# Allen Miner

> Allen Miner is a seed investor at SunBridge (Tokyo) backing Software and Food and Beverage. See 38 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [SunBridge](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sunbridge)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 38
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 16%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/allen-miner/2/508/161
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/allenminer
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002579992879&fref=ts

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.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $600k–$16M |
| Series B | $3.1M–$20M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 9 | 24% |
| Food and Beverage | 6 | 16% |
| Information Technology | 5 | 13% |
| Retail | 4 | 11% |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 11% |

79 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 21% |
| Funding Round | 8 | 21% |
| Series B | 4 | 11% |
| Angel | 2 | 5% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 5% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 16 | 42% |
| United States | 7 | 18% |
| Singapore | 2 | 5% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |
| Argentina | 1 | 3% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| U-ZERO | U-ZERO provides services as an integrated partner for its implementation and establishment. | $5.9M | Seed | Jun 03, 2026 |  |
| Philduct | Philduct accelerates oral health with technology. | $2M | Series A | Oct 02, 2024 |  |
| BONAVENTURA | 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 | Favy is a platform that enables businesses such as restaurants and beauty salons to launch subscription services. | $2.2M | Series C | Mar 08, 2023 |  |
| Favy | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Shigeyoshi is a group of restaurants that serves traditional dishes and recipes for tourists and local visitors. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 20, 2022 |  |
| Foodcode | 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 |  |

10 of 38 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SunBridge](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sunbridge) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Innovation Network Corporation of Japan](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innovation-network-corp-of-japan) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Sunbridge Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sunbridge-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [SAP Concur](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/concur-technologies) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hankyu Hanshin](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hankyu-hanshin) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Japan Finance Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/japan-finance-corporation-54d8) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About SunBridge

VC Fund · Shibuya, Japan

SunBridge is a professional service company specializing in digital transformation around Salesforce. The company supports globalization of IT companies in Japan and overseas and is a value-added reseller of top-class global enterprise software products. It also developed a cloud solution business centered on Salesforce-related solutions.Theyprovide support for the introduction and establishment of Salesforce while providing business consulting using marketing automation and a wide range of system development services using Salesforce's CRM platform and Heroku. It also provides Salesforce solutions & services including fixing service, Salesforce related solutions, cloud data protection solution, salesforce implementation support service, app exchange application Zip code search and search solution Accela series and business card digitization service for Salesforce SmartVisca.In addition to the management of group companies, Sunbridge Corporation conducts investment businesses such as establishing joint ventures with leading overseas companies.SunBridge was established in October 2012 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

5 contacts available at SunBridge.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Allen Miner | Founder & Group CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allen-miner |
| Hiroyuki Ono | President and Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hiroyuki-ono-bc64 |
| Kenji Uchida | Corporate Auditor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kenji-uchida |
| Takuya Kajikawa | Director and Human Resources and Organizational Officer (CPO) | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/takuya-kajikawa |
| Takuya Sasakawa | Director and Human Resources / Organizational Officer (CPO) | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/takuya-sasakawa |

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## FAQ

### What does Allen Miner invest in?

Allen Miner invests primarily in Software, Food and Beverage and Information Technology 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 is Allen Miner's check size?

Allen Miner typically joins rounds of $600k–$16M at Seed and $3.1M–$20M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Allen Miner participates in.

### 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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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