# Chris Abshire

> Chris Abshire is a seed investor at Toyota Ventures backing Electronics and Manufacturing. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Toyota Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/toyota-ai-ventures)
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisrabshire/

Chris Abshire is a seed investor at Toyota Ventures in Palo Alto focused on Electronics and Manufacturing. Chris Abshire - Principal @ Toyota Ventures

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Electronics | 1 | 50% |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 50% |
| Advanced Materials | 1 | 50% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 50% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 1 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AheadComputing | AheadComputing is a company that specializes in designing, licensing, and providing support for high-performance microprocessor cores and related technologies. | $30M | Seed | Jan 21, 2026 |  |
| Orbital Industries | From sustainable fuels, to carbon capture, to harmful chemical removal from the environment, Orbital Materials develops and commercialises technologies that keep earth our home forever. At the core of our company is a foundation model for atoms, built by world experts in generative AI and large language models. | $16M | Series A | Feb 21, 2024 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cambium Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cambium-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Character](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/character-3b45) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Corner Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/corner-capital-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Eclipse](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eclipse-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [EPIQ Capital Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/epiq-capital-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Flying Fish Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flying-fish-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Toyota Ventures

VC Fund · Los Altos, United States

Toyota Ventures is a San Francisco Bay Area-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups from around the world. Founded in July 2017, its mission is to discover what’s next for Toyota by helping startups bring disruptive technologies and business models to market quickly. With more than $800 million in assets under management,the firm’s funds include the Toyota Ventures Frontier Fund focused on artificial intelligence, cloud computing, autonomy, mobility, robotics, financial technologies, materials, and energy; and the Toyota Ventures Climate Fund focused on innovative solutions for carbon neutrality.

5 contacts available at Toyota Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chris Abshire | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-abshire-2 |
| Erin Keller | Senior Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/erin-keller |
| Jim Adler | Founding Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jim-adler |
| Lisa Coca | Partner, Climate. Fund | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lisa-coca |
| Natalie Fonseca Licciardi | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/natalie-fonseca-licciardi |

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## FAQ

### What does Chris Abshire invest in?

Chris Abshire invests primarily in Electronics, Manufacturing and Advanced Materials startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Chris Abshire last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Chris Abshire closed in Jan 2026. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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