# Suzuki Motor

> Suzuki Motor is a VC fund in Hamamatsu backing Robotics and Manufacturing. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hamamatsu, Japan
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 27%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BA%E3%82%AD%EF%BC%88%E6%A0%AA%EF%BC%89/about/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/globalsuzuki
- Website: https://www.suzuki.co.jp/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/SuzukiGlobalOfficial/

Suzuki Motor is a VC fund in Hamamatsu focused on Robotics and Manufacturing. Suzuki Motor Corporation is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Minami-ku, Hamamatsu. Suzuki manufactures automobiles, four-wheel-drive vehicles, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), outboard marine engines, wheelchairs, and a variety of other small internal combustion engines.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Robotics | 4 | 36% |
| Manufacturing | 4 | 36% |
| Software | 2 | 18% |
| Sales | 1 | 9% |
| Drones | 1 | 9% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Corporate Round | 3 | 27% |
| Series A | 2 | 18% |
| Series B | 2 | 18% |
| Series C | 2 | 18% |
| Series D | 1 | 9% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 5 | 45% |
| Australia | 1 | 9% |
| United States | 1 | 9% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Toshihiro Suzuki | President & Representative Director | 2 | — |
| Yoshio Fukuda | Corporate Planning Office Corporate Strategy Department | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Glydways | Glydways, formerly Wayfarer is a transportation technology and clean energy company based in South San Francisco, California. It specializes in the design, manufacture, installation, and operation of affordable autonomous transportation for low, medium, and extremely high-capacity needs. | $170M | Series C | Apr 14, 2026 |  |
| Applied EV | Applied EV has built a modular vehicle system for autonomous transport, based on our Blanc Robot vehicle platform. | $40M | Series B | Jan 27, 2026 |  |
| Glydways | Glydways, formerly Wayfarer is a transportation technology and clean energy company based in South San Francisco, California. It specializes in the design, manufacture, installation, and operation of affordable autonomous transportation for low, medium, and extremely high-capacity needs. | $101.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 29, 2025 |  |
| SkyDrive | SkyDrive is a start-up for development,manufacturing,sales of the “Flying cars” established by CARTIVATOR members. | $57.5M | Series D | Jul 04, 2025 |  |
| M2 Labo | M2 Labo is a technology-based firm that focuses on research, development, and sales of agricultural robots and systems. |  | Series A | Jul 23, 2024 |  |
| Glydways | Glydways, formerly Wayfarer is a transportation technology and clean energy company based in South San Francisco, California. It specializes in the design, manufacture, installation, and operation of affordable autonomous transportation for low, medium, and extremely high-capacity needs. | $20M | Series B | May 14, 2024 |  |
| SkyDrive | SkyDrive is a start-up for development,manufacturing,sales of the “Flying cars” established by CARTIVATOR members. |  | Series C | Jan 10, 2024 |  |
| Applied EV | Applied EV has built a modular vehicle system for autonomous transport, based on our Blanc Robot vehicle platform. | $21M | Corporate Round | Sep 12, 2022 |  |
| Ispace Technologies | Ispace Technologies is a space resource exploration company founded in 2013 to develop micro-robots that will locate the resources necessary to extend human life into outer space. Their main focus is to locate, extract, and deliver lunar ice to customers in cis-lunar space.Ispace manages the technological and business development operations ofTeam HAKUTO in the Google Lunar XPRIZE Competition. Team Hakuto is a front runner in the $30M competition to land a privately funded robot on the Moon and was one of only three teams to win a $500,000 Milestone Prize in mobility.Ispace utilizes 3D printed and commercially off the shelf products (COTS) for rapid prototyping while maximizing structural mass efficiency and shortening the developmental life cycle. Their micro-robots are able to explore larger areas of the Moon faster, at a fraction of the cost of large robots. | $90.2M | Series A | Dec 13, 2017 |  |
| Dynamic Map Platform | Dynamic Map Platform is a company that provides research, development and commercialization of high precision 3 dimensional (3D) map data used in the realization of autonomous driving and safe-driving support systems, beginning with Japan’s motorways and expanding to overseas markets. | $524.5M | Corporate Round | Jun 13, 2017 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Gates Frontier Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gates-frontier-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Khosla Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/khosla-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Mitsui Chemicals](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsui-chemicals) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [ACS, Actividades de Construcción y Servicios](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acs-actividades-de-construccion-y-servicios) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ENEOS](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eneos) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Innovation Network Corporation of Japan](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innovation-network-corp-of-japan) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Suzuki Motor invest in?

Suzuki Motor invests primarily in Robotics, Manufacturing and Software startups, most often at Corporate Round and Series A stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### Who are the partners at Suzuki Motor?

The team at Suzuki Motor includes Toshihiro Suzuki (President & Representative Director) and Yoshio Fukuda (Corporate Planning Office Corporate Strategy Department). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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