Toyota Ventures
Profile, fund size and portfolio
Toyota Ventures is the corporate venture arm of Toyota Motor Corporation (automotive and mobility). It was founded in 2017 and is based in Los Altos, United States. It invests at Seed in AI, robotics, next-gen computing.
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Snapshot
Data behind this graphic
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Stage range | Seed to Seed |
| Sectors | AI, Robotics, Next-gen computing, Aerospace, Mobility, Materials |
| Geography | North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Asia |
| Offices | Los Altos, United States |
Sources: S1 Toyota Ventures home (team, board, portfolio cards); S3 Toyota USA Newsroom: Toyota Ventures raises another $300 million (10 Apr 2024).
Data behind this graphic
| Item | Companies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Frontier | 67 | 67.7% |
| Climate | 32 | 32.3% |
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Sources: S2 Toyota Ventures portfolio page.
Data behind this graphic
| Measure | Value | Unit | Kind | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headline size | USD 800M+ | Assets under management | Stated by the firm or its parent | S3 |
| Companies backed | 75+ | companies | Stated by the firm | S3 |
| Companies on the firm's portfolio page | 99 | companies | Counted from the firm's own list | S2 |
Sources: S3 Toyota USA Newsroom: Toyota Ventures raises another $300 million (10 Apr 2024); S2 Toyota Ventures portfolio page.
Where it invests and who leads it
Geography
- Headquarters
- Los Altos, United States
- Offices
- Los Altos, United States
Investment regionsS1S3
- North America
- Europe
- Middle East and Africa
- Asia
Key facts
| Fact | Value | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parent company | Toyota Motor Corporation | Single source | S3 |
| Parent industry | Automotive and mobility | Single source | S3 |
| Founded | 2017 | Single source | S3 |
| Headquarters | Los Altos, United States | Single source | S3 |
| Status | Active | Single source | S1 |
| Capital source | Parent company only | Single source | S3 |
| Headline size | USD 800M+ (Assets under management) | Single source | S3 |
| Companies backed | 75+ | Single source | S3 |
| People on the team page | 36 | Single source | S1 |
| Stages | Seed | Single source | S1 |
Portfolio
The firm's portfolio page lists 99 companies: 99 active.S2
The firm also states 75+ companies backed. The page list and the stated total measure different things.S3
| Tag | Companies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Frontier | 67 | 67.7% |
| Climate | 32 | 32.3% |
Every company on the Toyota Ventures list
99 companies, as listed on the firm's own website.S2 Read the firm's list.
- AGORUS
- Agtonomy
- AheadComputing
- Air Company
- Alora
- AM Batteries
- AMI Labs
- Apex
- Apex.AI
- Arbon
- Arcturus
- Artificial Agency
- Atomic Industries
- AutoBrains
- Autoscience Institute
- Avalanche
- Axiom
- Bipi
- Blackmore
- Boxbot
- Brain.space
- Brilliant Planet
- Bumblebee Spaces
- BurnBot
- Burro
- CaPow
- Carbice
- Chef Jasper
- CO280
- Cobalt Robotics
- Common Sense Machines
- Connected Signals
- Decart
- Drishti
- Ecolectro
- Efficient Computer
- Elementary
- Embodied
- eZinc
- Flai
- Freedom Robotics
- Future Fields
- Haiqu
- Hertha Metals
- Holyheld
- Intuition Robotics
- ION Storage Systems
- Joby Aviation
- Kolors
- Living Carbon
- Matter Intelligence
- May Mobility
- mentra
- Metawave
- Monogoto
- Moodify
- Natura Resources
- Nauto
- Near Space Labs
- Neuromorphic Labs
- Nori
- Orbital Industries
- Oxylus Energy
- Paladin
- Parallel Domain
- Perceptive Automata
- Periodic Labs
- Pickle Robot
- Pila Energy
- Realtime Robotics
- Relectrify
- Renewabl
- Revel
- River
- Rock Zero
- Rodatherm
- Scentian Bio
- Sea Machines
- Skip
- SLAMcore
- Starfish Space
- STOKE Space
- SummerBio
- Supercritical
- Syzygy Plasmonics
- Tangent Robotics
- Teller
- Tensordyne
- Tereform
- Third Wave
- Universal Hydrogen
- Vow
- Walden Robotics
- Xona Space Systems
- Yard Stick
- Zeno
- Zeti
- Ziva Dynamics
- ZymoChem
Fund vehicles
| Vehicle | Size | Year | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toyota AI Ventures Fund I | USD 100M | 2017 | Launched Jul 2017; size per earlier Toyota Ventures profile | S4 |
| Frontier Fund I | USD 150M | 2021 | Per rebrand release | S4 |
| Climate Fund I | USD 150M | 2021 | Per rebrand release | S4 |
| Frontier Fund II (TVFF II) | USD 150M | 2024 | Led by Frontier Fund partner David Sokolic | S3 |
| Climate Fund II (TVCF II) | USD 150M | 2024 | Follows a first Climate Fund with 18 companies | S3 |
For founders
| Item | What the firm says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Stages | Seed | S1 |
| Pitch page | www.toyota.ventures/ | S1 |
History
Where sources disagree
Official pages
Read the firm's own pages for current information.
- Website toyota.ventures
- Portfolio www.toyota.ventures/portfolio.html
- Pitch page www.toyota.ventures/
Sources
- S1Toyota Ventures home (team, board, portfolio cards)Firm
- S2Toyota Ventures portfolio pageFirm
- S3Toyota USA Newsroom: Toyota Ventures raises another $300 million (10 Apr 2024)Parent company
- S4Toyota Newsroom: Toyota AI Ventures rebrand as Toyota Ventures and additional $300M (3 Jun 2021)Parent company
- S5FundingWatcher corporate venture capital listThird-party report
Disclaimer and corrections
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