Toyota Tsusho
VC Fund
Nagoya, Japan
Toyota Tsusho is a VC fund in Nagoya focused on Software and Manufacturing. Toyota Tsusho Group is a trading company that provides manufactures and sells a range of steel goods. Warehousing, logistics services among other things, are provided by the Global Parts and Logistics business. Selling auto components, importing and exporting secondhand cars and their parts, and other activities are all part of the automotivedivision. The section responsible for the Machinery, Energy and Plant Project offers mechanical devices, different industrial machinery, petroleum products, and other things. Semiconductors, electronic devices, software, chemicals, resins, and other products are offered by the Chemical and Electronics Division.
- Total investments:
- 48
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 46%
Last updated:
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Industries Toyota Tsusho invests in
Stages Toyota Tsusho invests in
Countries Toyota Tsusho invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 8 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Series A
- $5M–$31M
- Corporate Round
- $90k–$422M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $1.1M–$21M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 13 (27%)
- Manufacturing 12 (25%)
- Automotive 8 (17%)
- Renewable Energy 6 (13%)
- Robotics 5 (10%)
Stage
- Series A 9 (19%)
- Corporate Round 9 (19%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 9 (19%)
- Series B 7 (15%)
- Series C 4 (8%)
Country
- Japan 24 (50%)
- United States 6 (13%)
- Kenya 3 (6%)
- India 2 (4%)
- Israel 2 (4%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Junzo Shimizu
Chairman of the Board
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Chairman of the Board | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Mikio Asano
Executive Vice President
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Executive Vice President | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Richard Bielle
Chief Executive Office
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Chief Executive Office | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Hideki Yanase
Executive Vice President
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Executive Vice President | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Jun Karube
President & Chief Executive Officer
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President & Chief Executive Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 8 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Triorb is a technology company that specializes in robot mobility development with the help of software and hardware solutions. | $1.9M / Series B / Aug 07, 2026 | ||
Yuantian Bio
|
Yuantian Bio is a biotechnology company specializing in enzymatic regeneration and commercial plastic PET applications. They have achieved low-cost fermentation preparation of over 10 enzyme preparations and large-scale biochemical product preparation. | Corporate Round / Oct 30, 2025 | |
| GPUSOROBAN is a GPU cloud service that enables anyone to perform high-speed calculations on high-end GPUs with ease. Hi-Res, the running business, is the first GPU cloud operator in Japan to be accredited as a "NVIDIA Elite Partner," the program's highest level (CSP Compute field). Furthermore, it received the "Best CSP Partnerof the Year" award at the NVIDIA NPN Partner Award 2022. It is widely used by university research institutes, large corporations, and AI venture firms, with over 100 uses per year. | Corporate Round / Jul 04, 2025 | ||
| Amuse OneSelf is a manufacturing firm that supplies drone-mounted laser scanner systems and dual-frequency GNSS synchronous imaging systems. | Corporate Round / May 30, 2025 | ||
| Electra focuses on producing clean iron through innovative electrification and decarbonization methods in the steelmaking industry. The company utilizes renewable energy sources to significantly reduce carbon emissions associated with traditional iron production. Electra operates a pilot plant that demonstrates its technology's capability toconvert high-impurity ores into metallic iron efficiently. Additionally, the company collaborates with partners to enhance resource efficiency and promote sustainable practices within the steel sector. Through these initiatives, Electra aims to contribute to a more environmentally friendly and sustainable future in metal production. | $186M / Series B / Apr 24, 2025 | ||
| PowerX brings power transfer technology to life, allowing for greater usage of renewable energy sources. PowerX was founded on March 22, 2021 and is located in Tokyo, Japan. | $21.4M / Series C / Mar 07, 2025 | ||
| PXP is a green tech development firm that develops clean energy using next-generation photoelectric conversion elements. | $10M / Series A / Dec 04, 2024 | ||
| A1A offers a cloud-based manufacturing and procurement system for manufacturers. The company is a startup founded in 2018. It develops products for the purchasing department of the manufacturing industry. A1A pursues optimal purchasing at optimal prices using purchasing related data centered on estimates accumulated by companies. | $2.7M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 31, 2024 | ||
| LIGHTz delivers a technology transfer and information exchange platform leveraging AI. | $5.7M / Series A / Mar 26, 2024 | ||
| Bureo Skateboards designs and manufactures a unique line of sustainable skateboards, utilizing the growing amount of recyclable plastic waste from Chilean communities and coastlines. By offering recycled high-quality products, Bureo enables ethically conscious consumers to support and encourage recycling development and job growth for localinhabitants in Chile. | Series B / Nov 01, 2023 | ||
| See all 48 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Toyota Tsusho invest in?
Toyota Tsusho invests primarily in Software, Manufacturing and Automotive startups, most often at Series A and Corporate Round stage. Most of the 48 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Toyota Tsusho's check size?
Toyota Tsusho typically joins rounds of $5M–$31M at Series A, $90k–$422M at Corporate Round and $1.1M–$21M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Toyota Tsusho participates in.
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Who are the partners at Toyota Tsusho?
The team at Toyota Tsusho includes Junzo Shimizu (Chairman of the Board), Mikio Asano (Executive Vice President) and Richard Bielle (Chief Executive Office), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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