Sunbridge Partners

SunBridge Corporation is an international venture capital and professional services firm. SunBridge offers globalization support for both Japanese and US technology companies; is a premier value-added reseller of leading international enterprise software products; and offers a range of custom development and consulting services. SunBridge’s principals share a rich heritage of having founded Oracle Japan and held senior executive positions with IBM Japan and other leading enterprise software companies. SunBridge successfully co-founded salesforce.com Japan and ITmedia, and invested over $100m in more than 65 portfolio companies, resulting in eight successful IPOs and several major acquisition exits generating over $21 billion in current market capitalization. SunBridge offices are located in Tokyo, Osaka, Silicon Valley, Cleveland, and Charlotte. How We Operate SunBridge Partners partners with the world’s best enterprise SaaS companies to help them enter and succeed in the Japan market through establishing their Japan subsidiaries as joint venture companies. Thus, SunBridge Partners has pioneered a unique niche in private equity by simultaneously working as entrepreneurial cofounders building startup businesses from the ground up as well as driving growth for multi-billion dollar enterprises through new market entry. Entering the Japanese market successfully is a notoriously difficult problem for foreign firms. Success in the US and other international markets does not automatically translate into success in Japan. Yet, SunBridge joint ventures with Salesforce, Concur, Marketo, and others have a stellar track record of success. This success derives from experience. Experience in building companies, entering markets, launching products, managing cross-border and cross-cultural challenges, enterprise SaaS, the needs of global businesses, and, importantly, experience in marrying the passion found in fast-growing startups with the vision of best-in-class global SaaS leaders. Partnering means developing a shared view of the opportunity, rolling up sleeves, and building something big together. No one works harder than startup founders, but investors ought to try, and we do. Opening doors to customers and partners; providing a sounding board; acting as mentors; debating strategy; developing consensus- the best VCs do all of these well, but they do them even better when they have built their own business from the ground up and have successfully helped other entrepreneurs realize their dream – we have.