Investments
34Portfolio Exits
7Funds
8Partners & Customers
1About SunBridge Partners
SunBridge Partners is a U.S.-based venture capital firm pursuing a targeted, research-based approach to identifying and investing in private U.S. technology companies pioneering innovations based on advanced technologies in computing, communications and manufacturing, including materials, semiconductors, components, equipment and software.

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Latest SunBridge Partners News
Nov 11, 2020
Strategic Alliance Will Make Critical Apps Available to Salesforce Customers in Japan and Korea to Adapt to New Workplace Challenges. Download November 11, 2020 04:11 PM Eastern Standard Time SAN FRANCISCO--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Cadalys, Inc. and SunBridge Partners have formally announced a partnership that will expand Cadalys’ suite of Salesforce employee engagement apps into the Japanese and Korean markets. SunBridge, which has supported the launch of the Salesforce platform into 900 companies across 2,400 projects, now supports the launch of Cadalys products deeper into the APAC market—including Cadalys Concierge™, Cadalys ITSM™, and Cadalys All Aboard™. Cadalys’ suite of pre-built apps for Salesforce Service Cloud and Salesforce Community Cloud are designed to extend the value of the platform by providing innovative ways to keep companies and teams connected, informed and productive: Cadalys Concierge™ is a powerful, next-generation help center with personalized search to get employees, customers and partners the right information and support quickly Cadalys All Aboard™ delivers full onboarding, reboarding/reopening, transfers and offboarding, ideal for remote organizations and teams Cadalys ITSM™ is the only native IT service management app on the Salesforce platform, enabling Salesforce customers to manage IT assets like software and hardware to support employees and customers Marc Friedman, Founder and CEO of Cadalys states, “This new partnership with SunBridge will introduce a powerful set of employee engagement solutions to businesses in Japan and Korea at a time when it is mission-critical for companies to provide remote employees, customers and partners with easy access to onboarding, knowledge and support as they adapt to new ways of working and collaborating in a pandemic. We are excited about the opportunity to bring these timely capabilities to a market that has proven to be innovative and forward-thinking to its approach to technology.” SunBridge successfully co-founded Salesforce Japan in 2000, representing the largest international market for Salesforce, and the SunBridge team has led successful deployments for hundreds of Japanese companies to date, including Asian subsidiaries of several Japanese global giants. "As a leading catalyst for Japan’s technology ecosystem since 2000, SunBridge recognizes the power of timely, purpose-built solutions that answer market demand and fulfill vital business needs at scale,” confirms Allen Miner, founder of SunBridge Group. “Cadalys is forward-thinking and its products were a step ahead of the coronavirus and the impact on work environments. Cadalys had the solution before the pandemic; and the innovation of the solution has already been highly validated across industries and other overseas regions. We look forward to empowering Japanese and Korean companies to extend the value and power of the Salesforce platform with Cadalys’ solutions to solve the most pressing IT and business challenges in the current global climate.” ABOUT CADALYS Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Cadalys is an award-winning Salesforce partner with a long history of successfully bringing apps to the Salesforce platform that add unique value and enrich the Salesforce experience. Cadalys is one of a select group of companies in the Salesforce Product Development Organization program for excellence in application development, with a strategic focus on employee engagement and evidence-based healthcare solutions. To learn more about Cadalys, visit Cadalys.com . ABOUT SUNBRIDGE SunBridge is a professional services company based in Japan, that provides business consulting utilizing marketing automation and a wide range of system development services utilizing Salesforce's CRM platform and Heroku. A consulting partner since the establishment of Salesforce.com Co., Ltd. in Japan, SunBridge has supported the introduction and establishment of Salesforce at over 900 companies in Japan. Sunbridge specializes in multi-cloud solutions that support customers' digital transformation through mutual synergies between the consulting services business led by Salesforce certified technical architects, and the application development business. SunBridge is also an AppExchange partner that provides various applications, such as the Salesforce integrated business card management solution "SmartVisca". To learn more, visit: www.SunBridge.com .
SunBridge Partners Investments
34 Investments
SunBridge Partners has made 34 investments. Their latest investment was in ModuleQ as part of their Series A on August 8, 2014.

SunBridge Partners Investments Activity

Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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8/13/2014 | Series A | ModuleQ | $2.34M | Yes | 1 | |
7/23/2012 | Seed VC - II | CalmSea | $1.1M | No | ||
6/18/2012 | Private Equity | Kyriba Japan Co. | Yes | 1 | ||
6/13/2012 | Debt | |||||
12/9/2011 | Series C |
Date | 8/13/2014 | 7/23/2012 | 6/18/2012 | 6/13/2012 | 12/9/2011 |
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Round | Series A | Seed VC - II | Private Equity | Debt | Series C |
Company | ModuleQ | CalmSea | Kyriba Japan Co. | ||
Amount | $2.34M | $1.1M | |||
New? | Yes | No | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 1 | 1 |
SunBridge Partners Portfolio Exits
7 Portfolio Exits
SunBridge Partners has 7 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Concur Japan on May 25, 2020.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
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5/25/2020 | Shareholder Liquidity | 1 | |||
Date | 5/25/2020 | ||||
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Exit | Shareholder Liquidity | ||||
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Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | |||||
Sources | 1 |
SunBridge Partners Fund History
8 Fund Histories
SunBridge Partners has 8 funds, including SunBridge Partners JJV Fund LP.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
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12/31/2014 | SunBridge Partners JJV Fund LP | Late-Stage Venture Capital | Closed | $7M | 1 |
9/30/2006 | SunBridge Partners Technology Fund AH | ||||
9/30/2005 | SunBridge Partners Technology Fund EF | ||||
6/30/2004 | SunBridge Direct Investments I (Japan) | ||||
5/31/2003 | SunBridge Technology Fund 2002 (Japan) |
Closing Date | 12/31/2014 | 9/30/2006 | 9/30/2005 | 6/30/2004 | 5/31/2003 |
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Fund | SunBridge Partners JJV Fund LP | SunBridge Partners Technology Fund AH | SunBridge Partners Technology Fund EF | SunBridge Direct Investments I (Japan) | SunBridge Technology Fund 2002 (Japan) |
Fund Type | Late-Stage Venture Capital | ||||
Status | Closed | ||||
Amount | $7M | ||||
Sources | 1 |
SunBridge Partners Partners & Customers
1 Partners and customers
SunBridge Partners has 1 strategic partners and customers. SunBridge Partners recently partnered with Kyriba on June 6, 2012.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
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6/18/2012 | Partner | United States | Kyriba Japan is a joint venture between Kyriba , as the majority shareholder , SunBridge , the firm responsible for the salesforce.com Japan and Concur Japan joint ventures , and Marc Benioff and Steve Singh , acting as minority direct investors . | 3 |
Date | 6/18/2012 |
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Type | Partner |
Business Partner | |
Country | United States |
News Snippet | Kyriba Japan is a joint venture between Kyriba , as the majority shareholder , SunBridge , the firm responsible for the salesforce.com Japan and Concur Japan joint ventures , and Marc Benioff and Steve Singh , acting as minority direct investors . |
Sources | 3 |
SunBridge Partners Team
3 Team Members
SunBridge Partners has 3 team members, including , .
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
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Ken Ehrhart | Founder | Current | |
Name | Ken Ehrhart | ||
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Work History | |||
Title | Founder | ||
Status | Current |