Toyota Ventures

toyota.ventures ↗Activity from announced rounds

Activity in this selectionOct 24, 2026 · Hardware · Jan 1, 2026

Toyota Ventures is Toyota’s early-stage venture capital arm, investing globally in frontier technology and climate solutions, from robotics and computing to energy, materials and carbon management.

Its frontier remit includes AI, aerospace and mobility; climate investing covers renewable energy, hydrogen, carbon capture, batteries and storage. The scope extends well beyond technologies used directly in passenger vehicles.

Portfolio support draws on Toyota’s technical expertise and global resources, alongside work on product, business development, fundraising and executive coaching. The firm seeks both financial returns and strategic value, with a stated principle that financial returns should come first.

Sources
Rounds participated in
6
Confirmed lead rounds
0
5 roles undisclosed
New companies
5
First participation on record · 1 follow-on
Funding in participating rounds
$1.1B
6 disclosed · full round size, not this investor’s share

By stage

Seed2
Series A2
Series C+1
Undisclosed1

By primary sector

Hardware2
AI1
Climate tech1
Developer tools1
Space tech1

By country

United States6

Rounds

6 in this selection
Efficient Computer

Efficient Computer develops general-purpose data-flow processors and software tools for computing and AI systems.

$100MAdditional funding
Participant
Efficient Computer

Efficient Computer develops general-purpose data-flow processors and software tools for computing and AI systems.

$60MSeries A
Role not disclosed
Stoke Space Technologies

Stoke Space develops Nova rockets with reusable first and second stages for commercial and government launch customers.

$860MSeries D
Role not disclosed
Avalanche Energy

Develops modular compact fusion machines for clean energy applications

$29MSeries A
Role not disclosed
AheadComputing

AheadComputing designs and licenses high-performance RISC-V CPU cores for AI, cloud and other demanding computing workloads.

$30MSeed+
Role not disclosed
Haiqu

Builds software to optimise quantum hardware

$11MSeed
Role not disclosed