Mr Allen Miner

KANDO id: 4780

Bio

Allen Miner is a founder/General Partner of SunBridge Partners and the founder/CEO of SunBridge Corporation. As SunBridge CEO, Allen aims to create a dynamic, collaborative environment in which Japanese information technology startups develop at a globally competitive pace. Allen has significant experience in Internet, enterprise and open-source software, entrepreneurship, and international technology transfer. Allen has been actively involved in each of the firm’s investments resulting in numerous successful IPOs, including salesforce.com, MacroMill, ITMedia and G-Mode, among others. Allen is currently a member of the Board of Directors of salesforce Japan. Allen created SunBridge Corporation in 1999. As SunBridge CEO, he aims to create a dynamic, collaborative environment in which Japanese information technology startups develop at a globally competitive pace. SunBridge provides a variety of growth-enabling services to both startups and global enterprises. SunBridge services include early stage venture capital investment (with a portfolio of over 35 investments), software product and internet system co-development, sales and marketing strategy and execution, organizational strategy and recruiting. Allen currently serves on the Boards of several SunBridge portfolio companies, as an advisor to government-affiliated organizations focused on innovation and entrepreneurship, and on the boards of NPO ETIC, a Tokyo organization promoting social entrepreneurship and providing entrepreneurial training for university students. He was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Japan Venture Capital Association upon its founding in 2002. Allen graduated from Brigham Young University with degrees in Computer Science and Asian Studies (he had earlier spent two years in Japan).

Career


SunBridge Partners

Early-stage IT investor with operations in Japan and the US.
Email: [email protected]

Education