# Honda Motor

> Honda Motor is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Manufacturing and Energy. See 40 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 40
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 30%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/honda
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/hondajp
- Website: https://www.honda.co.jp
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HondaJP

Honda Motor is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Manufacturing and Energy. Honda Motor Co Ltd is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. It distributes motorcycles, scooters, all-terrain vehicles, side-by-sides, and more in the United States.The company conducts sales, marketing, and operational activities for cars, trucks, sport utilityvehicles, automobile parts and accessories, engines, generators, lawnmowers, tillers, trimmers, multi-purpose utility vehicles, outboard motors, pumps, scooters, and snowblowers through authorized Honda dealers.Honda Automobiles is also specialized in the design and development of race engines, chassis and performance parts, and technical support services.Honda Automobiles was founded in 1959 and is based in Torrance, California. It operates as a subsidiary of Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $3.1M–$30M |
| Series C | $22M–$99M |
| Corporate Round | $6.9M–$2B |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 9 | 23% |
| Energy | 5 | 13% |
| Automotive | 5 | 13% |
| Renewable Energy | 5 | 13% |
| Battery | 4 | 10% |

59 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Corporate Round | 7 | 18% |
| Series A | 5 | 13% |
| Series C | 5 | 13% |
| Seed | 4 | 10% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 3 | 8% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 12 | 30% |
| Japan | 10 | 25% |
| Germany | 3 | 8% |
| China | 1 | 3% |
| Israel | 1 | 3% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Steve Ignac | Senior Research Specialist | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steve-ignac |
| Fumihiko Ike | Chairman of the Board | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fumihiko-ike |
| Guy Melville Brown | Senior Lead Exterior Designer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/guy-melville-brown |
| Junior Delicieux | Finance Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/junior-delicieux |
| Karli Sikich | Account Executive | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/karli-sikich |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Helm.ai | Helm.ai develops next-generation AI software for ADAS, autonomous driving, and robotics automation. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Redwood City, CA, the company reimagines AI software development to make scalable autonomous driving a reality. Helm.ai offers full-stack real-time AI solutions, including deep neural networks for highway andurban driving, end-to-end autonomous systems, and development and validation tools powered by Deep Teaching™ and generative AI. The company collaborates with global automakers on production-bound projects. |  | Corporate Round | May 03, 2026 |  |
| PathAhead | PathAhead develops materials for road and infrastructure construction using underutilized desert sand. The company’s core product, Rising Sand, is an artificial aggregate engineered to provide high durability for paved roads. PathAhead focuses on improving road longevity and performance while using locally available sand resources. Its solutionstarget public infrastructure projects and private developers in regions with growing transportation networks. The organization works with partners including corporate backers to advance material development and deployment. | $853.4K | Seed | Apr 27, 2026 |  |
| Rapidus | Rapidus is an Electronic component research, development, design, production, and sales that includes semiconductor elements and integrated circuits. Environmentally friendly, energy-saving semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing technology are being researched and developed. Human resource development and training for the semiconductorsector. | $1.7B | Corporate Round | Feb 27, 2026 |  |
| Mythic | Mythic is a diverse group of individuals focused on developing cutting-edge analog matrix processors based on our unique analog compute-in-memory. Their products are the M1076 Analog Matrix Processor, MP10304 Quad-AMP PCIe Card, and MM1076 M.2 M Key Card. They offer AI solutions, from the data center to the edge device. | $125M | Series D | Dec 17, 2025 |  |
| UMIAILE | UMIAILE is a marine robotics startup spun out of Honda. | $10.5M | Seed | Oct 16, 2025 |  |
| Helm.ai | Helm.ai develops next-generation AI software for ADAS, autonomous driving, and robotics automation. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Redwood City, CA, the company reimagines AI software development to make scalable autonomous driving a reality. Helm.ai offers full-stack real-time AI solutions, including deep neural networks for highway andurban driving, end-to-end autonomous systems, and development and validation tools powered by Deep Teaching™ and generative AI. The company collaborates with global automakers on production-bound projects. |  | Corporate Round | Oct 15, 2025 |  |
| Ashirase | Ashirase is a developer of a walking navigation system for the visually challenged. The company assists visually impaired people in walking independently. This also allows the user to have more attention to spare for audible warnings in their environment. It includes voice input and guidance via a smartphone app. A vibration interface is attachedto their shoes. | $4.8M | Series A | Jul 29, 2025 |  |
| Rapidus | Rapidus is an Electronic component research, development, design, production, and sales that includes semiconductor elements and integrated circuits. Environmentally friendly, energy-saving semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing technology are being researched and developed. Human resource development and training for the semiconductorsector. | $6.9M | Corporate Round | Jun 10, 2025 |  |
| Sonocharge Energy | Sonocharge energy is developing a platform technology that enables a battery to charge. This technology energizes a range of markets such as transportation electric vehicles, e-mobility, electric bikes, scooters, aerospace, electric airplane, and drones. | $23.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 22, 2025 |  |
| Striemo | Striemo manufactures and develops electric personal mobility. Striemo was founded in 2021 and was headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. | $3.3M | Series A | Nov 28, 2024 |  |

10 of 40 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Honda Motor invest in?

Honda Motor invests primarily in Manufacturing, Energy and Automotive startups, most often at Corporate Round and Series A stage. Most of the 40 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Honda Motor's check size?

Honda Motor typically joins rounds of $3.1M–$30M at Series A, $22M–$99M at Series C and $6.9M–$2B at Corporate Round. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Honda Motor participates in.

### How do I contact Honda Motor?

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### Who are the partners at Honda Motor?

The team at Honda Motor includes Steve Ignac (Senior Research Specialist), Fumihiko Ike (Chairman of the Board) and Guy Melville Brown (Senior Lead Exterior Designer), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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