# Sunbridge Partners

> Sunbridge Partners is a VC fund in Beachwood backing Mobile and Software. See 27 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beachwood, United States
- Total investments: 27
- Last investment: Jan 2025
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sunbridge-partners/
- Website: http://www.sunbridgepartners.com

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 inpartnership 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.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 3 | 11% |
| Software | 3 | 11% |
| Apps | 2 | 7% |
| SaaS | 2 | 7% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 7% |

56 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 8 | 30% |
| Series A | 3 | 11% |
| Series B | 3 | 11% |
| Private Equity | 2 | 7% |
| Seed | 1 | 4% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 9 | 33% |
| United States | 6 | 22% |
| Philippines | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ken Ehrhart | Cofounder, General Partner | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ken-ehrhart |
| Paul Grim | General Partner | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-grim |
| Akira Kitamura | Venture Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akira-kitamura |
| Allen Miner | Founder & General Partner | 38 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allen-miner |
| John Gannon | General Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-gannon-3 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Copado Japan | Copado Japan is an AI-powered DevOps platform that accelerates releases and improves the quality of business applications. |  | Private Equity | Jan 08, 2025 |  |
| Boomi Japan | Boomi Japan is a subsidiary of Boomi USA, providing cloud integration solutions via as SaaS platform | $6M | Private Equity | Nov 15, 2024 |  |
| Concur | Concur (Nasdaq: CNQR), a leading provider of integrated travel and expense management solutions, established a joint venture in Tokyo, Japan, known as Concur Japan. The joint venture, which will be led by Japanese technology veteran Shigeru Fujii, will enable Concur to meet the demands of the increasing number of corporations in Japan andthroughout Asia that are turning to cloud computing and mobile solutions to help them control expenses.Concur Japan is a joint venture between Concur, as the majority shareholder, SunBridge Corporation, the firm responsible for the Salesforce.com Japan joint venture, and Marc Benioff, acting as a minority direct investor. The transaction closed in February 2011. | $7.5M | Post-IPO Equity | Dec 28, 2013 |  |
| Concur | Concur (Nasdaq: CNQR), a leading provider of integrated travel and expense management solutions, established a joint venture in Tokyo, Japan, known as Concur Japan. The joint venture, which will be led by Japanese technology veteran Shigeru Fujii, will enable Concur to meet the demands of the increasing number of corporations in Japan andthroughout Asia that are turning to cloud computing and mobile solutions to help them control expenses.Concur Japan is a joint venture between Concur, as the majority shareholder, SunBridge Corporation, the firm responsible for the Salesforce.com Japan joint venture, and Marc Benioff, acting as a minority direct investor. The transaction closed in February 2011. | $2.5M | Post-IPO Equity | Apr 28, 2013 |  |
| Zipit Wireless | Zipit Wireless is a Greenville, SC based company that focuses on delivering fully connected, wireless IP devices that use the company's unique strengths in wireless connectivity, user-friendly device software, and server infrastructure to enable administration, and access to Internet services. | $2.6M | Convertible Note | May 15, 2012 |  |
| Concur | Concur (Nasdaq: CNQR), a leading provider of integrated travel and expense management solutions, established a joint venture in Tokyo, Japan, known as Concur Japan. The joint venture, which will be led by Japanese technology veteran Shigeru Fujii, will enable Concur to meet the demands of the increasing number of corporations in Japan andthroughout Asia that are turning to cloud computing and mobile solutions to help them control expenses.Concur Japan is a joint venture between Concur, as the majority shareholder, SunBridge Corporation, the firm responsible for the Salesforce.com Japan joint venture, and Marc Benioff, acting as a minority direct investor. The transaction closed in February 2011. | $5M | Post-IPO Equity | Feb 10, 2011 |  |
| Zipit Wireless | Zipit Wireless is a Greenville, SC based company that focuses on delivering fully connected, wireless IP devices that use the company's unique strengths in wireless connectivity, user-friendly device software, and server infrastructure to enable administration, and access to Internet services. | $4M | Series C | Jul 10, 2010 |  |
| Alien Technology | Alien Technology is a provider of reliable, high-volume, low cost, EPC compliant Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) products. Using Fluidic Self Assembly (FSA ), a patented manufacturing process, Alien manufactures electronic product code (EPC) class 1 tags and readers used in a variety of applications including supply chain management,logistics operations and anti-counterfeiting to improve inventory management and reduce operating costs. Alien Technology Corporation is an active member of EPC Global. More information about Alien Technology Corporation can be found on the Company's website at www.alientechnology.com. Alien, Alien Technology and FSA are trademarks or registered trademarks of Alien Technology Corporation in the United States and other countries. | $10.9M |  | Mar 03, 2010 |  |
| Zipit Wireless | Zipit Wireless is a Greenville, SC based company that focuses on delivering fully connected, wireless IP devices that use the company's unique strengths in wireless connectivity, user-friendly device software, and server infrastructure to enable administration, and access to Internet services. | $3.6M | Series C | Feb 15, 2010 |  |
| IngBoo | IngBoo is Social Syndication Solution that allows web publishers to connect and share via Search, Tags and Feeds.With IngBoo, web publishers turn social sharing events into ongoing relationships for updates and sharing based on user-expressed interests.For example, a web site may allow users to search for deals. If the user wants to knowwhen the search result changes, the user can connect and receive updates. The updates are delivered to popular destinations like Facebook, Twitter and your email inbox.Similarily, web publishers publish articles that are defined by tags (keywords) and/or categories. Users who "Like" the article will receive updates into their Facebook news feed any time the publisher posts a new article in the same category or, defined by the same tags.Syndicate dynamic content via on-site search, tags and feeds. Social Syndication with user intent significantly increases reach and revisits to your web site! | $1M | Seed | Oct 01, 2009 |  |

10 of 27 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Sunbridge Partners invest in?

Sunbridge Partners invests primarily in Mobile, Software and Apps startups, most often at Funding Round and Series A stage. Most of the 27 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Sunbridge Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Sunbridge Partners?

The team at Sunbridge Partners includes Ken Ehrhart (Cofounder, General Partner), Paul Grim (General Partner) and Akira Kitamura (Venture Partner), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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