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.
- Total investments:
- 163
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 16%
- Fund size:
- $150M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Toyota Ventures invests in
Stages Toyota Ventures invests in
Countries Toyota Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $1.4M–$17M
- Series A
- $10M–$40M
- Series B
- $15M–$126M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Artificial Intelligence 25 (15%)
- Software 19 (12%)
- Robotics 18 (11%)
- Manufacturing 17 (10%)
- Machine Learning 12 (7%)
Stage
- Series A 54 (33%)
- Seed 36 (22%)
- Series B 25 (15%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 12 (7%)
- Pre-Seed 4 (2%)
Country
- United States 67 (41%)
- United Kingdom 7 (4%)
- Israel 6 (4%)
- Canada 5 (3%)
- Australia 2 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Chris Abshire
Principal
|
Principal | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Erin Keller
Senior Associate
|
Senior Associate | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Jim Adler
Founding Managing Director
|
Founding Managing Director | Total investments: 39 | Find email | |
Lisa Coca
Partner, Climate. Fund
|
Partner, Climate. Fund | Total investments: 24 | Find email | |
Natalie Fonseca Licciardi
Managing Partner
|
Managing Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| The hardest unsolved problem in robotics isn't perception or locomotion, it's dexterity. Tangent Robotics develops the technology that gives machines the ability to manipulate and interact with the physical world the way human hands do. Our work integrates hardware, tactile sensing, and AI into a single system, unlocking autonomy on tasksthat were previously out of reach for traditional robotics. | $4.5M / Pre-Seed / Sep 30, 2026 | ||
| Efficient Computer develops processor technology focused on improving energy efficiency for compute-intensive workloads. The company designs general-purpose processors and computing architectures that aim to reduce power consumption while maintaining performance across embedded and edge applications. Its technology is built to support artificialintelligence, signal processing, and other demanding tasks within constrained power environments. Efficient Computer provides hardware platforms and related tools that enable device manufacturers and developers to integrate energy-efficient processing into their products. The company’s offerings address applications where performance per watt is a key design consideration. | $97M / Series B / Sep 29, 2026 | ||
| Hertha Metals is a manufacturing industry that designs and manufactures steel from any grade of iron ore without the use of coal. | $65M / Series A / Sep 29, 2026 | ||
| Neuromorphic Labs is an AI infrastructure company that develops a centralized control plane for managing and securing production artificial intelligence. | $5.1M / Seed / Aug 12, 2026 | ||
| 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 05, 2026 | ||
| Walden Robotics is an industrial robotics company that builds and deploys general-purpose, semi-humanoid robots for manufacturing and logistics. | $300M / Seed / Jul 15, 2026 | ||
| 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 | ||
| The hardest unsolved problem in robotics isn't perception or locomotion, it's dexterity. Tangent Robotics develops the technology that gives machines the ability to manipulate and interact with the physical world the way human hands do. Our work integrates hardware, tactile sensing, and AI into a single system, unlocking autonomy on tasksthat were previously out of reach for traditional robotics. | Seed / May 19, 2026 | ||
| Decart is an AI platform significantly improves the training and inference of large generative models. | $300M / Venture - Series Unknown / May 18, 2026 | ||
| Starfish Space is a space technology company focused on developing infrastructure for in-orbit satellite servicing and maintenance. It designs autonomous spacecraft, particularly its Otter vehicle, which can rendezvous with, dock to, and interact with satellites already in orbit. The company’s technology enables services such as extending theoperational life of satellites, repositioning them, and safely removing defunct satellites or debris from space. Its systems rely on advanced robotics, navigation software, and electric propulsion to perform precise proximity operations in orbit. Through these capabilities, it aims to make satellite servicing more affordable and scalable, supporting the long-term sustainability and growth of space activities. | $111.7M / Series B / Apr 07, 2026 | ||
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FAQ
What does Toyota Ventures invest in?
Toyota Ventures invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Robotics startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 163 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 Toyota Ventures's check size?
Toyota Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.4M–$17M at Seed, $10M–$40M at Series A and $15M–$126M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Toyota Ventures participates in.
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Who are the partners at Toyota Ventures?
The team at Toyota Ventures includes Chris Abshire (Principal), Erin Keller (Senior Associate) and Jim Adler (Founding Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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