About Sozo Ventures
Sozo Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2012. It is primarily based out of Redwood City, United States. As of May 2025, Sozo Ventures is an active investor, having invested in 52 companies, with 6 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Series B round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Retail. Most recently it led the $4.25M Seed round of The Wound Company along with Susa Ventures.
Overall, Sozo Ventures portfolio has seen 15 unicorns, 6 IPOs and 7 acquisitions including key companies like Coinbase, Palantir and MongoDB. A lot of funds co-invest with Sozo Ventures, with names like Tiger Global Management sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Sozo Ventures has team of 18 people including 4 partners.
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Sozo Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Sozo Ventures has invested in 52 companies over the last 12 years, with an average of 3 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2024, it made 3 investments, while as of May 2025, it has made 4 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Doppel and most recent follow-on round was in Carbon Robotics.
Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1stÌý¸é´Ç³Ü²Ô»å | Follow-on | Total | |
2025 (YTD) | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2024 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2022 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
2021 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
2020 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2018 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
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Sozo Ventures' Investments by Stage
Sozo Ventures has made 11 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $34.5M, 7 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $31.1M and 7 investments in Series C stage with an average round size of $51.9M.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series B | 11 |
Series A | 7 |
Series C | 7 |
Series D | 6 |
Series E | 3 |
Others | 3 |
Sozo Ventures' Investments by Sector
Sozo Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications, Enterprise Infrastructure and Vertical SaaS. Notably, it has invested in 50 Tech companies, 47 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 34 Software companies and at least 25 companies focusing on Saas.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 24 |
High Tech | 20 |
Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications | 13 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 7 |
Vertical SaaS | 6 |
Others | 51 |
Sozo Ventures' Investments by Geography
Sozo Ventures has made most investments in United States (46), followed by Canada where it has made 2 investments.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 32 |
Canada | 1 |
Israel | 1 |
Japan | 1 |
United Kingdom | 1 |
Sozo Ventures' recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by Sozo Ventures:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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May 02, 2025 | United States | Series B | $35M | ||
Apr 04, 2025 | United States | Series A | $13M | Alpha Edison [+3] | |
Apr 03, 2025 | United Kingdom | Series C | $80M | QED Investors [+11] | |
Mar 06, 2025 | United States | Series E | $111M | ||
Oct 21, 2024 | United States | Series D | $70M | Bond Capital [+6] |
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Here is a list of unicorns in Sozo Ventures' portfolio:
ÃØÃÜÑо¿Ëù Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
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64 | Developer of AI and cloud-powered care coordination software for stroke | 2016 | San Francisco | Series D | ebv{lvd | ||
58 | Cloud-based big data warehouse for enterprise data management | 2019 | Tel Aviv | Series C | kxbp{qe | ||
59 | Provider of talent as a service for on demand software development solutions | 2018 | Palo Alto | Series E | mzsearh | ||
65 | Provider of digital therapeutics for physical rehabilitation | 2015 | - | Series D | othvtxi | ||
64 | AI based conversational marketing solutions for ecommerce businesses | 2016 | New York | Series E | ihbraow |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Sozo Ventures' Portfolio
Here are Sozo Ventures' portfolio companies that went public:
Acquired companies in Sozo Ventures' Portfolio
Here are Sozo Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
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Mar 06, 2025 | Mar 05, 2014 | Series D | $15M | |
Oct 30, 2023 | May 21, 2021 | Series C | $65M | |
Jun 01, 2023 | - | - | - | |
Nov 17, 2022 | Mar 04, 2014 | Series E | $71M | |
Jul 13, 2021 | Jul 28, 2020 | Series C | $45M |
Team profile of Sozo Ventures
Sozo Ventures has a team of 18 membersÌýincluding 4 Partners, 4 Venture Partners and 8 PrincipalsÌýlocated in United States and Japan. Sozo Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in Sozo Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact details |
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Partner | Palo Alto | - | ||
Partner | Los Gatos | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | Santa Monica | - | ||
Venture Partner | Palo Alto | - | ||
Venture Partner | Japan | - | - | |
Venture Partner | - | - | ||
Venture Partner | Seattle | - | ||
Principal | Palo Alto | - | - | |
Principal | Japan | - | ||
Principal | San Francisco | - |
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Over the past 12 years, 417 investors have co-invested in Sozo Ventures's portfolio companies.
- Invested before Sozo Ventures:ÌýEmergence Capital, Accel and 209 others have invested in rounds before Sozo Ventures. There are 7 companies where Emergence Capital has invested before Sozo Ventures and 4 companies where Accel has invested before Sozo Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Sozo Ventures:Ìý130 investors entered a company along with Sozo Ventures. These include investors like Tiger Global Management (3 companies).
- Invested after Sozo Ventures:ÌýA total of 76 investors have invested in Sozo Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include GIC (2 companies), Elad Gil (2 companies) and Coatue (2 companies).
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