# MS&AD Ventures

> MS&AD Ventures is a VC fund backing Financial Services and FinTech. See 172 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, United States
- Total investments: 172
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ms-ad-ventures/
- Website: https://www.msad.vc

MS&AD Ventures is an early-stage venture fund focused on big data businesses related to the insurance industry. It specializes in the fields of venture capital, financial services, and finance. It was founded in 2018 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.9M–$14M |
| Series A | $5.5M–$27M |
| Series B | $15M–$50M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 33 | 19% |
| FinTech | 30 | 17% |
| Insurance | 27 | 16% |
| InsurTech | 26 | 15% |
| Software | 23 | 13% |

128 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 40 | 23% |
| Series A | 37 | 22% |
| Series B | 16 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 8 | 5% |
| Pre-Seed | 7 | 4% |

14 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 53 | 31% |
| Germany | 11 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 10 | 6% |
| Singapore | 9 | 5% |
| Israel | 6 | 3% |

11 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chris Murphy | Venture Partner | 65 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-murphy-3 |
| Jon Soberg | Managing Partner | 143 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jon-soberg |
| Takashi Sato | Managing Partner | 12 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tak-sato-07fb |
| Tiffine Wang | Partner - Investments | 13 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tiffine-wang |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Skalar | Skalar specializes in providing automated and digital tax and accounting services for companies. | $13.7M | Seed | Jul 14, 2026 |  |
| Logicc | Logicc provides business solutions for various industries. It specializes in software development, automation, and data-driven technologies. | $2.9M | Seed | Apr 20, 2026 |  |
| SolvaPay |  | $2.8M | Pre-Seed | Apr 15, 2026 |  |
| Omniscient | Omniscient is a Paris-based AI-powered decision intelligence platform designed for boards and C-suite executives. It aggregates data from over 100,000 sources like media, social channels, and internal systems to deliver real-time, contextualized insights on corporate reputation, geopolitical risks, narrative strategy, and more. | $4M | Pre-Seed | Apr 03, 2026 |  |
| Omniscient | Omniscient is a decision intelligence platform for senior corporate leadership. Omniscient platform is to aggregate and synthesize external and internal data into a centralized management cockpit. | $4.1M | Pre-Seed | Apr 02, 2026 |  |
| Sidekick | Sidekick is a wealth management firm that offers access to alternative investments as well as the ability to borrow against these portfolios. Sidekick provides an innovative suite of products, including stocks and cryptocurrency, as well as a funding line for customers to borrow against their portfolios when necessary. Customers will have access tothe Sidekick investment team, which will provide regular updates on portfolio performance as well as share editorial content to help customers build their investment knowledge as they progress. | $10.9M | Series A | Feb 05, 2026 |  |
| Flex | Flex is a financial technology company that offers an end-to-end finance platform that integrates business and personal finance management. Their services include business banking with zero monthly fees, 1% cashback on eligible purchases, and high-yield accounts with up to 2.99% APY on idle cash. They provide a business credit card featuring 0%interest for 60 days on eligible purchases, unlimited cashback, and flexible rewards. Flex also offers accounts payable automation with features like fraud prevention, AI-powered bill scanning, and real-time payment tracking. Additionally, their platform supports global payments across over 180 countries in 32 currencies, catering to businesses with international operations. | $60M | Series B | Dec 04, 2025 |  |
| Agio Ratings | Agio Ratings Ltd aids in protecting capital and underwriting credit for digital asset trading and investment firms. | $6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 06, 2025 |  |
| Unreasonable Labs | Unreasonable Labs is an artificial intelligence research and technology company that develops AI systems for scientific discovery and knowledge creation. The company provides an AI discovery engine that analyzes data from science, technology, and research fields. Its system connects information from literature, simulations, lab data, and datasetsinto one knowledge model. The platform supports insight generation, deep reasoning, and cross-domain data analysis for research work. It offers collaborative tools that allow human and AI co-discovery during research processes. The technology serves scientists, engineers, analysts, and research teams working on complex problems. In addition, the company provides AI solutions for data integration, knowledge organization, and research productivity support. | $13.5M | Seed | Sep 22, 2025 |  |
| Credibur | Credibur is a fintech startup that offers software and services for managing the full credit lifecycle, as well as modular API-and-AI-first infrastructure. | $2.2M | Pre-Seed | Jul 23, 2025 |  |

10 of 172 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Plug and Play](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/plug-and-play-ventures) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [FinTLV Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fintlv-ventures) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
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- [IA Capital Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inter-atlantic-group) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [J-Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/j-ventures-f370) — VC Fund, 6 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does MS&AD Ventures invest in?

MS&AD Ventures invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Insurance startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 172 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is MS&AD Ventures's check size?

MS&AD Ventures typically joins rounds of $2.9M–$14M at Seed, $5.5M–$27M at Series A and $15M–$50M 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 MS&AD Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact MS&AD Ventures?

Public channels for MS&AD Ventures include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at MS&AD Ventures?

The team at MS&AD Ventures includes Chris Murphy (Venture Partner), Jon Soberg (Managing Partner) and Takashi Sato (Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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