Sumitomo Corporation of Americas
Sumitomo Corporation of Americas (SCOA) is the U.S. subsidiary of Japan's Sumitomo Corporation, a leading integrated trading and business investment company. SCOA pursues productive trade, marketing, and investment partnership opportunities across the Americas, with a corporate venture capital arm (Presidio Ventures) investing in early-to-growth stage startups.
60% of their portfolio is in Climate & Energy. Average disclosed round size is $118.9M (across 8 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
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Fund Size
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Top Stage
Unknown
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
Haruyasu Asakura
Outside Director
Kotaro Tameda
General Manager for the Americas,President and CEO of Sumitomo Corporation of Americas Group,Director and President of Sumitomo Corporation of Americas
Mitsuhiro Takeda
Director, Full-Time Audit & Supervisory Committee Member
Nana Otsuki
Outside Director
Nobuo Inada
Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member
Reiji Morooka
Director, Executive Vice President
Shingo Ueno
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
Taisei Kunii
Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member
Takahisa Takahara
Outside Director
Takashi Mitachi
Outside Director
Yasuhiro Yoshida
Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer
Yasuko Gotoh
Outside Director
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
Portfolio
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 SHINE Technologies | Unknown | $240M | Jan 2026 |
 Independence Hydrogen | Unknown | — | Jul 2025 |
 Strategic Biofuels | Unknown | — | Feb 2024 |
 Plasmonics | Series C | $76M | Nov 2022 |
| SSyzygy | Series C | $76M | Nov 2022 |
 Tae Technologies | Series C | $250M | Jul 2022 |
| Tae Technologies | Growth | $250M | Jan 2022 |
 Arevo | Series B | $12.5M | Aug 2020 |
 Arevo | Series B | $25M | Jan 2020 |
 Avia | Unknown | $22M | Oct 2019 |
Top Co-Investors
Last updated: 20 October 2026