# Jim Adler

> Jim Adler is a Series A investor at Toyota Ventures backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 35 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Toyota Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/toyota-ai-ventures)
- Location: Los Altos, United States
- Total investments: 35
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimadler/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/jim_adler
- Website: http://jimadler.me

Jim Adler is a Series A investor at Toyota Ventures in Los Altos focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Jim Adler is based out of San Francisco, California and is the founder and general partner of Toyota Ventures. Jim previously worked at Metanautix as a Vice President of Products and Marketing. Jim Adler attended the University of Florida.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 7 | 20% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 7 | 20% |
| Robotics | 5 | 14% |
| Automotive | 4 | 11% |
| Manufacturing | 4 | 11% |

61 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 9 | 26% |
| Series B | 8 | 23% |
| Seed | 7 | 20% |
| Series C | 3 | 9% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 9% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 15 | 43% |
| Israel | 3 | 9% |
| Canada | 2 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 6% |
| India | 1 | 3% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| River | River is an electric vehicle manufacturer whose goal is to generate and improve livelihoods. The company specializes in the manufacture of high-quality mobility motor vehicles in the form of utility electric mopeds, allowing clients to purchase economical vehicles that can be used for work, recreation, and any other duty in between. | $120M | Series C | Aug 06, 2026 |  |
| Slamcore | SLAMcore’s mission is to make commercial-grade spatial intelligence accessible to allTheir team of world-leading spatial intelligence experts have developed advanced SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping) software that allow robots and drones to truly understand the space around them.Spun out from Imperial College London, SLAMcore hascreated real-time, commercial grade, location, mapping and perception (SLAM) software for use in autonomous robots, drones and consumer products. The SLAMcore software enables fast prototyping and development of commercial products using visual SLAM software for autonomous location, mapping and perception. The software runs in real-time on standard compute/sensors and can be customised for commercial products using cost-effective custom compute/sensors. The team includes industry leading SLAM experts, roboticists, engineers and developers. Pushing the boundaries of what's possible today and how visual SLAM will look like tomorrow. Through partnership with OEMs, SLAMcore provides the core technology that allows robots to become a meaningful part of everyday life. | $14M |  | May 27, 2026 |  |
| Haiqu | Haiqu Inc. is a quantum computing software firm focusing on the development of enabling technology to improve the performance of modern quantum hardware. Their software addresses the adoption obstacles that prevent scalable quantum applications from being realized, allowing for a broader variety of practical use cases in finance, life sciences,mobility, and other fields. | $11M | Seed | Jan 13, 2026 |  |
| River | River is an electric vehicle manufacturer whose goal is to generate and improve livelihoods. The company specializes in the manufacture of high-quality mobility motor vehicles in the form of utility electric mopeds, allowing clients to purchase economical vehicles that can be used for work, recreation, and any other duty in between. | $40M | Series B | Feb 06, 2024 |  |
| Burro | Burro is a developer of an autonomous farming platform for use on farms and in other tough outdoor environments. It follows people and can autonomously run cargo around, relieving people of strenuous tasks which add little value, so that they can focus on more valuable work. | $24M | Series B | Jan 09, 2024 |  |
| Agtonomy | Agtonomy is a hybrid autonomy and tele-assist platform for agriculture vehicles. | $22.5M | Series A | Dec 19, 2023 |  |
| Scentian Bio | Scentian Bio operates as a platform that provides ultimate sensing solution. |  | Seed | Sep 27, 2023 |  |
| Intuition Robotics | Intuition Robotics is the creator of ElliQ, the AI-powered companion that helps older adults stay active, independent, and engaged. Backed by 12 granted U.S. patents in AI, HRI and design, the company specializes in human-centric agents designed to build meaningful relationships with users—driving positive behavior change and sustained engagementacross time. | $20M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 29, 2023 |  |
| Haiqu | Haiqu Inc. is a quantum computing software firm focusing on the development of enabling technology to improve the performance of modern quantum hardware. Their software addresses the adoption obstacles that prevent scalable quantum applications from being realized, allowing for a broader variety of practical use cases in finance, life sciences,mobility, and other fields. | $4M | Pre-Seed | Jun 06, 2023 |  |
| Nori | Nori is a carbon dioxide removal marketplace. It is building a transparent and secure platform that will allow anyone in the world to pay to remove excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Their voluntary marketplace will enable carbon removal suppliers to connect directly with buyers, improving efficiency, and reducing costs. | $6.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 06, 2023 |  |

10 of 35 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Maniv Mobility](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/manivmobility) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [OurCrowd](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ourcrowd) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [BMW i Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bmw-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Cibus Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cibus-fund) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Lowercarbon Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lowercarbon-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Trucks Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/trucks-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals 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 Jim Adler invest in?

Jim Adler invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 35 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 Jim Adler last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jim Adler closed in Aug 2026. Shizune tracks 35 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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