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Yamaha Motor

Last cheque observed Aug 2026; 4 cheques on record.

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Corporate VCDeploying now

Series ASeries CAutomotiveManufacturing

Deploying now
100%of best year1cheques in 12 months, 4 on record
Since the last cheque92days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$60MRounds led0 of 4Sole investor1 rounds
Pitch Yamaha Motor

Yamaha Motor highlights

  1. 01

    1 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Series A and Series C: 100% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $8.0M

What they do

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Type
Corporate VC (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Sectors
AutomotiveManufacturing
Based in
Cypress, Japan
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first4 appearances

  1. 2026

    1 round

  2. Aug
    River MobilitySeries C · IN · TechCrunch$120MWith 10 others
  3. 2019

    1 round

  4. Jul
    Tier IVSeries A · JP · Crunchbase News$100MWith 4 others
  5. 2018

    2 rounds

  6. Nov
    Robotics PlusNZ · FinSMEs$8.0MSole investor
  7. May
    Soft RoboticsUS · FinSMEs$20MWith 8 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.

Recently backed

The latest companies Yamaha Motor put money into.

Robotics Plus$8.0M · Nov 2018Soft Robotics$20M · May 2018

Quick answers about Yamaha Motor

What does Yamaha Motor invest in?

Yamaha Motor invests most often at Series A and Series C (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Automotive and Manufacturing.

How active is Yamaha Motor?

4 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Aug 2026.

What has Yamaha Motor invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: River Mobility (Series C, Aug 2026), Tier IV (Series A, Jul 2019) and Robotics Plus (Undisclosed round, Nov 2018).

How big are Yamaha Motor's cheques?

The median round it joins is $60M.

Is Yamaha Motor investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months.

What kind of investor is Yamaha Motor?

Yamaha Motor is a corporate VC based in Cypress, Japan.

When was Yamaha Motor founded?

Yamaha Motor was founded in 1955.

Where does this information on Yamaha Motor come from?

From 5 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night.

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