SoGen Funds, Inc.
                     1221 Avenue of the Americas, 8th Fl.
                              New York, NY 10020
                              PH: (212) 278-5853
                              FAX: (212) 278-5912


August 3, 1999


U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.  20549


      RE:  SoGen Funds, Inc., File Nos. 33-63560, 811-7762

Dear Sir or Madam:

     Pursuant to Rule 497 (j) under the  Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Act"),  please accept this letter as certification on behalf of the above-named
Registrant  (the "Fund") that the form of Prospectus and Statement of Additional
Information for SoGen  International  Fund, SoGen Overseas Fund, SoGen Gold Fund
and SoGen  Money Fund that would have been filed  pursuant to Rule 497 (c) under
the Act, in connection with the filing on July 30, 1999 pursuant to Rule 485 (b)
under the Act,  of  Post-Effective  Amendment  No. 8 to the Fund's  Registration
Statement on Form N-1A  ("Amendment  No. 8"), would not have differed from those
contained in Amendment No. 8. Amendment No. 8 was  electronically  filed on July
30, 1999 as Accession No: 0000950123-99-007013.

     No fees are  required in  connection  with this  filing.  Please call me at
(212) 278-5853 or Carol Moreno at (212) 278-5860 if you have any questions.

Very truly yours,

/s/ PHILIP J. BAFUNDO

cc:  Jack W. Murphy, Esq.
     Dechert Price & Rhoads