series B | $140M | Jan 2026 |
| DDoppel Inc | Series C | $70M | Nov 2025 |
 Manta Cares | Seed | $5.4M | Oct 2025 |
 Mercy BioAnalytics | Series B | $59M | Sep 2025 |
| MMercy Bio | Series B | $59M | Sep 2025 |
| SStord, Inc. | Series E | — | May 2025 |
 Stord | Series E | — | May 2025 |
| DDoppel Inc | Series B | — | May 2025 |
 Turbine | Series A | $22M | Apr 2025 |
| TTurbine 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 |
 MaintainX | Series D | $150M | Jan 2025 |
| SStord, Inc. | Series E | — | Jan 2025 |
 Turing | Series E | $111M | Jan 2025 |
 Ema | Series A | $36M | Jul 2024 |
 Molten Industries | Series A | $25M | Jan 2024 |
| MMercy Bio | Series A | $41M | Apr 2023 |
| Mercy BioAnalytics | Series A | $41M | Apr 2023 |
 Workera | Series B | $23.5M | Mar 2023 |
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Top Co-Investors
Founders Fund12 shared
Emergence Capital8 shared
Bessemer Venture Partners7 shared
Kleiner Perkins6 shared
BOND6 shared
Sapphire Ventures6 shared
General Catalyst6 shared
Sequoia Capital6 shared
Gaingels5 shared
Andreessen Horowitz5 shared
Tiger Global Management, LLC5 shared
Franklin Templeton5 shared
Strike Capital5 shared
Baillie Gifford5 shared
UpHonest Capital4 shared
8VC4 shared
Accel4 shared
Labcorp4 shared
iSelect Fund4 shared
Lowercarbon Capital4 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026