Yamaha Motor Ventures

Profile, fund size and portfolio

Parent Yamaha MotorHQ Palo Alto, United StatesFounded 2015

Yamaha Motor Ventures is the corporate venture arm of Yamaha Motor, an automotive company. It was founded in 2015 and is based in Palo Alto, United States. It invests at the Series A stage. Sectors it names: mobility and automotive, industrial technology and robotics, logistics and supply chain, fintech.

AUM or capital under managementS2: USD 300M
Companies backedS2: 33

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Snapshot

Investment stage: Series A to Series A

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Item	Value
Stage range	Series A to Series A
Sectors	Mobility and automotive, Industrial technology and robotics, Logistics and supply chain, Fintech, Artificial intelligence, Climate and energy
Geography	North America, Europe
Offices	Palo Alto, United States

Sources: S4 DigiTimes: Yamaha Motor Ventures US$300 million AUM, 28 companies, 3 funds; S2 Yamaha Motor Ventures: portfolio.

Scale and capital allocated

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Measure	Value	Unit	Kind	Source
Headline size	USD 300M	AUM or capital under management	Stated by the firm or its parent	S2
Companies backed	33	companies	Stated by the firm	S2
Companies on the firm's portfolio page	16	companies	Counted from the firm's own list	S2

Sources: S2 Yamaha Motor Ventures: portfolio.

Where it invests and who leads it

Geography

Headquarters: Palo Alto, United States
Offices: Palo Alto, United States

Investment regionsS4 S2

LeadersS1

Keita NakanishiCEOFind on LinkedIn Firm page
Kei OnishiChairmanFind on LinkedIn Firm page
Anish PatelCIO and COOFind on LinkedIn Firm page
Qing WangCFOFind on LinkedIn Firm page
Daniel BarthPrincipalFind on LinkedIn Firm page

Yamaha Motor Ventures on LinkedIn

Key facts

Fact	Value	Status	Source
Parent company	Yamaha Motor	Single source	S1
Parent industry	Automotive and mobility	Single source	S1
Founded	2015	Single source	S3
Headquarters	Palo Alto, United States	Single source	S1
Status	Active	Single source	S1
Capital source	Parent company only	Single source	S1
Headline size	USD 300M (AUM or capital under management)	Single source	S2
Companies backed	33	Single source	S2
Stages	Series A	Single source	S4

Portfolio

The firm's portfolio page lists 16 companies.S2

The firm also states 33 companies backed. The page list and the stated total measure different things.S2

Shared portfolio with other corporate VCs

4 companies on the Yamaha Motor 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
ORLEN VC	1	Shippeo
Woven Capital	1	Shippeo
GV	1	Strella Biotechnology
Rich Products Ventures	1	Strella Biotechnology
Hitachi Ventures	1	Amplio
Porsche Ventures	1	Ridepanda

Companies backed by the most corporate VCs

Every company on the Yamaha Motor Ventures list

16 companies, as listed on the firm's own website.S2 Read the firm's list.

Amplio
C Light Technologies
Cambrian Robotics
Canvass
Ejenta
Exyn
Foundation Alloy
Gestalt Tech
InfinitForm
Ridepanda
Shippeo
Sortera Technologies
Strella Biotechnology
Svexa
Velofix
Verge Agriculture

Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

Website www.yamahamotor.vc/
Portfolio www.yamahamotor.vc/portfolio

Sources

Disclaimer and corrections

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