Yamaha Motor Ventures
VC Fund
Palo Alto, United States
Yamaha Motor Ventures is a VC fund in Palo Alto focused on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. Yamaha Motor Ventures & Laboratory Silicon Valley is a venture capital firm that invests in the robotics, food, and AgTech industry. The firm invests in early-stage companies that have product and customer validation. Yamaha Motor Ventures & Laboratory Silicon Valley (YMVSV) was founded in 2015 by Hiro Saijou and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States.
- Total investments:
- 53
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 40%
- Fund size:
- $100M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Yamaha Motor Ventures invests in
Stages Yamaha Motor Ventures invests in
Countries Yamaha Motor Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $2M–$13M
- Series A
- $6.5M–$24M
- Series B
- $9.5M–$43M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Artificial Intelligence 15 (28%)
- Robotics 13 (25%)
- Health Care 7 (13%)
- Manufacturing 7 (13%)
- Industrial Automation 7 (13%)
Stage
- Series A 17 (32%)
- Seed 14 (26%)
- Series B 6 (11%)
- Funding Round 4 (8%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 4 (8%)
Country
- United States 28 (53%)
- Canada 4 (8%)
- Australia 2 (4%)
- India 1 (2%)
- France 1 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Anish Patel
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 9 | Find email | |
Keiichi Onishi
CEO & MANAGING DIRECTOR
|
CEO & MANAGING DIRECTOR | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Nolan Paul
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 5 | Find email | |
Rebecca Woodcock
Principal
|
Principal | Total investments: 30 | Find email | |
Sean Simpson
Principal
|
Principal | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Axya startup created an online platform connecting small and medium-sized shop owners with suppliers. It provides an easy-to-use marketplace that standardizes and centralizes the subcontracting process for the manufacturing industry. | $12M / Series A / Sep 24, 2026 | ||
| Foundation Alloy leverage advanced materials technology to design novel alloys optimized for additive manufacturing. | $22M / Series A / Jun 16, 2026 | ||
| Sortera Alloys manufactures low-cost, high-quality metal alloys for domestic manufacturing using its artificial intelligence technology. Sortera Alloys is a company based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and was established in 2020. | $45M / Venture - Series Unknown / Nov 20, 2025 | ||
| Ridepanda is an online e-ride shop that offers electric vehicles with maintenance support and theft protection. | $12.6M / Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 29, 2025 | ||
| Amplio enables you to reclaim control of your supply chain by making sourcing more cost-effective. | $11.1M / Series A / Sep 24, 2025 | ||
| InfinitForm is at the forefront of creating GenAI software. This business specializes in transformative software that automates the design-to-manufacturing process, integrating seamlessly with multiple manufacturing methods to improve cost, speed, efficiency, and performance. | $12.7M / Seed / May 15, 2025 | ||
| Foundation Alloy leverage advanced materials technology to design novel alloys optimized for additive manufacturing. | $7.5M / Seed / May 07, 2025 | ||
| Phoenix Tailings, is building technology to enable the recycling and re-mining of Bauxite Residue (“Red Mud”) - a hazardous by-product in the aluminum industry - to extract strategic materials which are critical to the Defense, Automotive, Electronics and Biotech industries. The company was founded with the mission to revolutionize the miningindustry by enabling new sources of strategic materials, sustainably and economically. | $33M / Series B / Apr 30, 2025 | ||
| Shippeo helps Supply Chains leverage transportation to deliver exceptional customer service. Its real-time transport visibility platform provides shippers, carriers, and 4PLs instant tracking of every delivery, and enables proactive communication with end customers.Founded in 2014, Shippeo tracks more than 40000 deliveries per month throughoutEurope for market-leading companies such as Leroy Merlin, Saint-Gobain, and Faurecia, and connects to more than 600 carriers. | $29.9M / Jan 15, 2025 | ||
| Phoenix Tailings, is building technology to enable the recycling and re-mining of Bauxite Residue (“Red Mud”) - a hazardous by-product in the aluminum industry - to extract strategic materials which are critical to the Defense, Automotive, Electronics and Biotech industries. The company was founded with the mission to revolutionize the miningindustry by enabling new sources of strategic materials, sustainably and economically. | $43M / Series B / Dec 20, 2024 | ||
| See all 53 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Yamaha Motor Ventures invest in?
Yamaha Motor Ventures invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Health Care startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 53 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Yamaha Motor Ventures invest in?
Yamaha Motor Ventures typically joins rounds of $2M–$13M at Seed, $6.5M–$24M at Series A and $9.5M–$43M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Yamaha Motor Ventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Yamaha Motor Ventures took part in.
How do I contact Yamaha Motor Ventures?
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Who are the partners at Yamaha Motor Ventures?
The team at Yamaha Motor Ventures includes Anish Patel (Partner), Keiichi Onishi (CEO & MANAGING DIRECTOR) and Nolan Paul (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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