Allen Miner
Founder & General Partner @ Sunbridge Partners
Tokyo, Japan
Allen Miner is a founder/General Partner of SunBridge Partners and the founder/CEO of SunBridge Corporation. Allen has significant experience in Internet, enterprise and open-source software, entrepreneurship, and international technology transfer. Allen has been actively involved in each of the firm’s investments resulting in numeroussuccessful IPOs, including salesforce.com, MacroMill, ITMedia and G-Mode, among others. Allen is currently a member of the Board of Directors of salesforce Japan.Allen graduated from Brigham Young University with degrees in Computer Science and Asian Studies. He joined Oracle Corporation in 1986 and was dispatched to Japan, where he founded and helped lead Oracle Japan to a successful IPO on the Japan stock market. Allen returned from Japan in 1996 to serve as Oracle’s Vice President in charge of Linux/Open Source.Allen created SunBridge Corporation in 1999. Allen currently serves on the Boards of several SunBridge portfolio companies and as an advisor to government-affiliated organizations focused on innovation and entrepreneurship. He was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Japan Venture Capital Association upon its founding in 2002.
- Total investments:
- 38
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 16%
Last updated:
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Industries Allen Miner invests in
Stages Allen Miner invests in
Countries Allen Miner invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $600k–$16M
- Series B
- $3.1M–$20M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 8 (21%)
- Food and Beverage 6 (16%)
- SaaS 5 (13%)
- Information Technology 5 (13%)
- Cloud Computing 4 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 8 (21%)
- Funding Round 8 (21%)
- Series B 4 (11%)
- Angel 2 (5%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (5%)
Country
- Japan 16 (42%)
- United States 7 (18%)
- Singapore 2 (5%)
- Canada 1 (3%)
- Argentina 1 (3%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| U-ZERO provides services as an integrated partner for its implementation and establishment. | $5.9M / Seed / Jun 03, 2026 | ||
| Philduct offers operations and develops DPEARL. They also offer digital oral health business services. They provide mouthpiece-type orthodontic services that utilize 3D printers and CAD. They also provide services for dental clinics. | $2M / Series A / Oct 02, 2024 | ||
| BONAVENTURA is a luxury leather goods brand redefining the essence of next-generation luxury under the vision of 'Beyond Luxury,' combining a robust e-commerce foundation with an expanding network of retail stores.Embark on life's journey with BONAVENTURA, where Italian craftsmanship meets timeless design. Blending elegance,functionality, and premium materials, our creations are crafted to bring lasting joy and stand the test of time.The name "BONAVENTURA" and our symbol "Infinity Clover' symbolize good luck and eternal happiness for those who cherish life’s moments. | Angel / Oct 01, 2023 | ||
| Favy is a platform that enables businesses such as restaurants and beauty salons to launch subscription services. | $2.2M / Series C / Mar 08, 2023 | ||
| Michroma is a biotech platform that produces natural ingredients in a sustainable, scalable, and cost-effective way. It uses synthetic biology to unleash the potential of filamentous fungi and develop proprietary strains capable of producing high-performance ingredients in bioreactors.Our first products are extremely pH and thermal stable foodcolorants which we are prototyping with some of the top food & beverage and cosmetic companies in the world. We are also producing mycoprotein and many more ingredients to come. It accelerated by Indiebio (Batch 9) and we are part of Mista. Michroma is based in Rosario, Argentina and San Francisco, USA. | $6.4M / Seed / Feb 01, 2023 | ||
| UMAMI UNITED is Japanese inspired plant-based food brand.We are willing to enrich the alt-protein market with unique and innovative Japanese ingredients. Our products are packed full of UMAMI flavor which provides an intense and savory flavor. The first product is UMAMI Egg which is made from Konjac powder as main ingredient. | $500K / Pre-Seed / Jan 27, 2023 | ||
| VCook is a website for posting recipes that offer vegan food. They give users the ability to search for and save vegan recipes on VCook. They post and share vegan recipes with everyone. | $860.2K / Seed / Jan 26, 2023 | ||
| Shigeyoshi is a group of restaurants that serves traditional dishes and recipes for tourists and local visitors. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 20, 2022 | ||
| Foodcode is a food company revolutionizing the dining experience with innovative restaurant concept to enhance the dining experience. | $3.1M / Series B / May 25, 2022 | ||
| Motion Gestures is a Canadian machine learning startup specializing in gesture recognition software. Motion Gestures specializes in machine learning-based gesture recognition software and was founded in Waterloo, Canada in 2016. The company aims to enable the rapid development and deployment of gesture-enabled interfaces for systems, devices, andapps. Its software supports advanced 2D and 3D gestures using motion, touch, and vision sensors and can be deployed on the cloud, gateway/hub, and embedded platforms. Developers are offered free licenses to the cloud SDK and can quickly create and test any gesture using their smartphones. | $2M / Seed / Feb 16, 2021 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Sunbridge Partners
SunBridge Partners is a venture capital firm focused on helping global leaders in enterprise software and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) enter and become growth success stories in the Japanese market. SunBridge successfully co-founded Concur (Japan), Marketo Japan, Demandware Japan, and Kyriba Japan, creating over $1.3B in Japan JV valuation in partnership with JV parent companies worth over $195B in total. SunBridge, with offices in Japan and the U.S., has invested over $100m in more than 65 portfolio companies.
Sunbridge Partners Contacts
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Ken Ehrhart
Cofounder, General Partner
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Paul Grim
General Partner
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Akira Kitamura
Venture Partner
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Allen Miner
Founder & General Partner
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John Gannon
General Partner
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FAQ
What does Allen Miner invest in?
Allen Miner invests primarily in Software, Food and Beverage and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 38 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Allen Miner invest in?
Allen Miner typically joins rounds of $600k–$16M at Seed and $3.1M–$20M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Allen Miner's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Allen Miner took part in.
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When did Allen Miner last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Allen Miner closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 38 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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