# Toyota Tsusho

> Toyota Tsusho is a VC fund in Nagoya backing Software and Manufacturing. See 47 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Nagoya, Japan
- Total investments: 47
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 45%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/toyota-tsusho-india-pvt-ltd
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/toyotatsusho
- Website: http://www.toyota-tsusho.com/english
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/toyotatsushocorp/

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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $5M–$31M |
| Corporate Round | $1.4M–$6.7B |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 12 | 26% |
| Manufacturing | 11 | 23% |
| Automotive | 8 | 17% |
| Logistics | 6 | 13% |
| Robotics | 5 | 11% |

103 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 9 | 19% |
| Corporate Round | 9 | 19% |
| Funding Round | 8 | 17% |
| Series B | 7 | 15% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 5 | 11% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 24 | 51% |
| United States | 6 | 13% |
| Kenya | 3 | 6% |
| India | 2 | 4% |
| Israel | 2 | 4% |

12 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Junzo Shimizu | Chairman of the Board | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/junzo-shimizu |
| Mikio Asano | Executive Vice President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mikio-asano |
| Richard Bielle | Chief Executive Office | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/richard-bielle |
| Hideki Yanase | Executive Vice President | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hideki-yanase |
| Jun Karube | President & Chief Executive Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jun-karube |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Triorb | 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 |  |
| HIGHRESO | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | PXP is a green tech development firm that develops clean energy using next-generation photoelectric conversion elements. | $10M | Series A | Dec 04, 2024 |  |
| A1A | 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 | LIGHTz delivers a technology transfer and information exchange platform leveraging AI. | $5.7M | Series A | Mar 26, 2024 |  |
| Bureo Skateboards | 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 |  |

10 of 47 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SMBC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smbc-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Alaya Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alaya-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Aybe Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aybe-investments) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BMW i Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bmw-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Development Bank of Japan](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/development-bank-of-japan) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [FJ Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fj-labs) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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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 47 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 and $1.4M–$6.7B at Corporate Round. 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.

### How do I contact Toyota Tsusho?

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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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