# Toyo Kanetsu Corporate Venture Investment Partnership

> Toyo Kanetsu Corporate Venture Investment Partnership is a VC fund backing Software and Robotics. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jul 2022
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Toyo Kanetsu Corporate Venture Investment Partnership is a corporate venture capital fund established by Toyo Kanetsu K.K. Form and basis : Voluntary association on civil law (two-part union of Toyo Kanetsu K.K. and TC Consulting Co., Ltd.) Total fund amount: 500 million yen (4.5 million USD) (Toyo Kanetsu: 499 million yen, T.C. Consulting: 1million yen) Operating period: October 1, 2017 to December 31, 2022 (5 years 3 months) * MAX 7 years and 3 months possible due to a MAX 2-year extension

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 75% |
| Robotics | 2 | 50% |
| Electronics | 2 | 50% |
| Machine Learning | 2 | 50% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 50% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 1 | 25% |
| Singapore | 1 | 25% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LYRO Robotics | We build the brain, the eyes, and the hands for the next generation of robots! #robotic #picking #packing #grasping #learning #vision | $1M | Seed | Jul 14, 2022 |  |
| SoundEye | SoundEye provides washrooms patients, bedroomsIsolation wards, nursing homes, eldercare centers, disabled washrooms, elevator escalators landing areas, staircase landing areas, factories, research labs, warehouses, and maintenance rooms. | $500K | Convertible Note | Mar 01, 2021 |  |
| Accel Robotics | Accel Robotics develops a 360-degree visual intelligence platform intended to improve customer experiences. Its camera-based AI system allows any shopper to enter a store, pick the items they want, then walk out, receiving a receipt via text or app notification, allowing businesses to run their stores with ease and confidence and enabling customersto have a checkout-free and more convenient shopping experience.Accel Robotics enables retailers to quickly deploy stores in net new environments, allowing them to extend their reach, acquire new customers, and increase revenue. The company specializing in computer vision, artificial intelligence, product design, system engineering, and software development. Accel Robotics was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Diego, California, United States. | $30M | Series A | Dec 03, 2019 |  |
| SoundEye | SoundEye provides washrooms patients, bedroomsIsolation wards, nursing homes, eldercare centers, disabled washrooms, elevator escalators landing areas, staircase landing areas, factories, research labs, warehouses, and maintenance rooms. | $537K | Seed | May 01, 2019 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AgFunder](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agfunder) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Boab AI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boab-ai) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
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- [RevTech Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/revtech-accelerator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SoftBank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/softbank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Toyo Kanetsu Corporate Venture Investment Partnership invest in?

Toyo Kanetsu Corporate Venture Investment Partnership invests primarily in Software, Robotics and Electronics startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Toyo Kanetsu Corporate Venture Investment Partnership last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Toyo Kanetsu Corporate Venture Investment Partnership closed in Jul 2022. 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.

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