Honda Xcelerator Ventures

Profile and portfolio

Parent HondaHQ Tokyo, JapanFounded 2005

Honda Xcelerator Ventures is the corporate venture arm of Honda, an automotive company. It was founded in 2005 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. It invests from pre-seed to late stage. Sectors it names: climate and energy, mobility and automotive, industrial technology and robotics, semiconductors and hardware.

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Snapshot

Investment stage: Pre-seed to Late stage

Data behind this graphic

Data behind this graphic
Item	Value
Stage range	Pre-seed to Late stage
Sectors	Climate and energy, Mobility and automotive, Industrial technology and robotics, Semiconductors and hardware
Geography	Global
Offices	Atlanta, United States, Detroit, United States, Mountain View, United States

Sources: S1 Honda Xcelerator Ventures: home.

Where it invests and who leads it

Geography

Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan
Offices: Atlanta, United States
Detroit, United States
Mountain View, United States

Investment regionsS1

Global

LeadersS2

Tommy TakabuChief Venturing OfficerFind on LinkedIn Firm page
Atsushi TsukigataChief Operating OfficerFind on LinkedIn Firm page
Julien FredonieChief Venture DirectorFind on LinkedIn Firm page
Raymond ZhengSenior Managing DirectorFind on LinkedIn Firm page
Aurianne LegrisVenture ManagerFind on LinkedIn Firm page

Honda Xcelerator Ventures on LinkedIn

Key facts

Fact	Value	Status	Source
Parent company	Honda	Single source	S1
Parent industry	Automotive and mobility	Single source	S1
Founded	2005	Single source	S1
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan	Single source	S1
Status	Active	Single source	S1
Capital source	Parent company only	Single source	S1
Stages	Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C+, Growth, Late stage	Single source	S1

Portfolio

The firm's portfolio page lists 10 companies.S3

Shared portfolio with other corporate VCs

7 companies on the Honda Xcelerator Ventures portfolio page also appear on the portfolio page of at least one other firm in this directory. Matched by company website, or by name where no website is published.

Firm	Shared	Companies in common
Samsung Ventures	3	INERATEC, Niron Magnetics, Princeton NuEnergy
ENGIE New Ventures	1	INERATEC
HG Ventures	1	INERATEC
Idemitsu Corporate Venture Capital	1	INERATEC
PETRONAS Ventures	1	INERATEC
TDK Ventures	1	INERATEC
Dell Technologies Capital	1	SiLC
EPSON X Investment	1	SiLC
Kuroneko Innovation Fund	1	SiLC
Sony Innovation Fund	1	SiLC
UMC Capital	1	SiLC
Allison Ventures	1	Niron Magnetics

Companies backed by the most corporate VCs

Every company on the Honda Xcelerator Ventures list

10 companies, as listed on the firm's own website.S3 Read the firm's list.

Enedym
Helm.ai
INERATEC
Mythic
Nexeon
Niron Magnetics
Princeton NuEnergy
Quemix
Reverion
SiLC Technologies

Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

Website xcelerator.hondainnovations.com/
Portfolio xcelerator.hondainnovations.com/news/portfolio/

Sources

S1Honda Xcelerator Ventures: homeFirm
S2Honda Xcelerator Ventures: teamFirm
S3Honda Xcelerator Ventures: portfolio updatesFirm

Disclaimer and corrections

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