# Toyota Invention Partners

> Toyota Invention Partners is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Hotel, Solar and Software. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.toyota-invention.partners/

Toyota Invention Partners is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Hotel and Solar. Toyota Invention Partners engages in business investments focused on the expansion of mobility. The firm invests primarily in early-stage startups and ventures that develop new products, technologies, and business models. It collaborates closely with portfolio companies and shares Toyota assets such as manufacturing capabilities, technicalknow‑how, testing environments, and customer access. Toyota Invention Partners aims to help partner companies grow breakthrough businesses from initial concept to larger scale. Its activities complement Toyota’s broader transformation and innovation initiatives in the mobility domain.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hotel | 1 | 25% |
| Solar | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |
| Aerospace | 1 | 25% |
| Automotive | 1 | 25% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Series D | 1 | 25% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 25% |
| Secondary Market | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cosmobloom | Cosmobloom Co. is a manufacturing company that analyses, designs, and develops space solar power generation systems and solar power sails. | $2.1M | Seed | Aug 07, 2026 |  |
| NOT A HOTEL | NOT A HOTEL develops a vacation-home ownership and hospitality platform that enables customers to purchase usage rights to architect-designed homes and access a network of properties through a shared ownership model. The company offers vacation residences that can be purchased in increments based on annual usage, with ownership providing recurringaccess to the selected property and reciprocal use of other participating NOT A HOTEL properties. Its platform combines real estate ownership, hospitality operations, property management, reservations, concierge services, and digital tools that allow owners to manage stays, check in, and access services through a mobile application. NOT A HOTEL also provides hotel-style accommodation to guests and manages properties on behalf of owners, including maintenance, cleaning, and operational services. The company collaborates with architects, designers, and other creators to develop individually designed residences and is expanding its hospitality offering through additional properties and hotel brands. | $63.4M | Series D | Aug 06, 2026 |  |
| NOT A HOTEL | NOT A HOTEL develops a vacation-home ownership and hospitality platform that enables customers to purchase usage rights to architect-designed homes and access a network of properties through a shared ownership model. The company offers vacation residences that can be purchased in increments based on annual usage, with ownership providing recurringaccess to the selected property and reciprocal use of other participating NOT A HOTEL properties. Its platform combines real estate ownership, hospitality operations, property management, reservations, concierge services, and digital tools that allow owners to manage stays, check in, and access services through a mobile application. NOT A HOTEL also provides hotel-style accommodation to guests and manages properties on behalf of owners, including maintenance, cleaning, and operational services. The company collaborates with architects, designers, and other creators to develop individually designed residences and is expanding its hospitality offering through additional properties and hotel brands. | $41.2M | Secondary Market | Aug 06, 2026 |  |
| Tier IV | Tier IV is a federated academic startup embracing research and development of intelligent vehicles.Founded in December 2015, Tier IV has led the development of open-source software for self-driving technology, also known as Autoware, and applied it for the proof of concept of last-mile driverless mobility and logistics. Tier IV aspires to achieve“Democratization of Intelligent Vehicles”, where any individuals and organizations can contribute to a grander vision of future intelligent vehicles, leading to a better society in which all the people receive new spatio-temporal values. | $6.2M | Private Equity | Jun 09, 2026 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [GLION](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/glion) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Animal Spirits Ltd.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/animal-spirits-ltd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Asia Defense Innovation Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asia-defense-innovation-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [POLA Orbis Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pola-orbis-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SBI Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sbi-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SBI Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sbi-investment-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Toyota Invention Partners invest in?

Toyota Invention Partners invests primarily in Hotel, Solar and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series D 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.

### When did Toyota Invention Partners last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Toyota Invention Partners closed in Aug 2026. 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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