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Toyota Ventures

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 101 cheques on record.

Deploying nowVC firm

Pre-seedSeedSeries ADeep TechClimate TechAI

Deploying now
91%of best year31cheques in 12 months, 101 on record
Since the last cheque3days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$19MCheque size, as they say$100K – $10MRounds led5 of 101Sole investor3 roundsMostly inUnited States, 82%
Pitch Toyota Ventures

Toyota Ventures highlights

  1. 01

    31 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Venture and Series A: 58% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 3 rounds, median $23M

What they do

As Toyota’s early-stage venture capital arm, Toyota Ventures invests in deep tech and climate tech solutions across a variety of areas.From their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$100K – $10M as they say
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
Sectors
Deep TechClimate TechAI
Based in
Los Altos, United States
Cold pitches
Accepted

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first101 appearances

  1. 2026

    30 rounds

  2. Oct
  3. Oct
    FlaiSeries A · US · LatamList$27MWith 5 others
  4. Oct
    Tangent RoboticsPre-seed · US · AlleyWatch$4.5MLed
  5. Sept
    Hertha MetalsSeries A · US · Ventureburn$134MWith 8 others
  6. Sept
    ZymochemGrant · US$4.0MWith 2 others
  7. Sept
    Hertha MetalsDebt · US$69MWith 4 others
  8. Aug
    Neuromorphic LabsSeed · US$5.1MWith 3 others
  9. Jul
    Walden RoboticsSeed · US · Google News search$300MLed
  10. Jul
    Rodatherm EnergyGrant · US$8.0MWith 2 others
  11. Jul
    Carbice CorporationVenture · USUndisclosedWith 2 others
  12. Jun
    Syzygy PlasmonicsVenture · USUndisclosedWith 2 others
  13. Jun
    ION Storage SystemsVenture · US$2.0MWith 3 others
  14. May
    Orbital IndustriesSeries B · GB · Ventureburn$50MWith 7 others
  15. May
    SlamcoreGB · Amadeus Capital Partners$14MWith 8 others
  16. May
    BurnBotVenture · USUndisclosedWith 2 others
  17. Apr
    Starfish SpaceSeries B · US · Ventureburn$100MWith 14 others
  18. Apr
    HaiquVenture · USUndisclosedWith 4 others
  19. Apr
    Scentian BioSeed · NZ$7.0MWith 3 others
  20. Apr
    Living CarbonVenture · US$21MWith 4 others
  21. Mar
    AutoScienceSeed · Ventureburn$14MWith 4 others
  22. Mar
    ZenoSeries A · KE · Disrupt Africa$25MWith 6 others
  23. Mar
    Advanced Machine IntelligenceSeed · FR · Crunchbase News$1.0BWith 12 others
  24. Mar
    AMI LabsFR · TechCrunch$1.0BWith 24 others
  25. Mar
    Teller FinanceVenture · USUndisclosedWith 4 others
  26. Mar
    AloraVenture · USUndisclosedWith 1 other
  27. Mar
    AxiomSeries A · US$200MWith 5 others
  28. Feb
    Efficient ComputerSeries A · US · Union Square Ventures$60MWith 5 others
  29. Feb
    Avalanche EnergyVenture · US · Ventureburn$29MWith 10 others
  30. Jan
    HaiquSeed · US · Angel One$11MWith 7 others
  31. Jan
    AheadComputingSeed · US$30MSole investor
  32. 2025

    24 rounds

  33. Nov
    EcolectroUS$2.3MWith 4 others
  34. Oct
    Stoke SpaceGrowth · US · TechCrunch$510MWith 5 others
  35. Oct
    Stoke SpaceSeries D · US$860MWith 4 others
  36. Oct
    Pila EnergySeed · US$4.0MWith 3 others
  37. Oct
    May MobilityVenture · USUndisclosedWith 3 others
  38. Oct
    RelectrifyGrant · AU$16MWith 2 others
  39. Oct
    AgtonomySeries B · US$18MWith 4 others
  40. Sept
    ApexSeries D · US$200MWith 6 others
  41. Sept
    Paladin DronesVenture · US$17MWith 4 others
  42. Sept
    Rodatherm EnergySeries A · US$38MWith 1 other

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 team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration1 named

AMAdler Mark JimFounder and General PartneriForm ADV

We also hold 4 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

$928Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
Legal name
Toyota A.i. Ventures Advisors, LLC
SEC number
CRD 299431

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

0 of 1 we have independently watched raise

announced its acquisition

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

Who they invest alongside

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

Recently backed

The latest companies Toyota Ventures put money into.

On podcasts

1 episode naming Toyota Ventures in the title.

Quick answers about Toyota Ventures

What does Toyota Ventures invest in?

Toyota Ventures invests most often at Venture and Series A (58% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Deep Tech, Climate Tech and AI.

How active is Toyota Ventures?

101 investments on record, 31 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 5. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

What has Toyota Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Rendezvous Robotics (Seed, Oct 2026), Flai (Series A, Oct 2026) and Tangent Robotics (Pre-seed, Oct 2026).

How big are Toyota Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $19M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $10M.

Does Toyota Ventures lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 5 of its 101 investments on record (5%).

Where does Toyota Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (82%), the United Kingdom (5%) and France (5%).

Is Toyota Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 31 investments in the last 12 months.

Who does Toyota Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Alumni Ventures (12 rounds together), Y Combinator (12 rounds together) and Lowercarbon Capital (11 rounds together).

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