# Sunny Sugaya

> Sunny Sugaya is a angel investor at Kyushu University (Palo Alto) backing Mobile and Big Data. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Kyushu University](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kyushu-university)
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Apr 2018
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tsunesaburo-sunny-sugaya-587b1a/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/sunnysugaya
- Website: https://x.com/sunnysugaya

Sunny Sugaya is a angel investor at Kyushu University in Palo Alto focused on Mobile and Big Data. Sunny is MD at Miyako Capital. Attended National Defense Academy of Japan.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 1 | 50% |
| Big Data | 1 | 50% |
| Internet | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Automotive | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Angel | 1 | 50% |
| Series C | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Trigence | Trigence Corp. offers application virtualization solutions for the data centers in Canada and internationally. The company provides Trigence AE software, which encapsulates applications at a level above the operating system and creates Application Capsules, which turn applications into a discrete object to create a virtualized environment, whereapplications run protected from each other and their underlying operating system. Its products enable companies to manage various applications throughout their lifecycle from development and delivery to maintenance and modernization; consolidate physical and virtual server environments; and manage and migrate Solaris, Linux, and Windows applications in the data center. In addition, the company offers installation, configuring, updating, monitoring, and auditing solutions.Trigence Corp. is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada with an additional office in New York.AppZero acquired the remaining assets of Trigence in 2009. |  | Series C | Apr 11, 2018 |  |
| Drivemode | Drivemode was founded in 2014 by entrepreneurs from Zipcar and Tesla Motors who set out to fundamentally change the way you use technology in the car. Our goal is to create products that makes you immediately wonder how you ever lived without it.Drivemode enables smarter, safer, connected driving in any vehicle through your device. Voice-to-textmessaging, music player overlay on navigation, and more. The Drivemode Android App was released at the end of July 2015, and has quickly become the largest connected car platform with more than 1 million downloads from 180+ countries and hundreds of years of comprehensive driving data to date. This rapid growth, ability to engage users, and deep knowledge of driver behavior has attracted various key players in the connected car ecosystem to further bolster our position as an emerging platform. Drivemode is currently working with various connected car players and automakers as seen on various media outlets. | $650K | Angel |  |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Intel Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/intel-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Kyushu University

VC Fund · Fukuoka, Japan

Kyushu University is an educational institute that offers academic and research services to its students.The institute range of programs consist of undergraduate, graduate, double degree, student-exchange, and short-term programs. Its range of courses include humanities, social and cultural studies, human-environment studies, law, economics,languages, sciences, mathematics, medical sciences, dental science, engineering, design, and agriculture.Kyushu University was founded in 1903 and is based in Fukuoka.

5 contacts available at Kyushu University.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Katsuki Fujisawa | Professor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/katsuki-fujisawa |
| Koji Inoue | Professor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/koji-inoue |
| Koji Takasaki | Professor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/koji-takasaki |
| Mark Elliott | Full Professor (Research Chair 2010-2012) | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-elliott-phd |
| Sunny Sugaya | California Fellow | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sunny-sugaya |

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## FAQ

### What does Sunny Sugaya invest in?

Sunny Sugaya invests primarily in Mobile, Big Data and Internet startups, most often at Angel and Series C stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Sunny Sugaya last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sunny Sugaya closed in Apr 2018. Shizune tracks 2 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?

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