# Toyota AI: portfolio, investments and team

> Toyota AI is a vc firm. 7 investments on record, latest Feb 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/toyota-ai (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Toyota AI

Last cheque observed Feb 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet VC firm

Seed Series B Series A

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 7 on record

Since the last cheque **2813** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$12M** Rounds led **0 of 7** Mostly in **United States, 86%**

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## Toyota AI highlights

- 01 7 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series B: 80% of its rounds

## What they do

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **7 appearances**

- **2019** 1 round
- **Feb** **[May Mobility](https://millionrounds.com/company/may-mobility)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$22M** With 6 others
- **2018** 5 rounds
- **Sept** **[SLAMcore](https://millionrounds.com/company/slamcore)** GB · FinSMEs **$5.0M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[Boxbot](https://millionrounds.com/company/boxbot)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$7.5M** With 5 others
- **May** **[Metawave](https://millionrounds.com/company/metawave)** US · FinSMEs **$10M** With 9 others
- **Feb** **[May Mobility](https://millionrounds.com/company/may-mobility)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$12M** With 6 others
- **Feb** **[Joby Aviation](https://millionrounds.com/company/joby-aviation)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$100M** With 8 others
- **2016** 1 round
- **Jul** **[Nauto](https://millionrounds.com/company/nauto)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$159M** With 5 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The cheque

Seed Series B Series A

Median round joined **$12M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 7 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Feb 2019

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed *2*
- Series B *2*
- Series A *1*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2016 2019

Often in the room with

- [BMW i Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bmw-i-ventures) 2
- [Maven Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maven-ventures) 2
- [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Toyota AI. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**BMW i Ventures** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bmw-i-ventures)[**Maven Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maven-ventures)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Toyota AI put money into.

[**May Mobility** $22M · Feb 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/may-mobility)[**SLAMcore** $5.0M · Sept 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/slamcore)[**Boxbot** $7.5M · Jun 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/boxbot)[**Metawave** $10M · May 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/metawave)[**Joby Aviation** $100M · Feb 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/joby-aviation)[**Nauto** $159M · Jul 2016](https://millionrounds.com/company/nauto)

## Quick answers about Toyota AI

### What does Toyota AI invest in?

Toyota AI invests most often at Seed and Series B (80% of the rounds on record).

### How active is Toyota AI?

7 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Feb 2019.

### What has Toyota AI invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: May Mobility (Series A, Feb 2019), SLAMcore (Undisclosed round, Sept 2018) and Boxbot (Seed, Jun 2018).

### How big are Toyota AI's cheques?

The median round it joins is $12M.

### Does Toyota AI lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 7 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Toyota AI invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (86%) and the United Kingdom (14%).

### Is Toyota AI investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Feb 2019.

### Who does Toyota AI invest alongside?

Most often BMW i Ventures (2 rounds together), Maven Ventures (2 rounds together) and Y Combinator (2 rounds together).

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