Presidio Ventures
VC Fund
Santa Clara, United States
Presidio Ventures is a VC fund in Santa Clara focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Presidio Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Sumitomo Corporation, one of the world’s leading integrated trading companies. Presidio helps the technologies of tomorrow secure their place in the global market, offering solid financial support, and expertise in business development. With offices in Silicon Valley, Boston Los Angeles and New York, Presidio Ventures has invested in more than 160 companies over the past twenty years. Presidio's expansive network of Sumitomo affiliates and subsidiaries helps it in tailoring support for start-ups, ensuring that new companies can succeed from early-stage investment all the way to IPO. Presidio looks for opportunities to partner with entrepreneurs in key industries that shape the way people live.
- Total investments:
- 90
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 14%
Last updated:
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Industries Presidio Ventures invests in
Stages Presidio Ventures invests in
Countries Presidio Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Series A
- $5.8M–$56M
- Series B
- $4M–$70M
- Series C
- $10M–$145M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 25 (28%)
- Artificial Intelligence 14 (16%)
- Enterprise Software 13 (14%)
- SaaS 11 (12%)
- Information Technology 9 (10%)
Stage
- Series B 19 (21%)
- Series A 16 (18%)
- Series C 15 (17%)
- Series D 9 (10%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 7 (8%)
Country
- United States 53 (59%)
- United Kingdom 5 (6%)
- Canada 2 (2%)
- Israel 1 (1%)
- Austria 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Doug Kuribayashi
CEO
|
CEO | Total investments: 5 | Find email | |
Kuni Kawase
Managing Director
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Managing Director | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
|
Ross Leav
Senior Vice President
|
Senior Vice President | Total investments: 2 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diffraqtion develops quantum imaging technology that boosts the visual capabilities of satellites and machines. Their sensors deliver ultra-high magnification with low energy use. This helps aerospace and industrial sectors achieve faster image processing and greater accuracy. | Pre-Seed / Aug 31, 2026 | ||
| SLAMcore’s mission is to make commercial-grade spatial intelligence accessible to allTheir team of world-leading spatial intelligence experts have developed advanced SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping) software that allow robots and drones to truly understand the space around them.Spun out from Imperial College London, SLAMcore hascreated real-time, commercial grade, location, mapping and perception (SLAM) software for use in autonomous robots, drones and consumer products. The SLAMcore software enables fast prototyping and development of commercial products using visual SLAM software for autonomous location, mapping and perception. The software runs in real-time on standard compute/sensors and can be customised for commercial products using cost-effective custom compute/sensors. The team includes industry leading SLAM experts, roboticists, engineers and developers. Pushing the boundaries of what's possible today and how visual SLAM will look like tomorrow. Through partnership with OEMs, SLAMcore provides the core technology that allows robots to become a meaningful part of everyday life. | $14M / May 27, 2026 | ||
| Nord Quantique creates quantum processors based on second-generation technology. | $30M / Venture - Series Unknown / May 18, 2026 | ||
| Reliable Robotics provides advanced automation systems for aviation companies. The company was founded by Juerg Frefel and Robert Rose in 2017 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States. | $160M / Series D / Apr 21, 2026 | ||
| Nu Quantum is a telecommunications company that develops end-to-end quantum cryptography systems.It secures communications within and between cities through urban and satellite free-space optical links. The system helps with the realization of commercial deliverable photonic technologies by combining novel materials and semiconductor technology.This enables clients to secure the exchange of cryptographic keys for the ultra-sensitive detection of light.Yuri Andersson, Mete Atatüre, and Carmen Berraquero founded Nu Quantum in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire in 2018. | $71.1M / Series A / Dec 10, 2025 | ||
| Mandolin delivers precision automation tools for specialty drug processing workflows. It automates the full end-to-end lifecycle of tasks such as intake & onboarding (reading referral forms, lab reports, clinical notes), benefits verification (navigating payer portals and extracting eligibility data), patient out-of-pocket estimation, medicalpolicy review and prior authorizations, and claims status plus appeals. Mandolin uses AI agents to perform many of the manual, repetitive tasks that typically occupy back-office teams. It ensures that every action is transparent, logged, and aligned with healthcare payer requirements and regulatory standards. | $40M / Series A / Jun 25, 2025 | ||
| TrustCloud is a leader in AI-native GRC transformation for CISOs, delivering the first security assurance platform designed to integrate the relationship between GRC and cybersecurity. The platform delivers the option of distinct applications to manage every facet of enterprise security risk and compliance and turn GRC into a profit center. Learnmore at TrustCloud.ai. | $15M / May 20, 2025 | ||
| Phoenix Tailings, is building technology to enable the recycling and re-mining of Bauxite Residue (“Red Mud”) - a hazardous by-product in the aluminum industry - to extract strategic materials which are critical to the Defense, Automotive, Electronics and Biotech industries. The company was founded with the mission to revolutionize the miningindustry by enabling new sources of strategic materials, sustainably and economically. | $33M / Series B / Apr 30, 2025 | ||
| Human Native AI operates as an AI data marketplace. | Convertible Note / Mar 05, 2025 | ||
| Phoenix Tailings, is building technology to enable the recycling and re-mining of Bauxite Residue (“Red Mud”) - a hazardous by-product in the aluminum industry - to extract strategic materials which are critical to the Defense, Automotive, Electronics and Biotech industries. The company was founded with the mission to revolutionize the miningindustry by enabling new sources of strategic materials, sustainably and economically. | $43M / Series B / Dec 20, 2024 | ||
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FAQ
What does Presidio Ventures invest in?
Presidio Ventures invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Enterprise Software startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 90 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Presidio Ventures invest in?
Presidio Ventures typically joins rounds of $5.8M–$56M at Series A, $4M–$70M at Series B and $10M–$145M at Series C. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Presidio Ventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Presidio Ventures took part in.
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Who are the partners at Presidio Ventures?
The team at Presidio Ventures includes Doug Kuribayashi (CEO), Kuni Kawase (Managing Director) and Ross Leav (Senior Vice President). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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