Sozo Ventures IV

About Sozo Ventures IV

Sozo Ventures IV is a venture capital firm based in United States, focusing on Series A stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in E-Commerce, Deep Tech, SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StageSeries A

Industry Focus

Deep Tech

Ecommerce

Saas

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Category-defining tech founder targeting global/Japan expansion

global expansion

enterprise cloud

fintech & data tech

seed to pre-IPO

Japan market access

Bullish Signals

Portfolio includes Zoom, Palantir, Coinbase, Squareexternal

Founded 2012, seed to pre-IPO rangeexternal

Strong Japan enterprise network & introsexternal

Multiple public exits (NASDAQ/NYSE)external

Pre-investment customer intros confirmed by CEOswebsite

US + Tokyo offices, dual-market presencewebsite

Broad portfolio: AI, cyber, genomics, fintechwebsite

Fastly, MongoDB, MDB exits via NASDAQwebsite

USV's Fred Wilson co-invested via Sozowebsite

Applied Intuition: intros pre-investment confirmedwebsite

Opower Japan team grew 4x with Sozowebsite

Acquisitions: GE, Fidelis, ZoomInfo, Shopifywebsite

Eric Yuan (Zoom) endorses Japan market accesswebsite

Palantir CEO cites key customer intros by Sozowebsite

Neurotrack: multiple customers signed via Sozowebsite

Deep portfolio: autonomous vehicles, hydrogen, blockchainwebsite

Contrarian Signals

Japan focus limits broader global reachexternal

No GP team publicly listedexternal

Niche geographic angle, not lead investorexternal

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Founder Do's

Targeting Japan/global expansion early

Enterprise cloud, fintech, or healthIT focus

Open to hands-on market entry support

Category leader potential in your space

Welcome strategic intros before term sheet

Founder Don'ts

Don't expect passive capital only

Don't ignore Japan as growth market

Don't come without global ambition

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Fund Overview

Fund Size$500M

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Key People

Hil Wickham, Koichiro Nakamura