Isuzu
VC Fund
Minami-shinagawa, Japan
Isuzu is a VC fund in Minami-shinagawa focused on Automotive and Autonomous Vehicles. Isuzu develop roads, build towns and create conditions for people to live.The power to "deliver", reflecting both strength and kindness, is essential for the development of civilization, culture and everyday life on this planet. In attempts to create a beautiful environment, comfortable lifestyle and better future, Isuzu as a commercialvehicle and diesel engine professional, continues to support countries and people around the world with its innovative power to "deliver
- Total investments:
- 4
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 25%
Last updated:
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Industries Isuzu invests in
Stages Isuzu invests in
Countries Isuzu invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Corporate Round
- $30M–$34M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Automotive 2 (50%)
- Autonomous Vehicles 2 (50%)
- Artificial Intelligence 2 (50%)
- Computer 1 (25%)
- Software 1 (25%)
Stage
- Corporate Round 2 (50%)
- Series C 1 (25%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (25%)
Country
- Japan 1 (25%)
- Israel 1 (25%)
- Turkey 1 (25%)
- United States 1 (25%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Hiroshi Sato
Executive officer
|
Executive officer | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Masanori Katayama
CEO and President
|
CEO and President | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Büyütech is a mobility perception company developing sensor-agnostic, AI-driven vision systems for automotive, defense, and industrial mobility. The company designs and manufactures camera-based ADAS systems, including Front & Rear ADAS Cameras, Surround and Side-View Cameras, and Driver Monitoring Systems. Büyütech also develops a multi-sensorperception platform that enables safer, regulation-ready mobility across sectors. | $4M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 14, 2025 | ||
| Gatik is a startup developing technology for autonomous light & medium duty trucks for B2B short-haul logistics. It specializes in the fields of artificial intelligence, automotive, and logistics. It was founded in 2017 and headquartered in Mountain View, California. | $30M / Corporate Round / May 14, 2024 | ||
| Foretellix is enabling the Digital Transformation of safety-critical automotive verification. Foretellix’s solutions uniquely scale to meet the challenge of verifying the safety of today’s increasingly complex automated driving systems, thus reducing risks, cost, and time to market. Foretellix was founded by a team of pioneers in measurableverification and validation combined with a highly automated and proven Coverage Driven Verification methodology broadly adopted in the semiconductor industry. They have adapted and tailored their approach for the safety verification and validation of ADAS and autonomous vehicles. | $85M / Series C / May 02, 2023 | ||
| Dynamic Map Platform is a company that provides research, development, and commercialization of high-precision 3-dimensional map data used in the realization of autonomous driving and safe-driving support systems, beginning with Japan’s motorways and expanding to overseas markets. | $33.6M / Corporate Round / Jun 13, 2017 |
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FAQ
What does Isuzu invest in?
Isuzu invests primarily in Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Corporate Round and Series C stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Isuzu's check size?
Isuzu typically joins rounds of $30M–$34M 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 Isuzu participates in.
How do I contact Isuzu?
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Who are the partners at Isuzu?
The team at Isuzu includes Hiroshi Sato (Executive officer) and Masanori Katayama (CEO and President). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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