Investing in Climate Tech and the 5G Economy

 

 

Supporting Early-Stage Companies Poised for Large-Scale Global Growth

SIP Global Partners is a cross-border venture capital firm built to invest in and support startups to unlock market demand in Japan, ASEAN and MENA. 

Investment Areas 

Climate Tech – “Sustainability at Scale”

“Sustainability at Scale” – The convergence of decarbonization and economic disruption at GNP level scale is driving unparalleled value creation in the world’s most essential industries.

Breakthrough technologies in Manufacturing, Transportation, Construction, Compute, Energy Generation and Energy Storage will create massive new markets and power the necessary efficiencies for these critical sectors to meet net zero goals. SIP invest in early-stage technologies targeting 85% of the world’s GHG emissions.

5G Economy

“The global 5G rollout and enhanced web-based ecosystems are creating new, multi-trillion dollar connected economies worldwide.

SIP invests broadly across the acceleration of 5G ecosystem including network infrastructure (O-RAN, Semiconductors), edge computing (Web3.0 Infrastructure, IIOT/IOP, Photonics Computing) and platform and application layers (XR, Creator Economy)

Approach 

 

With a majority of the world’s GDP and the largest tech spend globally, it is imperative that startups succeed in Asia to maximize growth


SIP leverages its unique, cross-border team to identify companies with massive potential in Asia and connect them to Asian market demands, starting with Japan.

Experienced Cross Border Team

Led by highly-experienced cross-border investors, operators and technologists situated in the US and Asia. 

Focus on Japan, ASEAN and MENA

Japan presents single market entry for a massive market opportunity. ASEAN and MENA provide major growth markets for transformative technology. SIP’s local teams help validate market demand and support such market expansion post-investment.

Multitrillion Dollar Markets

Investing in multi-trillion dollars connected economies at the intersection of the global 5G rollout and enhanced web ecosystems across the US and Asia.

Portfolio 

Network Infrastructure

Croquet

Online collaboration is about to change

Creative Software

Fable

A modern take on motion design

Network Infrastructure

Parallel Wireless

Reimagining network infrastructure

AR/VR/XR

Tilt Five

A whole new way to play games in AR

Industry/Manufacturing

Kinetic

Improving workplace safety with IoT

AI/Semiconductor

Lightmatter

Making photonics computing possible today

Robotics/Automation

Kodiak Robotics

The next generation of trucking

AR/VR/XR

Syng

Full-stack spatial audio hardware and software company

Network Infrastructure

Illumio

Market leader of Zero Trust security

Industry/Manufacturing

Seurat Technologies

3D Metal Printing

Robotics/Automation

READY Robotics

Universal OS for Robot Arms

Robotics/Automation

Realtime Robotics

Autonomous Motion Planning for Industrial Robots

Creative Software

Zestworld

Comic Creator Platform

Energy Storage & Generation

XL Batteries

Gigawatt Long-Duration Energy Storage

AI/Semiconductor

Kotoba Technologies

Generative AI for Japan and Rest of Asia

Team

Shigeki “Tommy” Saitoh

CO-FOUNDER & MANAGING PARTNER

Tokyo

Justin Turkat

CO-FOUNDER & MANAGING PARTNER

Silicon Valley, Tokyo

Matthew Salloway

CO-FOUNDER 

New York, GCC

Jeffrey Smith

GENERAL PARTNER

Boston

Kaori Iwamoto

 

COO

Tokyo

 

Melisa Brown

INVESTOR

Silicon Valley

Saaya Saito

OPERATIONS ASSOCIATE

Tokyo

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Locations

Tokyo

Boston

Silicon Valley