# DENSO Corporation

> DENSO Corporation is a VC fund backing Software, Automotive and Electric Vehicle. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Nov 2020
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

DENSO Corporation is a VC fund focused on Software and Automotive. DENSO Corp., headquartered in Kariya, Aichi prefecture, Japan, is a leading global automotive supplier of advanced technology, systems and components in the areas of thermal, powertrain control, electronics and information and safety. Its customers include all the world's major carmakers. Worldwide, the company has more than 200 subsidiariesand affiliates in 38 countries and regions (including Japan) and employs more than 150,000 people. Consolidated global sales for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2017, totaled US$40.4 billion. Last fiscal year, DENSO spent 9.0 percent of its global consolidated sales on research and development. DENSO common stock is traded on the Tokyo and Nagoya stock exchanges.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 50% |
| Automotive | 2 | 50% |
| Electric Vehicle | 2 | 50% |
| Sensor | 1 | 25% |
| Organic | 1 | 25% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 2 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |
| Series D | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 50% |
| Finland | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Envoy Technologies | Envoy provides onsite mobility services which include electric car-sharing and electric vehicle charging for apartments, offices, and hotels.The company equips real estate owners and operators with a new and innovative way to enhance the lifestyle of their tenants, members, and guests by providing Mobility as an Amenity™service, a platform thatoffers a technology to reserve and access vehicles, driver insurance, maintenance, and electric vehicle chargers, electric fleet, fleet maintenance, full-service mobile app, customer support, and robust analytics. Envoy Technologies provides the technology, operations, and vehicles to implement private and dedicated auto-sharing as an amenity for any community.In 2017, Aric Ohana and Ori Sagie headquartered Envoy Technologies in Culver City, California. | $11M | Series A | Nov 02, 2020 |  |
| Airbiquity | Airbiquity is at the forefront of change in the automotive industry, integrating advances in software, communications technology and wireless services with vehicles. Its connected vehicle solutions offer automakers a flexible platform for delivering innovative applications and services that help automobiles adapt to the driver's digitallifestyle. For more information, visit www.airbiquity.com The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. | $15M |  | Mar 11, 2019 |  |
| Canatu Plc | Canatu’s solutions bring the design freedom and user experience to the next level for 3D shaped touch devices and enable autonomous driving in any weather. Canatu develops and manufactures innovative 3D formable and stretchable films and sensors for touch and heater solutions. These transparent and conductive films can be integrated into plastic,glass, textile or leather enabling 3D touch displays, smart switches and other intuitive user interfaces (https://canatu.com/automotive-interiors/) as well as 3D shaped heater solutions especially for ADAS sensors (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qamb0dAAvc&t=14s). The conductive films of Canatu are manufactured with a patented method using equipment developed by Canatu. Canatu supplies these unique CNB™ films and touch sensors to touch module vendors and OEM’s in several industries, for example automotive and consumer electronics. Canatu is headquartered in Finland, with sales locations in Europe, US, China, Japan and Korea. Canatu cooperates with a global network in designing new kinds of innovation, read more: https://canatu.com/partners/ | $13.2M | Series D | Dec 01, 2018 |  |
| Canatu Plc | Canatu’s solutions bring the design freedom and user experience to the next level for 3D shaped touch devices and enable autonomous driving in any weather. Canatu develops and manufactures innovative 3D formable and stretchable films and sensors for touch and heater solutions. These transparent and conductive films can be integrated into plastic,glass, textile or leather enabling 3D touch displays, smart switches and other intuitive user interfaces (https://canatu.com/automotive-interiors/) as well as 3D shaped heater solutions especially for ADAS sensors (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qamb0dAAvc&t=14s). The conductive films of Canatu are manufactured with a patented method using equipment developed by Canatu. Canatu supplies these unique CNB™ films and touch sensors to touch module vendors and OEM’s in several industries, for example automotive and consumer electronics. Canatu is headquartered in Finland, with sales locations in Europe, US, China, Japan and Korea. Canatu cooperates with a global network in designing new kinds of innovation, read more: https://canatu.com/partners/ | $13.2M |  | Dec 01, 2017 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Ascend Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ascend-capital-partners-6051) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Forvia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/faurecia-sa) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Building Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/building-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [City Light Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/city-light-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [GroundBreak Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/groundbreak-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/los-angeles-cleantech-incubator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does DENSO Corporation invest in?

DENSO Corporation invests primarily in Software, Automotive and Electric Vehicle startups, most often at Funding Round and Series A stage. Most of the 4 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 DENSO Corporation last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for DENSO Corporation closed in Nov 2020. Shizune tracks 4 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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