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Toyota Ventures Climate fund

Toyota Ventures

Toyota Ventures is on a mission to explore what’s next by helping early-stage startups bring disruptive technologies and business models to market quickly.

  • Use:
  • Date closing: -
  • Amount: -
  • Industry focus: ICT; Others;
  • Total budget: 150M $
  • Entity type: Venture Capital
  • Vertical focus: artificial intelligence, autonomy, mobility, robotics, cloud technology, smart cities, digital health, fintech, and materials
  • Website: https://toyota.ventures/
  • Status:
    Open
  • Funding type: Equity investment;
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  • Public/Private: Private
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  • Applicant target: Startup;

Overview

Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Toyota Ventures is the early-stage venture capital arm of Toyota.

They invest in frontier technologies such as artificial intelligence, autonomy, mobility, robotics, cloud technology, smart cities, digital health, fintech, and materials. As part of Toyota’s ongoing efforts to accelerate carbon dioxide reduction, they also invest in climate technologies offering scalable solutions for carbon neutrality.

The new fund is the second climate-focused VC fund by the company, following its inaugural Toyota Ventures Climate Fund launched in 2021. Led by Climate Fund partner Lisa Coca, the initial fund invested in 18 companies providing solutions in areas including renewable energy, batteries and energy storage, carbon capture, removal and utilization, and hydrogen solutions. The new fund, Toyota Ventures Climate Fund II, is worth $150M aims at investing in startups focused on climate and environmental sustainability solutions.

Applicants willing to get in touch with Toyota Ventures can submit their pitches by following this link.

 

Portfolio: Apex, Autobrain, Boxbot, Burnbot.

Last updated on 2024-05-06 17:50

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